SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
Dec. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Gigamon Inc. (NYSE: GIMO), the leader in traffic visibility
solutions for cybersecurity and monitoring applications, today
announced the industry's first visibility solution to support
SSL/TLS decryption for high speed 100Gb and 40Gb networks. Part of
the GigaSECURE Security Delivery Platform, the solution empowers
companies to decrypt and re-encrypt their data once and inspect it
with multiple best-of-breed security tools. This helps to expose
hidden threats in SSL/TLS sessions, reduce security tool overload,
and extend the value and return-on-investment (ROI) of existing
security tools.
With the volume of data flowing through corporate networks
having increased significantly in recent years, companies have
upgraded to higher speed networks running at 40Gb and 100Gb.
Meanwhile, there is a dramatic rise in the volume of data running
on these high-speed networks that is encrypted, driven by the
increased use of SaaS applications such as Microsoft Office365 and
Dropbox. Gartner estimates that, through 2019, more than 80 percent
of enterprises' web traffic will be encryptedi.
"Traditional network security architectures are ineffective at
supporting the explosive growth in high speed traffic and, more
importantly, at identifying and stopping malware and data
exfiltration that use encryption," said Ananda Rajagopal, vice president of products for
Gigamon. "Many security and monitoring tools become overloaded in
100Gb network environments, so it's clear a new approach is needed.
Our new solution enables enterprises to stop the sprawl by
redeploying security tools from the edge of their network to the
core, where it's easier to spot lateral attacks and more quickly
identify threats."
Malware leverages SSL/TLS encryption to hide and avoid
inspection. A Trustwave 2017 reportii estimates that 36
percent of malware samples analyzed used some form of encryption.
In 40Gb and 100Gb networks, decrypting, exposing and identifying
hidden threats in encrypted traffic is increasingly more
challenging since most security and monitoring tools do not support
such speeds. In addition, a tool-by-tool approach is very complex,
costly and inefficient. Research from NSS Labsiii
indicates a performance degradation of up to 80 percent when
security tools decrypt traffic and perform their specific security
function.
"By utilizing Check Point's Infinity architecture, which manages
Next-Generation Threat Prevention gateways worldwide, Gigamon
provides world-class performance and a resilient security
architecture, enabling inline SSL protection for our largest
customer deployments," said Jason
Min, head of business and corporate development, Check Point
Software. "Our partnership with Gigamon delivers optimal
performance and advanced threat prevention which is critical for
enterprises in this era of veiled cyber threats."
"It's great to see the 'decrypt once, inspect many times'
architectural approach that Gigamon is taking to inline SSL
decryption. It's an efficient approach that will help our customers
and solution provider community take advantage of whichever
security solutions best suit their business need," said
Matt Rochford, vice president of the
cybersecurity group in Arrow Electronics' enterprise computing
solutions business.
The expansion of the GigaSECURE Security Delivery Platform is a
continuation of the Gigamon security strategy which debuted in 2015
and was extended with metadata and public cloud visibility last
year. This year the company announced its inline SSL/TLS decryption
solution and introduced the Defender Lifecycle Model. When
implemented, the Defender Lifecycle
Model empowers cybersecurity professionals to use continuous
network visibility to control and automate tasks between
best-of-breed security tools in the continuum of prevention,
detection, prediction and containment. Recently the company
announced the extension of its public cloud offerings and new
applications for Splunk and Phantom in support of the Defender
Lifecycle Model. Gigamon continues to build on its vision with the
expansion of its security offerings for both public cloud and
on-premises infrastructure.
GigaSECURE, a Security Delivery Platform
This solution
includes:
- GigaVUE® visibility nodes, such as the GigaVUE-HC2 or
GigaVUE-HC3.
- GigaSMART® module corresponding to the selected visibility
node.
- An inline bypass module to provide resiliency in 10, 40 or
100Gb networks.
- Ability to activate desired security modules including SSL/TLS
Decryption, Application Session Filtering, and NetFlow/Metadata
Generation.
Resources
- Blog post: Stop the Sprawl, Security at the Speed of the
Network
- Feature brief: SSL/TLS Decryption
- Web page: SSL/TLS Decryption
About Gigamon
Gigamon® (NYSE: GIMO) provides
active visibility into physical and virtual network traffic,
enabling stronger security and superior performance. The Gigamon
Visibility Platform and the GigaSECURE® Security Delivery Platform,
deliver advanced intelligence so that security, network, and
application performance management solutions in enterprise,
government, and service provider networks operate more efficiently
and effectively. Learn more at www.gigamon.com, the Gigamon blog or
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i Source: Gartner "Predicts 2017: Network and Gateway
Security", Lawrence Orans, Adam
Hils, Jeremy D'Hoinne, Eric
Ahlm, December 13, 2016
ii Source: 2017 Trustwave Global Security
Report
iii Source: NSS Labs Analyst Brief: SSL Performance
Problems
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