Packet Data Adds Increasing Value to Next-Gen Cybersecurity>
Netscout Blog – Steve Horneman
A recently published report from the SANS Institute highlighted the growing value of network-derived data for enterprise cybersecurity teams tasked with protecting increasingly distributed corporate infrastructures. Entitled âAdvance Your Security Posture with Comprehensive Network Visibility,â the paper revealed a trend toward leveraging network traffic data to improve the overall cybersecurity posture of the worldâs largest businesses and governmental organizations.

… security teams are looking to reduce the time it takes to detect, investigate, and remediate cyber and/or other IT threats, with the ultimate business goal of reducing IT risk,â noted the report, which went on to list several factors that illustrate the value of collecting and analyzing network information for security analytics, including the following: The unique nature of the network. An environment view. The value of network metadata. Technologies that gather both metadata and packets.
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