Be it economics, biology or network security, the phrase “Survival of the fittest” is becoming a stunning reality & with the alarming rise in the number of network attacks, the going gets really tougher. Network attacks are a form of cybercrime & here are some numbers to show you how the price can skyrocket if you fail to secure your network adequately. According to a study:
“ The 2 011 Norton Cybercrime report estimates the total cost of cybercrime at $388 billion per year, which includes $114 billion in direct theft and time spent resolving attacks plus another $274 billion for productive time victims lost due to cybercrimes being committed against them. 
Like rubbing salt to the wound, the destructively innovative mind of the hacker constantly comes up with new ways of breaking open the security gates of your network & causing you damage to the tune of billions of dollars & hours or days of your productive time. The network is being made an easy victim to malware cloaked into the network & the IDS failed to detect it. It multiplies exponentially like bacteria & the network just comes to a standstill leading to pandemonium of the highest order. It is time to move on to Intrusion Prevention Systems from Intrusion Detection systems. Detecting zero-day attacks is an essential part of securing your network and failure of that can easily add you to the list of victims .
A system that is built taking into hacker’s mind-map is essential in safeguarding your network. And the network itself is the best resource that provides authentic information on any particular sings of attack. When things are normal in the network, the packets(be it TCP, UDP etc.) have a pattern in their traffic & when there is even a slight disturbance or distortion in this pattern, that is a sign of danger. And that is the ‘moment of truth’ for a network administrator to wake up & start digging to the core of the problem. It is at that instant a tool that gives complete visibility into your networks nooks & corners would act like elixir in a dry desert. With the Advanced Security Analytics Module of NetFlow Analyzer, the classes of problems that get detected is huge & even the slightest of disturbances show up real-time in the reports. Click here to know more about the Advanced Security Analytics Module.
Adding this module of NetFlow Analyzer to your network ensures that your network has a very good & (cost)effective Intrusion Prevention system coupled with your traditional Intrusion Detection systems(that you obviously need) . This gives the network all the protection that it needs to be shield itself from any insider or outsider threat.
It is better not to take any chances with the security of the network and you could take your free 30 day trial of NetFlow Analyzer( Advanced Security Analytics Module included).
Make your network the strongest & the fittest, giving it the maximum shielding by adding NetFlow Analyzer’s Advanced Security Analytics module.
Sai Sundhar Padmanabhan
Marketing Analyst
NetFlow Analyzer Team
