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What is network visibility?

Network visibility refers to the ability to monitor and understand the activities, performance, and security of a network in real-time. It involves having comprehensive insights into the data flowing across the network, including user activity, device performance, and application behavior.

How does it work?

Key aspects of network visibility include:

Traffic monitoring – Analyzing data packets traveling through the network to identify patterns, detect anomalies, and assess the overall performance
Device and user tracking – Keeping tabs on the devices connected to the network and the users accessing resources, which helps in managing security and resource allocation
Performance metrics – Gathering data on network speed, latency, and uptime to evaluate how well the network is functioning
Security Monitoring – Detecting potential threats or breaches by analyzing traffic and user behavior, allowing for prompt responses to security incidents

Who uses it and why?

Network visibility is utilized by various stakeholders, including IT departments, network administrators, and security teams. They rely on visibility tools to monitor network performance, troubleshoot issues, and detect security threats. Additionally, business leaders use insights from network visibility to understand how performance impacts operations and customer experience. By leveraging this data, organizations can enhance reliability, improve security, and optimize resource utilization.

Let's get some context

In its inception, network monitoring technology was limited to basic traffic analysis – and required significant manual effort. As networks grew more complex with the rise of cloud computing, IoT devices, and remote work, the demand for real-time insights increased, and more sophisticated monitoring tools hit the market, offering analytic capabilities and features like automated alerts and AI-driven insights. In recent years, the focus on cybersecurity has heightened the need for enhanced visibility, and we're seeing integrated solutions that combine performance monitoring with security analytics. Today, network visibility not only helps in performance optimization but also plays a crucial role in identifying and mitigating security threats, making it essential for modern business operations.

So, what's the problem?

Here are some key challenges of effective network visibility:

Data volume and network complexity – The sheer amount of data generated by modern networks can be overwhelming, making it difficult to analyze and derive meaningful insights. Plus, networks have become more complex, further complicating visibility.
Real-time monitoring – Achieving real-time visibility requires advanced technologies and infrastructure, which can be costly and resource-intensive.
Integration of tools – Many organizations use a variety of monitoring tools, and integrating these systems for a unified view can be challenging.
Security concerns – Ensuring that monitoring tools themselves do not introduce vulnerabilities or become targets for attacks is a critical challenge.
Privacy regulations – Compliance with data protection laws can restrict the collection and analysis of certain types of network data, complicating visibility efforts.

NIKSUN has the solution

Let's look at how NIKSUN solves all these challenges for network visibility.

Problem: With the constant increases in data volume and network complexity, many tools aren't up to the job.

Solution: NIKSUN's comprehensive network visibility solution is designed to handle data volume and network complexity at any scale, so that no matter how much you throw at it, it's always comprehensive and lighting fast. It works with any infrastructure (on-prem, cloud, virtual, or hybrid) and with any number of users – from the one-person user in the smallest business to the thousand-person user (and beyond) in complex enterprise or government agency settings, scaling to multi-Tbps and tens of petabytes without dropping a single packet or other data type. This extreme scalability is why NIKSUN is the chosen provider of Full Packet Capture for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in the Defense Information System Agency (DISA)'s network protection program.

Problem: Real-time monitoring can be resource-intensive.

Solution: NIKSUN's unique platform is resource-efficient. Capable of ingesting your data from all available sources (firewalls, AAA systems, routers, switches, cloud, virtual infrastructure, web servers, databases, endpoints, etc.), regardless of the format (logs, metrics, SNMP, flows, packets, and more), NIKSUN's solution brings this data, in real-time, into one cross-correlated database that transforms it into intelligence to fuel the holistic, seamless insight you need for your entire infrastructure. Critically, this intelligence is presented in a form that is usable by everyone from the C-suite to SMEs and analysts for a variety of use cases – security and SecOps, network management and NetOps, DevOps, application management, support, forensics, compliance, and more. And, unlike many, NIKSUN's platform doesn't require expertise or extensive training. Designed to be installed in a few clicks, it immediately delivers end-to-end, network-to-application intelligence via high-level posture dashboards with the ability to drill downdeep – to the raw data or root cause – to significantly speed up your MTTR. And it's remarkably affordable, with simple pricing plans, world-class support, and no hidden fees.

Problem: Integrating all the tools you need for effective monitoring can be a headache.

Solution: NIKSUN delivers a remedy with our one-stop comprehensive network visibility solution for security, performance, availability, and compliance – so you don't need a bunch of tools to worry about integrating. Our end-to-end solution works on any platform and quickly provides critical insights, including the scale of daily cyber-attacks on your infrastructure, providing the intelligence needed to stop threats before they succeed. Our platform also identifies compliance issues, helping you meet standards like NIST, CMMC, HIPAA, or RFC effortlessly. It detects network or application performance incidents in real-time, offering the root cause as they occur. NIKSUN's platform has been successfully implemented across organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, effectively replacing a multitude of legacy tools with its powerful capabilities to ingest, analyze, and correlate data and transform it into intelligence, empowering users without the burden of skyrocketing operational expenses.

Problem: The tool you're using for monitoring can introduce vulnerabilities.

Solution: NIKSUN makes it easy to monitor worry-free. All your data is encrypted (in motion using a secure tunnel and at rest with cutting-edge security measures). NIKSUN and NIKSUN employees have absolutely zero visibility into your actual data that is sent to the platform unless given explicit authorization by you. our comprehensive network visibility solution leverages robust architecture that delivers the highest level of security to meet or exceed any required SLA and runs on a cloud infrastructure consistingof U.S. Department of Defense InformationNetworks (DODIN) Approved ProductsList (APL) and Common Criteria certifiedhardware.

More about NIKSUN's Platform

Delivers comprehensive intelligence, from executive-level insights to SOC root-cause analysis in one-to-zero clicks with drilldown options, and no hopping between tools
Provides the opportunity to leverage its platform at extremely minimal cost, with licensing available for the end-to-end platform, or for specific product-sets, including Security Information and Event Management – SIEM (LogWave), Network Detection and Response – NDR (NetDetectorLive), SecOps Analytics (FlowAggregator), Central Management (NetOmni), and more
Includes robust training/assistance and rapid turn-arounds on requested enhancements
Leverages a security-hardened platform with certifications that include Common Criteria, DISA STIG compliance, and placement on the U.S. Department of Defense's Approved Products List (APL)

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More about NIKSUN

NIKSUN is the recognized world leader in empowering organizations to Know the Unknown^®. Since 1997, we have been committed to delivering the most innovative solutions for securing and optimizing the networks of over a thousand customers, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and service providers.

Our industry-leading suite of scalable, forensics-based cyber security and network performance monitoring products provide customers with in-depth and actionable insight into security threats, performance issues, and compliance risks. NIKSUN's patented real-time analysis,comprehensive observability solutions, and recording technology arethe industry's most comprehensive solutionsfor securing and maintaining the dynamic network infrastructure.