Endace Collaborates with Plixer to Deliver Network Security to SecOps and NetOps Teams

AUCKLAND, NZ: Endace, a provider of high-speed network monitoring and recording technology, announces collaboration with Plixer, a provider of security analytics. The partnership provides integration between Plixer’s Scrutinizer and EndaceProbe in order to improve the ability for SecOps and NetOps teams to investigate network security and performance issues faster and more accurately.

The Scrutinizer’s built-in flow analytics protects end system and monitors Internet-bound (i.e. outbound) connections, baselines and uncovers abnormal communication patterns. 

EndaceProbe network recorders capture, index and store network traffic with 100% accuracy, regardless of network speeds, loads ortraffic types.  EndaceProbe deployed with the application helps SecOps and NetOps team to investigate, identify and diagnose network and data security breaches, aiding Scrutinizer’s flow based monitoring and alerting system.

“The combination of intelligent flow analysis and alerting and immediate access to a detailed back-in-time traffic history delivers unparalleled visibility into network activity,” says Scott Brown, Director of Sales, Plixer. “This integration optimizes the workflow for SecOps and NetOps teams, enabling faster, more accurate analysis, improved response times and reduced resolution times for network security and performance issues.”

Integration between EndaceProbes and Scrutinizer allows users to pivot from an event of interest in the Scrutinizer UI directly to the related packets recorded on EndaceProbes. Packets of interest can be retrieved from the EndaceProbes seamlessly from within the Scrutinizer user interface, allowing immediate, and packet-level examination using Wireshark, EndacePackets or other packet-level analysis tools.