Progress announced the latest release of
its network anomaly detection system, Progress Flowmon ADS. Flowmon ADS 12.2 harnesses the power of artificial
intelligence (AI) to provide an advanced and holistic view of detected security
events, empowering cybersecurity professionals to identify those that are
important, prioritize them with context, guide efficient decision-making and
respond quickly.
One of the
most significant hurdles facing IT teams is the overwhelming volume of security
events and alerts. Security professionals struggle to extract actionable
insights and to prioritize their efforts effectively. Without adequate network
detection capabilities or sufficient data to make informed decisions,
organizations are susceptible to attacks.
With the
latest release of Flowmon ADS, IT professionals have fast and automatic access
to an expanded range of meaningful security insights. They can immediately
apply sophisticated intelligence and context to identify malicious behaviors,
attacks against mission-critical applications, data breaches and various
indicators of compromise.
Contextual
threat event analysis addresses critical problems by examining the overall
state of the network, identifying event trends and generating a comprehensive
at-a-glance view. New data views correlate detected events in the entire IT
ecosystem-on-premises, cloud and hybrid-providing critical information about
the devices with the highest threat score, those with an increased threat
score, changes in severity across the most common types of detected events
and/or the most significant detected threats.
Flowmon ADS
acts as an always-on, AI-powered cyber security analyst, able to distill and
summarize only the most important events and findings, providing a
contextualized understanding of incidents and key insights into the dynamics of
any security situation. Additionally, Flowmon ADS 12.2 provides:
- Intrusion Detection System (IDS) events visualization
& analysis browser updates: Signature-based events are presented in a
unified user interface together with behavior-based events including drill
downs, event evidence, dashboards and reports.
- AI-assisted analysis and threat score summary: The
Analysis page in Flowmon ADS now contains summary information with
actionable insights prioritized according to the level of severity.
- Application & platform mapping to IP addresses: Expanded
network intelligence helps users map IP addresses to SaaS applications and
platforms.
- Detection of the use of specific applications: This new
functionality streamlines the detection of unapproved SaaS apps and
potentially dangerous applications such as unapproved VPN software.
"Flowmon's AI-powered contextual threat event analysis
represents a giant leap forward in the battle against ever-evolving threats,"
said Sundar Subramanian, EVP & GM, Infrastructure Management, Progress. "By
cutting through the noise and providing a cohesive understanding of the threat
landscape, organizations have the necessary tools to stay ahead of cyber
threats, mitigate risks and safeguard their critical assets."
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an intelligent detection engine, Flowmon ADS applies behavior analysis
algorithms to detect anomalies concealed within network traffic and instantly
and automatically expose malicious behaviors, attacks against mission-critical
applications, data breaches and other indicators of compromise. That is why
Flowmon won gold in the Network Detection and Response category of the 2023
Globee Cybersecurity Awards and was named a Technology Leader by Quadrant
Knowledge Solutions in the SPARK Matrix: Network Detection and Response (NDR)
report.
Flowmon ADS 12.2 is available today.