Bridging the cybersecurity gap

Even if you've outsourced cybersecurity operations, you can't outsource your responsibility – in this article you’ll learn how you can keep on top of threats to your business. 

We all know that cybersecurity problems are a clear and present danger these days, not just because of the headline news that hostile countries and so-called state-sponsored actors are out to get us, but also because cybercriminals of all ages and abilities are making so much money dishonestly online, using an apparently limitless set of tools, techniques and procedures.

As a result, most of us already have a range of active cybersecurity products, such as anti-virus, endpoint detection and response software (EDR), firewalls, web filters, and more, plus teams of experts looking out for the detections and responses of all these tools.

Some of us end up with lots of different vendors; others shop with one of the cybersecurity juggernauts for an "all-in-one" toolkit, though these are often just lots of separate tools "united" through mergers and acquisitions; and increasingly many of us are outsourcing our day-to-day active security response to teams of humans (or AIs, or both) that may be part of the same vendor that sold us our products in the first place.

But a lot of real-time cybersecurity protection still relies on reactive, whack-a-mole defenses, based on adding new malware samples, new rogue websites, new criminal messaging, and so on, into ever-growing blocklists.

So, what about evidence and threat intelligence that your existing tools can't detect, don't collect, or can't present to you in the sort of straight-talking day-to-day overview that you'd like?

Security teams often juggle too many tools during an investigation: one for alerts, another for packet data, a third for context.

Non-technical staff can't quickly get a meaningful map of how a possible security risk might affect their whole network, and the signs of an attack often don't show up until the harm has already started, especially when insiders are part of the risk.

After all, not every threat crosses the perimeter, so your traditional firewalls don't see it at all. Lateral movement, insider activity, traffic between branch offices - none of it ever reaches a gateway filter, and the more locations your network spans, the bigger that blind spot gets.

APCON has spent over 30 years making sure that network traffic, even in huge volumes, not only reaches its destinations at speed, but also reaches the tools that need to see it, through its IntellaStore range of network packet brokers.

Now, APCON ThreatGuard extends that same expertise into security, giving your team the visibility to catch what perimeter tools and remote EDR detections miss, all in one straightforward dashboard that your own IT teams, security experts, risk managers, and others can use to monitor and manage your online operations.

Built for security teams at all technical levels, and on all scales.

• ThreatGuard's Connections Graph gives security teams a visual map of devices, sessions, and traffic flows, making it faster to see relationships between hosts and alerts and focus on what matters most.

• ThreatGuard brings alarms, network traffic, packet evidence, and session metadata into a single investigative workspace, so your team can move from alert to analysis to response without switching systems.

• ThreatGuard includes AIp, the APCON Intelligence Processor, which automatically updates detection policies, so your team isn't manually chasing the latest threats.

• ThreatGuard's mobile app keeps your threat management team connected wherever they are, with configurable real-time alerts on iOS and Android, because security doesn't stop at the office.

Run ThreatGuard as software on your own servers, on virtual servers in the cloud, or paired with the APCON IntellaStore IV network devices for a fully turnkey system.

Book a demo today to see just how easy ThreatGuard is to use, and just how many security blind spots it can illuminate for you.

Because even if you've outsourced your day-to-day security operations to some else, you can't outsource your responsibility.

Network security - at speed, at scale, and at your fingertips!