Mazu Networks Forms Alliance with TippingPoint
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Mazu and TippingPoint Integration Provides Enterprises with New Benefits for Network Operations and Network Security
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - January 15, 2007 - Mazu Networks, the leading[1] provider of Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) systems, today announced an alliance to integrate Mazu with TippingPoint's quarantine solution. The integration enables enterprises to resolve network and security issues quickly and accurately.
"The combination of Mazu with TippingPoint provides customers with a powerful solution for addressing a multitude of network operations and network security challenges," said Paul Brady, CEO, Mazu Networks. "While Mazu provides enterprises with a global view of how users, applications, hosts and devices behave on a network, TippingPoint enables a granular enforcement option. Now the market's leading NBA system can work in conjunction with TippingPoint's solutions to greatly improve network and security operations for enterprise customers."
Mazu provides continuous global visibility into how users, applications, hosts and devices behave on a network, delivering information on how current activity differs from typical behavior. Users immediately understand who is talking to whom, what applications and services are running, where the traffic is flowing and if there are any meaningful changes that indicate a network issue, security threat or application problem. After identifying an issue, Mazu can now send commands such as containing infected devices for remediation to the TippingPoint Security Management System (SMS) for enforcement. Further, with Mazu, TippingPoint's quarantine can move from policy violation alerting to inline policy enforcement.
"SEM and NMS are limited in the depth of what they provide into event views. NBA systems provide a layer of intelligence of what applications, systems and users are doing inside the network," said Chris Liebert, senior analyst, Security Solutions and Services, Yankee Group. "Their ability to integrate with management and monitoring tools is critical to providing valuable context to alerts in those views.[2]"
As network environments become more complex and as the number of issues that can jeopardize security and IT operations grow in frequency, sophistication and variation, the need for more intelligent and granular remediation is critical. The intelligence that Mazu provides when it discovers a security or network operations issue combined with Tipping Point's enforcement capabilities enables enterprises to effectively respond to atypical network behavior.
A recent Gartner research report states, "Network behavior analysis (NBA) can fill the gap left by policy- and signature-based point solutions, such as firewalls, intrusion detection system/intrusion prevention system (IDS/IPS), and security information and event management (SIEM), which may miss threats for which they are not specifically configured to detect. NBA technologies are decision support systems that give visibility to a knowledgeable operator who can interpret, investigate and appropriately respond to a variety of suspicious activities on the network.[3]"
"This is an important step in the evolution of enterprise security," said Neal Hartsell, vice president of marketing for TippingPoint. "Security is getting more complex to administer and manage. One way to alleviate complexity is to extend the power of our IPS's traffic classification and policy enforcement strength to Network Behavior Analysis systems - enabling customers to maximize their existing security investments, automate end point security, and reduce the cost and complexity of overall security policy enforcement."
Pricing and Availability
Mazu with the Tipping Point Quarantine functionality is available at no charge to Mazu Networks customers. Third party solution integration is supported in Mazu 7.0, available since September 2006. For more information on Mazu, visit: www.mazunetworks.com/solutions/index.php.
About TippingPoint, a division of 3Com
TippingPoint, a division of 3Com, is the leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems. The TippingPoint IPS is the most decorated in its industry. For a full list of awards, visit www.tippingpoint.com/products_certifications.html. Our innovative approach offers customers unmatched network-based security with ultra-high performance, scalability and reliability. TippingPoint is based in Austin, Texas, and can be contacted through its Web site at www.tippingpoint.com or by telephone at 1-888-TRUE-IPS.
About 3Com Corporation
3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) is a leading provider of secure, converged voice and data networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes. 3Com offers a broad line of innovative products backed by world class sales, service and support, which excel at delivering business value for its customers. Through its TippingPoint division, 3Com is the leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems that deliver in-depth application protection, infrastructure protection, and performance protection. 3Com also is the majority owner of Huawei-3Com Co., Ltd. (H3C), a China-based joint venture formed by 3Com and Huawei in November 2003. H3C brings innovative and cost-effective product development and manufacturing and a strong footprint in one of the world's most dynamic markets. For further information, please visit www.3com.com, or the press site www.3com.com/pressbox.
About Mazu Networks, Inc.
Mazu Networks provides continuous global visibility into how users, applications, hosts and devices are behaving on a network, and detects if there are meaningful changes from their typical behavior that indicate a network performance issue, a security threat, or an application problem. Through Mazu, enterprises understand usage patterns, consumption rates and dependencies between users, applications and network infrastructure. Only Mazu offers continuous global visibility; rapid, agent-less deployment, automatic and custom behavior analysis; and superior integration with network and security products. Mazu's customers optimize their network infrastructure to support their business, secure their internal networks and maximize application availability. For more information, please visit www.mazunetworks.com.
Media Contacts:
Karen Regan
Mazu Networks,Inc.
(617) 354-9292 ext. 148 karen.reganmazunetworks.com
[1] See: www.mazunetworks.com/news-events/061201-yankee.php.
[2] Chris Liebert, "NBA Finds its True Calling by Adding Intelligence to Management and Monitoring Tools." November 2006. Yankee.
3 Paul Proctor, "MarketScope for Network Behavior Analysis, 2H06." November 21, 2006. Gartner.
