Lancope Strengthens Cisco pxGrid Support through Mitigation Interoperability with Cisco Identity Services Engine for Faster, More Streamlined Cyber Threat Defense

ATLANTA, Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Interop New York -- Lancope, Inc., a leader in network visibility and security intelligence, is providing tight product integration with the new Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 1.3, unveiled this week at Interop New York as part of the Cisco Cyber Threat Defense (CTD) Solution 2.0. Cisco ISE is a powerful and flexible attribute-based access control solution that provides customized privileges for corporate resources based on user/endpoint identity. Lancope is integrating its StealthWatch^® System context-aware security solution with ISE through the Cisco Platform Exchange Grid (pxGrid), a unified framework that enables multivendor, cross-platform network technology collaboration.

Building off of existing integrations with previous versions of ISE, Lancope is leveraging the latest ISE platform to deliver even more extensive network visibility and new mitigation capabilities to joint customers, and to organizations that acquire the Cisco CTD Solution. Designed to combat today's most stealthy, sophisticated cyber-attacks, CTD combines the advanced security capabilities of Lancope and Cisco to provide unprecedented insight into the network interior.

"Lancope offers a best-of-breed platform for network intelligence and threat detection, enabling users to quickly uncover and thwart advanced attacks in their network," said Russell Rice, senior director of ISE product management at Cisco. "By integrating with the new version of Cisco ISE, Lancope is substantially adding to the strength of its StealthWatch platform by delivering the latest capabilities for identity/device aware threat defense, as well as value-added, automated mitigation. We look forward to hearing the myriad of customer success stories surrounding improved threat response that will undoubtedly result from this powerful combination."

Through this integration, Lancope's StealthWatch System collects and analyzes identity and device information from Cisco ISE, including security posture and access level, to obtain valuable context surrounding a security event. This information is combined with NetFlow data from Cisco and other devices, and is used to create a single, unified picture of everything happening on an enterprise network – including who is on the network, what they are doing, from where and with which device.

From there, the StealthWatch System can identify and send alerts surrounding anomalous or suspicious network activities that could signify an attack, such as excess authentication attempts. With StealthWatch System version 6.6 coming later this year, users will also be able to take mitigation actions directly from the StealthWatch Management Console (SMC) by using Cisco ISE's dynamic network control capabilities.

"Cisco technology serves as the backbone for many of our customers' network and security infrastructures," said Mike Potts, president and CEO of Lancope. "We are excited to work closely with Cisco to ensure that our customers continue to benefit from tight integration between our rapidly-evolving security platforms. Together, Lancope and Cisco offer an unmatched solution for obtaining maximum security context and responding faster and more effectively to today's increasingly malicious threats."

The StealthWatch System / ISE integration is available for existing Lancope and Cisco ISE customers, or as a combined solution based on Cisco CTD. Cisco is demonstrating the combined solution and new mitigation capabilities this week at Interop New York Booth #401. Interested parties should stop by the Cisco booth, or contact their Lancope sales representative or [email protected] for more details.

About Lancope
Lancope, Inc. is a leading provider of network visibility and security intelligence to defend enterprises against today's top threats. By collecting and analyzing NetFlow, IPFIX and other types of flow data, Lancope's StealthWatch^® System helps organizations quickly detect a wide range of attacks from APTs and DDoS to zero-day malware and insider threats. Through pervasive insight across distributed networks, including mobile, identity and application awareness, Lancope accelerates incident response, improves forensic investigations and reduces enterprise risk. Lancope's security capabilities are continuously enhanced with threat intelligence from the StealthWatch Labs research team. For more information, visit www.lancope.com.

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