SAN JOSE, Calif., May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's cyber
threats, once inside, move laterally across networks to reach their
targets, compromising everything in their path. The volume, speed
and sophistication of these often-undetected attacks requires a new
approach to enterprise network security. Accenture's 2018 State of
Cyber Resilience Report found that 83 percent of respondents
believe they need advanced technologies to secure their future, but
just 2 in 5 had invested in AI and machine learning technologies.
To meet this challenge, Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR) today
announced its ExtremeAI™ Security application, a new class of
network security that leverages artificial intelligence and machine
learning to identify and remediate advanced threats against IoT
devices.
The convergence of multi-cloud, mobility, and the massive influx
of IoT devices in the enterprise expands the attack surface, making
it an imperative to deploy advanced security technologies deep
inside the network and not just at the perimeter. This explosion of
endpoints and network traffic creates complexity and makes it
difficult for network administrators and security teams to gain
visibility into the chaos through traditional solutions. With IoT
devices ranging from million-dollar smart MRI machines to
five-dollar sensors, device-level
security alone can't be trusted to secure endpoints. As a result,
enterprise security teams are working overtime to keep up, but are
often shorthanded due to a lack of trained cybersecurity
personnel.
ExtremeAI Security delivers deep visibility and detection of
malicious traffic, and real-time monitoring of IoT devices for
behavioral anomalies, illuminating enterprise networks so attackers
have nowhere to hide. Through fully-automated remediation of
suspicious devices and traffic, ExtremeAI Security ensures threats
are contained without manual intervention, preventing them from
moving across the network. Extreme's powerful traffic analytics and
visibility capabilities are embedded in this new security solution,
combining the best of enterprise networking with innovations in
machine learning to identify and remediate threats.
Key features of ExtremeAI Security include:
- Behavioral monitoring and baselining: Massively scalable
behavioral anomaly detection leverages machine learning to
understand typical behavior of IoT devices and automatically
trigger alerts when endpoints act in unusual or unexpected
ways.
- Unsupervised learning: A zero-touch, zero-configuration
approach makes ExtremeAI Security easy to implement. The advanced
machine learning algorithm automatically responds when triggered
and mitigates threats. This major innovation is based on
advancements in the field of Natural Language Processing.
- Insights and granular analytics: By leveraging its
ExtremeAnalytics™ application – the company's flagship, end-to-end,
analytics application — users can get deep visibility into the
lateral movement of malicious traffic and any impact on crucial
network services. Through the analytics platform, they can view
threats by severity, category, high-risk endpoints and
geography.
- Multi-vendor interoperability and integration: ExtremeAI
Security works with all leading threat intelligence feeds, and
close integration with Extreme Workflow Composer enables automatic
threat mitigation and remediation. The automated ticketing feature
integrates with variety of popular IT tools like Slack, Jira, and
ServiceNow, and the solution as a whole interoperates with many
popular security tools, including existing network taps. This extra
layer of security is necessary in today's changing enterprise IT
environment.
ExtremeAI Security will be generally available in October 2019.
Executive Perspectives
Abby Strong, Vice President
of Product Marketing, Extreme Networks
"Security is top
of mind for all of our customers. They have seen the devastating
impact of data breaches across industries and understand that they
need to change the way they view security infrastructure. The
ability to stop cyberattacks from moving across networks is an
absolute necessity to prevent the types of data breaches that can
dramatically harm a business. Extreme's advancements in both
security and machine learning will bring added peace of mind and a
much-needed extra layer of security for our customers."
Fritz Buetikofer, Senior IT
Manager, University of Bern
"In the past, we looked at
tools that promise to provide visibility into data traffic and
pinpoint anomalies. In most cases, it was very time consuming to
customize the bells and whistles of these tools so that they were
effective and didn't show too many 'false positives' – leaving our
IT team to chase after non-issues and potentially exposing our
organization to real security risks. In beta tests with
ExtremeAI Security, it was immediately clear that Extreme is
delivering an outstanding integration of analytics and anomaly
detection – as well as device profiling – through the deep
integration of its software and hardware capabilities. Even in this
very early stage, its easy-to-use dashboard provides us with very
precise information about incidents in every 'marked' component of
our network infrastructure."
Volker Kull, CTO, BELL
Computer-Netzwerke GmbH
"The irony of cybersecurity today is that many organizations
continue to rely on traditional, perimeter-based defenses, despite
ever more sophisticated attacks. This is a deceptive security that
we must counteract with intelligent technologies. Extreme Networks
is at the forefront of a new era of security, offering
comprehensive network visibility, traffic analysis and artificial
intelligence. We are proud to partner with Extreme to help
customers modernize and improve their security environment, so they
can confidently address today's IT challenges."
Rohit Mehra, Vice
President, Network Infrastructure, IDC
"Traditional
perimeter defenses alone are no longer enough to stop today's
sophisticated cyberattacks. Enterprises must base their defenses
off the idea that they have already been breached and focus their
efforts on protecting critical applications and data, while
preventing intruders from moving across the network. Extreme's new
capabilities that leverage advanced machine learning will help
enhance its automation toolset across its network visibility,
analytics and management solutions, enabling enterprises to address
their security challenges."
Additional Resources
- Connect with Extreme via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and
YouTube
- Extreme Elements: The Building Blocks of the Autonomous
Enterprise Solution Brief
- Extreme Elements Solution Page
- Six Things You Need to Know about IoT Security in 2019 Blog
Post
- The Future of Networking: The Autonomous Network Blog Post
- ExtremeAI Security Product Page
- ExtremeAI Security Solution Brief
- ExtremeAnalytics Product Page
- Extreme Workflow Composer Product Page
- Digital Transformation Requires an Autonomous Network White
Paper
About Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) delivers software-driven solutions
from the enterprise edge to the cloud that are agile, adaptive, and
secure to enable digital transformation. Our 100% in-sourced
services and support are number one in the industry. Even with
30,000 customers globally, including half of the Fortune 50 and
some of the world's leading names in business, hospitality, retail,
transportation and logistics, education, government, healthcare and
manufacturing, we remain nimble and responsive to ensure customer
and partner success. We call this Customer-Driven Networking™.
Founded in 1996, Extreme is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information,
visit Extreme's website or call 1-888-257-3000.
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