Light Cyber and Net Optics have partnered to provide a scalable and fault-tolerant solution, which consists of the Light Cyber Magna™ working with Net Optics Tap solutions and xBalancer™. http://www.netoptics.com

1. Technology Alliance Partner I Solution Brief
Advanced Threat Protection Solution Delivering
Effective and Scalable Cyber Security
Net Optics and Light Cyber
The Challenge
The last couple of years demonstrated that traditional perimeter and endpoint
security solutions are not effective against targeted attacks.
Once a persistent attacker crosses the perimeter, he can operate freely inside
the internal network. It is therefore essential to monitor internal network traffic
at a large scale and automatically analyze it to detect the attackers’ malicious
behavior. Vital to this strategy is maintaining the scalability, availability,
performance, and value of these monitoring solutions.
The Solution
Solution Highlights
• Comprehensive detection of targeted attacks
without the use of signatures or rules
• Detection of malicious behavior as well as malware,
both known and unknown
Light Cyber and Net Optics have partnered to provide a scalable and faulttolerant solution, which consists of the Light Cyber Magna™ working with Net
Optics Tap solutions and xBalancer™.
• Easily install and scale deployments as needs grow
while lowering TCO
Net Optics iTap 2 Port Aggregator copies traffic from one network link to
one or two monitoring tools. It supports network-monitoring through an easyto-use Web UI, detailed counter statistics, SNMP traps, and field upgradable
software. If traffic levels exceed the capacity of the receiving NIC, the Port
Aggregator stores overflow traffic into buffer memory; if traffic exceeds 100%
bandwidth of the monitoring device, the device can function like a standard
tap with half duplex monitoring—and then be set back to resume full duplex
aggregation mode. Numerous features including Role Based User Access
(RBAC), 1024bit SSL encryption (for HTTPS and SSHv2), IP Access List, and
SNMPv2 / SNMPv3.
• Gain advanced threat protection without
compromising network reliability
The Net Optics xBalancer is built specifically to prevent tool overburdening
by distributing the traffic to multiple monitoring tools. Thus xBalancer
allows customers to scale their deployments as the need grows while
maintaining security. Tool health is monitored using Heartbeat packets
and can proactively redirect traffic to available or spare tools in case of
failure.
Light Cyber Magna™ detects malicious behavior of targeted attackers
inside the organization’s network. Automated analysis profiles the normal
behavior of network users and hosts to spot malicious activity at an early
stage of an attack. Targeted Forensics™ provides the incident response
team with the information they need to effectively investigate and
remediate the attack.
• Focuses the incident response team on the high
priority threats
• Targeted Forensics™ combines network and host
indicators to enable effective investigation and
remediation

2. Technology Alliance Partner I Solution Brief
Advanced Threat Protection Solution Delivering Effective and Scalable Cyber Security
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Detect - MAGNA automatically detects
malicious behavior inside the organizational
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Net Optics xBalancer™
Light Cyber Magna
Light Cyber Magna
The diagram shows two network ports on the Net Optics iTap connected to the upstream
and downstream network devices, the aggregation ports connecting to the xBalancer. The
Light Cyber appliances connect to the xBalancer, which provides session based load balancing.
The xBalancer in turn uses a unique heartbeat for each Light Cyber monitoring link. In case of a
heartbeat failure the xBalancer rebalances the traffic to the remaining tools or to an additional
spare to maintain continuous monitoring.
Investigate - MAGNA uses Targeted
Forensics™ at the network and host level,
to provide the incident response team
with the information they need to quickly
understand the nature and severity of the
threat and to effectively investigate and
remediate the attack.
Net Optics
Light Cyber
Net Optics is the leading provider of Total Application and Network
Visibility solutions that deliver real-time network intelligence for
peak performance in network monitoring and security. As a result,
businesses achieve the scalable end-to-end visibility they need to
optimize network performance of physical, virtual and private cloud
environments, and remote branch offices. More than 7,500 enterprises,
service providers and government organizations—including 85
percent of the Fortune 100—trust Net Optics’ comprehensive plug and
play family of application-aware NPM, Network Packet Broker, Virtual/
Cloud and Visibility Management System (VMS) solutions to deliver
immediate results and quick time to value through an easy-to-use
interface. Net Optics maintains a global presence through leading OEM
partner and reseller networks.
Light Cyber is a leading provider of Advanced Threat
Protection solutions that automatically detect malicious
behavior of targeted attacks and unknown malware inside
the organization’s network. Their solutions allow the security
operation center (SOC) to focus on remediating actionable
incidents at an early stage of the attack, rather than manually
searching through large volumes of data to discover cyber
threats. Founded in 2011 by leading cyber security experts,
Light Cyber serves customers in industries from finance and
telecom to media and technology.
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www.netoptics.com
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New Jersey 07302, United States
Main: +1 (201) 984 1969
www.lightcyber.com
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