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NETSCOUT Omnis Cyber Intelligence Integrates with AWS Security Hub

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. a leading provider of cybersecurity, service assurance, and business analytics solutions, today announced that Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) customers will now have added visibility and security when migrating workloads to AWS using NETSCOUT's Omnis® Cyber Intelligence (OCI) integration with AWS Security Hub.

NETSCOUT OCI is the industry's fastest and most scalable network security software solution, built on the foundation of the industry's most prominent network monitoring and packet recording and analysis technology. It uniquely detects and investigates suspicious activities in real-time and retrospectively, identifies threats early in the attack life cycle to prevent infections from spreading, stops future attacks, and identifies compromised assets.

As a cloud security posture management service, AWS Security Hub performs automated, continuous security best practice checks against AWS resources, aggregates alerts, and enables automated remediation.

The integration between NETSCOUT OCI and AWS Security Hub enhances the corporate security posture by extending the breadth and depth of cyberthreat visibility and intelligence. The integration is seamless since NETSCOUT OCI automatically formats violations in the Amazon Security Findings Format (ASFF) with built-in intelligence to suppress duplicate alerts and group them as needed. NETSCOUT OCI, through its integration with AWS Security Hub, helps detect, investigate, and respond to potentially malicious activity exposing risks that exist in hybrid cloud interdependencies.

"As organizations migrate workloads to the cloud, their infrastructure becomes increasingly complex, making end-through-end visibility a necessity to uncover increased attack surfaces and combat threat exposure,As an AWS Validated Technology and Public Sector Partner with Network and Migration competencies, we've been in lock-step development with AWS. We're excited that customers can realize the benefits of NETSCOUT OCI, which is now fully integrated onto AWS Security Hub."

Russ Currie, vice president, enterprise strategy, NETSCOUT

About NETSCOUT
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. helps assure digital business services against security, availability, and performance disruptions. Our market and technology leadership stems from combining our patented smart data technology with smart analytics. We provide real-time, pervasive visibility and insights customers need to accelerate and secure their digital transformation. Omnis Cyber Intelligence delivers the fastest and most scalable network security solution available on the market. NETSCOUT nGenius service assurance solutions provide real-time, contextual analysis of service, network, and application performance. And Arbor® Smart DDoS Protection by NETSCOUT products help protect against attacks that threaten availability and advanced threats that infiltrate networks to steal critical business assets. To learn more about improving service, network, and application performance in physical or virtual data centers or in the cloud, and how NETSCOUT's security and performance solutions can help you move forward with confidence.

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