The Network Intelligence GapWith the increasing complexity of application traffic, networks are becoming more difficult to understand and manage.
Redefining Network IntelligenceFind out how we are changing the way you monitor, manage and control your network. |
With the increasing number of encrypted and obfuscated applications, network traffic has become more complex. Administrators now have limited visibility and even less control over their networks.
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Network VisibilityIdentify more than 5,500 applications, services and protocols Application ControlGranularly block, shape or prioritize per application and user Threat IntelligenceStop known malware and botnet command & control communication |
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Niometrics’ award-winning ARCS analyzes network traffic at all network layers, providing unprecedented insight and control over all applications and users. |
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Industry Leading DetectionDesigned from ground up specifically to analyze application traffic (layer-7), Niometrics’ high-resolution traffic inspection engine identifies more than 5,500 applications, services and protocols with an industry leading 99% detection rate. |
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Visualization and AnalyticsNiometrics’ Network Intelligence dashboard is tightly integrated with a powerful network database structure that replaces complex logs with a user friendly interactive dashboard and a flexible reporting engine that allows users to quickly drill down to investigate and also extrapolate network traffic trends. |
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Automated Application DiscoveryAn application discovery system collects information about new, modified or unknown protocols and unknown application traffic, enabling the timely identification of new applications and quick updates. |
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Flexibility and ScalabilityNiometrics’ flexible software-driven engine is tuned for multi-gigabit layer-7 inspection and forwarding performance, while evolving with microprocessor and virtualization technologies. A software development kit allows further customization of signatures and detectors. |
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Network Intelligence and Application Control Detection of encrypted/obfuscated applications Visualization and Analytics HTML5 Web UI for configuration and dashboard Quality of Service Traffic shaping based on policy ruleset Web Categorization More than 20M URLs in 75 categories |
Control Evasive ApplicationsIdentify high-risk applications that are notorious in hiding from detection. The Niometrics ARCS design puts strong emphasis in identifying such applications, including BitTorrent, Thunder, QVOD, and PerfectDark. Weekly Ruleset UpdatesGet updated weekly with new rulesets that have been developed by the Niometrics R&D team from analyzing unidentified traffic and identifying popular new applications. Proxy PeelingAccurately account for traffic between end-users and remote session end-points by letting Niometrics ARCS peel off the proxy layer of your network. HTML5 Web InterfaceImproved user experience with new HTML5 capabilities and a rich Ajax-driven UI. Extensible ArchitectureAdd custom signatures for proprietary protocols, and develop your own custom traffic analysis modules for security and compliance using our highly adaptable engine. Application Traffic RecordingFlexible logging of traffic to disk for any application or policy profile, in PCAP, IPFIX or proprietary format for further analysis using home-grown or third-party tools for auditing or forensics. Virtual Appliance OptionDeploying the Niometrics ARCS in the form of virtual appliances in your existing server or datacenter infrastructure reduces cost and streamlines management. |
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Application Control in Action
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| Nio 2500 | Nio 6100 | Nio 6500 | Nio 7100 | |
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| User License | up to 1,000 | up to 3,000 | up to 10,000 | up to 200,000 |
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| Layer 7 inspection throughput | 1 Gbit/s | 2 Gbit/s | 5 Gbit/s | 10 Gbit/s |
| Traffic recording throughput | 300 Mbit/s | 300 Mbit/s | 300 Mbit/s | 2 Gbit/s |
| Max concurrent sessions | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
| Max new sessions per second | 20,000 | 30,000 | 50,000 | 80,000 |
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| Number of applications identified | > 5,500 | |||
| Policy actions | Allow, Block, Shape, Warning Banner | |||
| IP to user/group mapping | Active Directory, DNS, GPRS Control (GTP-C), on device DB | |||
| Data logging and Export | ||||
| Logging | Syslog, SNMP trap, HTTP API | |||
| Max log retention time | 60 days | 90 days | ||
| Appliance Interfaces | ||||
| Applicance type | 1U | 2U | 4U | |
| Network interfaces | 8x1Gb | 8x1Gb | 8x1Gb+2x10Gb | 8x1Gb+2x10Gb |
| Interface bypass | 8x (4 pair) | 8x (4 pair) | 8x (4 pair) | 2x (1 pair) |
| Management interfaces | 2x (LAN, LAN console) | |||
| Console access | 1x Serial RJ-45, 2x USB 2.0 | 2x USB 2.0 | ||
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Realtime Network Monitoring & Visualization
Existing network tools and security solutions are often difficult to use and understand, providing no further visibility besides basic user, communication port and host destination. Niometrics offers users a revolutionary way of understanding their networks, providing never-before insights into all application and user activity in extensive detail.
Powerful Drill-down and Enforcement Dashboard
Niometrics ARCS comes with a modern web-based management interface, designed for interactivity. Leveraging on lightweight Javascript, powerful HTML5 visuals, and an intelligent network traffic indexing and searching backend, Niometrics ARCS makes it easy for IT administrators to navigate to the activity of interest and interact with the system to extract information or configure network policies. Users can instantly switch from the graphical dashboard to low-level logs, or to right-click policy enforcement configuration.
Comprehensive Reporting Tools
Niometrics ARCS periodically aggregates traffic data and produces high-level summaries on how network resources are being utilized. This includes high-volume applications, top bandwidth-consuming users, policy violations, most popular applications, high-level security assessments, as well as other host and session statistics. Reports are available through the Web-based management interface and can also be delivered by email to the IT manager in PDF format at scheduled intervals.
In addition to high-level reports, IT administrators can run custom queries based on time range, application, and user filters to produce statistical or graphical reports . For demanding users, Niometrics ARCS produces flow-level logs that can be downloaded and analyzed through C and Python bindings.
Easy Management
Network Monitoring
Key indicators are summarized in a simple real-time view, enabling the IT manager to do quick routine checks on network conditions and appliance status. Network status information presented includes traffic load, percentage of policy violations, number of active users, and detection rate. Anomalies in any of those measures would warrant a drill-down inspection. The IT manager can also observe appliance resource utilization as well as availability of updates on the same panel.
The Niometrics Technical Assistance Centre is a 24/7 support centre for our customers and partners. It offers easy access to our knowledge database, FAQs, user guides, training materials as well as raising a service or feature request.
If you have any service requests or feedback, please contact our technical support directly at ntac@niometrics.com and we will respond to your shortly.
