The current cybersecurity environment is characterized by a relentless barrage of sophisticated threats, demanding equally sophisticated defenses. However, cyberattacks over the last several years have proven time and time again that traditional defenses alone cannot defend the modern enterprise.

As IT environments grow more complex, threat actors are taking advantage of the expanded attack surface and finding new ways to circumvent traditional detection and response solutions, making the network a SOC team’s most critical security asset as they try to fortify their defenses.

Yet, the network detection and response (NDR) market has historically faced challenges due to the sheer volume and complexity of network data, which requires specialized skills and infrastructure, in addition to integration difficulties arising from a bevy of point products that burdened already stretched security teams.

With security leaders increasingly recognizing the dire need to detect and respond to lateral movement throughout their hybrid networks, NDR has reached a crucial stage of maturity: Evolve from a promising concept to an adaptable, integrated solution that aligns with the realities of the modern enterprise.

Modern NDR for the Modern Enterprise

Expert opinions paint a picture of a more sophisticated and targeted threat landscape in the coming year. Contending with ever-intensifying security challenges, modern NDR solutions empower security teams with faster, more effective threat detection and response, surpassing the limitations of legacy systems.

To effectively eliminate security blind spots and stop threats in their tracks, NDR solutions must be able to understand and decode all activity traversing the network - even that hidden behind encrypted communications - and generate insights at scale.

A modern NDR platform combines these foundational capabilities with cloud-scale machine learning and a diverse set of workflows in a single, powerful platform that fuels not only network detection and response, but also network performance management (NPM), intrusion detection (IDS), and packet forensics for a unified view of the network and critical context that significantly improves SOC productivity.

With a consolidated solution, enterprises can enable a multitude of use cases including threat detection, network/application performance assurance, attack surface discovery, blast radius and damage assessment, threat hunting, forensics, identity-based detections, and more.

Making Modern NDR a Reality

To help deliver the most comprehensive NDR platform for the modern enterprise, we're launching our new all-in-one sensor - making ExtraHop the first to consolidate NDR, NPM, IDS, and packet forensics on a single device without any impact to performance.

This latest innovation reinforces our commitment to making network data even more accessible and actionable for organizations across the globe - regardless of how complex their network environments may be.

Solving the Enterprise’s Most Pressing Challenges

The ExtraHop all-in-one sensor solves a consistent set of challenges we’ve heard from customers around the globe.

Enterprises require optimization and efficiency.

• Adding packet feeds to a multitude of sensors each responsible for gathering telemetry for a point solution such as NDR, NPM, or IDS, increases deployment complexity, adds operational overhead, and increases workloads for already strained teams.

Enhance productivity and reduce costs by parsing through network traffic once to gather all the telemetry required for a wide range of use cases with ExtraHop.

Data silos must be torn down.

• Siloed solutions create a fragmented view of the network and reduce security efficacy. Threat actors exploit these integration gaps to bypass defenses and covertly carry out their attacks.

Gain a cohesive, integrated view of the network to detect, investigate, and stop threats faster with ExtraHop.

The ExtraHop all-in-one sensor accelerates NDR deployment and enables enterprises to maximize their return on investment, without compromising on the industry-leading security technology customers have relied on ExtraHop for for almost two decades.

Building for the Future

We're constantly innovating to deliver increased value to our customers, expanding upon our NDR platform to provide comprehensive protection in the face of today's and tomorrow's security challenges.

As we look to the future, we’re focused on building upon the promise of a modern NDR solution with unique use cases that address the biggest threats on the horizon. More and more, we’re hearing about concerns around securing cloud native applications, investigating the impact of compromised identities and credentials, and securing non-human identities in enterprise networks.

While the pace at which cyber threats will increase in scope and magnitude is beyond anyone’s comprehension, we remain committed to anticipating customers’ needs and developing proactive solutions that can catch those threats before it’s too late.