NETSCOUT Case Studies UK Financial Services Organization Securely Manages Business Growth with NETSCOUT Packet Flow Switch Solution

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	UK Financial Services Organization Securely Manages Business Growth with NETSCOUT Packet Flow Switch Solution NETSCOUT

UK Financial Services Organization Securely Manages Business Growth with NETSCOUT Packet Flow Switch Solution

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security Networks & Connectivity - Network Management & Analysis Software
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	The UK financial services leader was experiencing business growth which necessitated data center expansion. This expansion led to an increase in network traffic and cybersecurity risks. The bank's IT organization had to manage these challenges while also working collaboratively with the cybersecurity team to ensure visibility into wire traffic for all their monitoring needs. The bank also uses an external provider to assist with network operations management. The cybersecurity team had deployed various third-party solutions in the data center environment. To maximize the efficiency of these cybersecurity platforms, the bank required network packet broker technology capable of filtering and forwarding traffic to the appropriate cybersecurity and/or monitoring system for analysis. Read More
About Customer	The customer is a UK financial services leader that offers a diverse business model to support insurance, retail, and commercial banking customers. With more than 25 million customers around the world, the bank has successfully deployed online and mobile platforms for users, while implementing a strategic business plan to simplify lending services to UK homebuyers. The bank's business growth generated the need for data center expansion, which brought associated network traffic increases and cybersecurity risks to the organization’s Information Technology teams. The network and cybersecurity teams in this IT organization have come to work very collaboratively to ensure visibility into wire traffic for all their monitoring needs. Read More
Solution	The IT team turned to NETSCOUT, an existing partner for Service Assurance and Packet Flow Switch (PFS) technology solutions, to improve network visibility for its cybersecurity team. The bank selected NETSCOUT’s nGenius 2200 series packet flow switch technology and NETSCOUT TAPs, which enable IT to tap into network wire traffic and feed vital data to the third-party cybersecurity platforms. In addition, the bank selected the nGenius 6000 series packet flow switch, which provides high-density port aggregation and packet forwarding for monitoring and security tools. The nGenius 2200 series packet flow switch optimizes the flow of packets from the network to the bank’s cybersecurity systems. With the nGenius 2200 series packet flow switch providing key flow management functions, such as speed conversion, aggregation, and load balancing, NETSCOUT’s solution also protects the bank’s network in the event of power loss or tool failure. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Networks & Connectivity - Network Management & Analysis Software

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

The UK financial services leader was experiencing business growth which necessitated data center expansion. This expansion led to an increase in network traffic and cybersecurity risks. The bank's IT organization had to manage these challenges while also working collaboratively with the cybersecurity team to ensure visibility into wire traffic for all their monitoring needs. The bank also uses an external provider to assist with network operations management. The cybersecurity team had deployed various third-party solutions in the data center environment. To maximize the efficiency of these cybersecurity platforms, the bank required network packet broker technology capable of filtering and forwarding traffic to the appropriate cybersecurity and/or monitoring system for analysis.

About Customer

The customer is a UK financial services leader that offers a diverse business model to support insurance, retail, and commercial banking customers. With more than 25 million customers around the world, the bank has successfully deployed online and mobile platforms for users, while implementing a strategic business plan to simplify lending services to UK homebuyers. The bank's business growth generated the need for data center expansion, which brought associated network traffic increases and cybersecurity risks to the organization’s Information Technology teams. The network and cybersecurity teams in this IT organization have come to work very collaboratively to ensure visibility into wire traffic for all their monitoring needs.

Solution

The IT team turned to NETSCOUT, an existing partner for Service Assurance and Packet Flow Switch (PFS) technology solutions, to improve network visibility for its cybersecurity team. The bank selected NETSCOUT’s nGenius 2200 series packet flow switch technology and NETSCOUT TAPs, which enable IT to tap into network wire traffic and feed vital data to the third-party cybersecurity platforms. In addition, the bank selected the nGenius 6000 series packet flow switch, which provides high-density port aggregation and packet forwarding for monitoring and security tools. The nGenius 2200 series packet flow switch optimizes the flow of packets from the network to the bank’s cybersecurity systems. With the nGenius 2200 series packet flow switch providing key flow management functions, such as speed conversion, aggregation, and load balancing, NETSCOUT’s solution also protects the bank’s network in the event of power loss or tool failure.

Impact #1	As a strategic monitoring partner, NETSCOUT provides leadership and technology innovation to support monitoring visibility, as well as service assurance.
Impact #2	Single-vendor model reduces management complexity and costs.
Impact #3	Supports stronger collaboration between network operations and cybersecurity.

Impact #1

As a strategic monitoring partner, NETSCOUT provides leadership and technology innovation to support monitoring visibility, as well as service assurance.

Impact #2

Single-vendor model reduces management complexity and costs.

Impact #3

Supports stronger collaboration between network operations and cybersecurity.

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UK Financial Services Organization Securely Manages Business Growth with NETSCOUT Packet Flow Switch Solution

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