Cox Communications Selects GuardedNet's Software for Centralized Security Event Management of its New High Speed Data Network.Business Editors & High Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002 neuSECURE(TM) by GuardedNet serves as central software platform for managing security operations and monitoring threats in real-time GuardedNet Inc., a provider of advanced enterprise Security Event Management (SEM) software, has been selected by Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. Inc., one of the nation's largest broadband communications companies, to centralize cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. threat management across its new nationwide High Speed Data Network. With one of the highest-capacity and most reliable broadband delivery networks in the world, Atlanta-based Cox serves 6.3 million customers in more than 20 states. In 2001, Cox began an upgrade in data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. and information security driven by the process of transitioning over 600,000 former Cox@Home customers to its new Cox High Speed Internet service. A company well known for its excellence in customer care as evidenced by numerous awards, Cox devised a deployment strategy that included a comprehensive security component. "The deployment of millions of users to our new backbone required that we upsize up·size v. up·size, up·siz·ing, up·siz·es v.intr. To become greater or larger: "the chief executives ... saw the combined value of their share options upsize by $36. the number of security devices throughout our network. The human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. needed to monitor and manage an infrastructure of that size was daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin ," said Michael Hale, Cox's Director of Data Engineering. "With neuSECURE, we are able to monitor a much larger infrastructure without increasing our headcount." "neuSECURE automates the aggregation and correlation process, mitigates false positives and alerts my team to real threats in a timely manner. This frees up my team to focus on investigating and responding to abnormal network activity that pose real threats," said Jeff Hartley, Cox's Manager of Data Engineering Security. neuSECURE provides a centralized monitoring software platform for logging, event correlation Event Correlation is the processes involved with reducing a large number of incident alerts to a much smaller, more manageable number within automated monitoring and incident/problem management in a Support Management System. , threat analysis, threat response and forensic investigation of the enormous quantities of security event data in heterogeneous enterprise and service provider networks. It correlates log data files from disparate machines such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems This article is about the computing term. For other uses, see Burglar alarm. An intrusion detection system (IDS) generally detects unwanted manipulations of computer systems, mainly through the Internet. , computer systems and routers and automatically analyzes this data to uncover legitimate threats to the enterprise. neuSECURE allows security analysts to prioritize their investigations and focus on the mission-critical task of responding to threats. And with neuSECURE a security team can manage threats from early detection to final resolution without ever leaving the intuitive, web-based console. About GuardedNet(TM) GuardedNet, Inc. delivers advanced Security Event Management (SEM) software solutions. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , neuSECURE, centrally monitors and performs threat analysis in multi-vendor enterprise security environments. Its ability to correlate and analyze log data files from disparate machines in real-time enables security administrators to overcome "Log Data Overload" and detect and respond to security breaches as they are occurring, rather than after the damage is done. neuSECURE has improved the security and the operational efficiency of numerous corporate Security Operations Centers A Security Operations Center is a centralised unit in an organisation that deals with security issues. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA; an agency within the US Department of Homeland Security) has implemented Security Operations Centers (referred to as SOC) (SOCs), including those at leading financial and data communications institutions. GuardedNet is a private company, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about GuardedNet, please visit www.guarded.net or contact us at sales@guarded.net or (404) 591-8200. GuardedNet, the GuardedNet logo, neuSECURE, and the neuSECURE logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of GuardedNet, Inc. |
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