Peakflow X constructs a system-wide view of enterprise networks, auto-learning host behaviors to determine who talks to whom – and how. It enables you to address a wide range of internal and external threats while maintaining business continuity. In addition to the real-time security information of Arbor’s Active Threat Feed (ATF) service, Peakflow X also integrates data from Arbor’s Active Threat Level Analysis System (ATLAS) – providing contextualized threat intelligence from a global and local perspective.

A Cost-Effective Solution for Identifying Threats and Improving Performance
Peakflow X provides a cost-effective approach to unparalleled macro- and micro-level network visibility by leveraging IP flow technology in existing network devices. It analyzes flow statistics to define normal network behavior. Then, in real-time, its embedded Network Behavioral Analysis (NBA) technology identifies abnormal activity that can indicate a developing security attack long before its signature is created.

Built-In Application Intelligence
With its integrated Application Intelligence collector, Peakflow X extends its network-wide visibility down to the application layer – enabling you to understand the behavior of over 100 types of network applications and traffic including Voice over IP (VoIP), peer-to-peer (P2) and HTTP/HTTPS. This micro-level visibility helps you maximize the performance, reliability and security of key applications; reduce cost and downtime by quickly resolving network issues; avoid over-provisioning your network to meet application demands; and expand application usage across geographically dispersed networks without risking bandwidth or security issues.

• Network security teams can use Peakflow X to:
  • Stop distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, viruses, botnets, worms and other emerging threats.
  • Track down and eradicate phishing solicitations.
  • Harden networks against future threats.
  • Control user access and eliminate insider misuse.
• Network operations teams can use Peakflow X to:
  • Improve network performance, traffic engineering and capacity planning.
  • Determine if application performance anomalies or misconfigurations are causing network problems.
  • Identify who consumes costly network bandwidth.
  • Reduce the cost, complexity and time of problem resolution.
  • Successfully expand and manage network topography and application installations.

• Network-Wide Visibility – Leverage IP flow technology in your existing network devices to achieve pervasive, cost-effective visibility and security of enterprise networks – including those based on MPLS.
• Application Intelligence – Detect the applications on your network and identify who’s using them – enabling you to improve the performance of critical business applications and form sound business reasons for network or application expansion and policy development.
• Network Behavioral Analysis – Understand the normal behavior of traffic including VoIP or P2P, and be alerted to abnormalities due to misconfigurations or malicious activity.
• Layer 2 mitigation and visibility - Quickly view where a host is connected to the network and stop them at the source, including auto-discovery of enterprise switches and elimination of troubled hosts from the network without affecting other hosts.
• Zero-Day Protection – Leverage anomaly detection to immediately identify zero-day threats missed by quickly outdated signature-based security tools.
• Unrivalled Threat Analysis – Optimize threat analysis and mitigation by combining unique Arbor capabilities: global visibility via the Active Threat Level Analysis System (ATLAS) and local detection via Active Threat Feed (ATF) fingerprints.
• Compliance Assurance – Monitor compliance with internal or external regulations (e.g., SOX, GLBA, PCI) and be alerted to violations via network usage reports and audit trail.