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Additionally, there is also the option to export analytics data for further analysis. Correlating the
metadata extracted from optical network analytics with standard IP flow analysis provides a
complete picture of the network across all layers: from the physical network to the application
data.

Modern cyber intelligence missions require comprehensive optical network analytics to pair with
their current cybersecurity tools to conduct real-time and in post-mortem analysis to best protect
networks from future attacks.

Cyber warfare has clearly become more dangerous as it matures. Enterprises and government
agencies are increasingly seeking improved methods for identifying threats by using data from
advanced network monitoring applications.

However, cyber intelligence tools focused only on IP traffic analysis often miss valuable
information from the physical transport network. Use of progressive optical network analytics
can reveal anomalies that can enhance cyber threat hunting tasks. Cyber intelligence missions
are pairing these comprehensive optical network analytics with current cybersecurity tools to
maximize success.

About the Author

Mike Seidler is a senior product manager for NetQuest
Corporation where he directs development of the company’s
automated intercept access and intelligent monitoring
solutions.

Prior to his current position, he was a product manager for
ARRIS and a principal hardware engineer for Motorola.

Mike can be reached at [email protected] and via
NetQuest’s corporate website at
http://www.netquestcorp.com/.

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