How NANO Corp revolutionizes network security through end-to-end observability
Fanch FRANCIS, PhD
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Original article published in French on InCyberNews by FABRICE DEBLOCK - June 22, 2023?
In the face of increasingly complex and hybrid networks, monitoring solutions must now offer unified supervision. Echoing the concept of end-to-end observability, NANO Corp places network cybersecurity, from the edge to the cloud, at the core of its concerns. Its CEO, Fanch Francis, shares his perspective on meeting the challenges of modern infrastructures and explains how the company positions itself to help businesses accelerate their digital transformation.?
?"There can be no security without observability," asserts Fanch Francis.
However, achieving observability in modern infrastructures is particularly challenging for several reasons, such as the multitude of service providers, multicloud environments, increasing data rates, and segregated NOC and SOC teams using diverse solutions.?
During their digital transformation, businesses face several challenges, the failure of which can have costly consequences. For example, one hour of downtime in a data center can cost up to $300,000.?
According to Fanch Francis, observability corresponds to the ability to effectively see, understand, and supervise a network. Its proper functioning and security are indeed the primary targets. This becomes especially important when the average dwell time, which is the time it takes to detect an attacker, is nine months.?
The evolution of network hybridization?
"Whether they are industrial, virtual, dedicated to data centers, telecommunications, or the cloud, networks have always coexisted but in a distinct manner. What is changing today is their increasing hybridization," explains Fanch Francis. Public and private enterprises must increasingly manage networks that are both "on-prem" and "on-cloud," edge and central systems, or information technology and operational technology.?
The complexity of network segments and the multitude of specialized actors?
One characteristic of these network segments lies in the multitude of actors, each specializing in the management of a specific segment. "For each segment, there is a myriad of highly specialized companies in that specific domain. However, when convergence points are created between two segments, it becomes very difficult to find a solution that ensures end-to-end coverage. The challenge for companies is to have unified supervision," adds Fanch Francis.?
The context of rapidly increasing data rates and expected performance?
This end-to-end observability becomes even more critical as data rates and performance expectations continue to rise, especially in the fields of? data centers or operational technology (OT). "If we take the specific case of the core of data centers, the standard is evolving. It is shifting from 40 Gbps to 100 Gbps, which leads to a capacity rupture due to generation effects. To avoid any blind spots, it is necessary to cover the entire network across all its segments, standards, and technologies," notes Fanch Francis.?
?The fusion of capabilities must also be achieved at the team level. The era where infrastructure and network architecture specialists and security experts did not communicate is over. "With the development of DevSecOps skills, in particular, teams are becoming as hybrid as the networks they operate. As a result, they need to have observability from the perspective of both service quality and performance, as well as security. A performance flaw can indeed be an indicator of an attack, and vice versa," adds Fanch Francis.?
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Cybersecurity: The power of complementary solutions?
It is essential for CIOs and CISOs to recognize that there is no single, completely autonomous cybersecurity solution. The current landscape of enterprise cybersecurity is a mixture of complementary tools that interact with each other.?
"As famous as they may be, standalone tools like EDR have their limitations. By their very nature, an EDR is an 'active agent on a known machine.' Being an active agent, it can potentially become an attack vector. And its limitation to a known machine implies that Shadow IT, orphaned and unmanageable machines, as well as IoT and IIoT devices, are not covered. Therefore, NDR significantly contributes to the end-to-end security of the enterprise, forming part of the SOC triad composed of SIEM, EDR, and NDR," explains Fanch Francis.?
Observability Platforms: A Growing Market?
The global market for observability platforms is expected to grow from a value of $2.17 billion (€1.9 billion) in 2022 to $5.55 billion (€5 billion) by 2032, with a compound annual growth rate of 8.2%, according to the research firm Future Market Insights.?
With a market share of 32.9%, North America dominates the sector. The European market, on the other hand, represents a revenue volume of $115.7 million (€105 million), accounting for a market share of 30.7% in 2022. Its compound annual growth rate is projected to be 4.2% during the forecast period.?
The observability solutions segment holds the largest share of the market, accounting for 56% in 2021. This growth is attributed to the widespread acceptance of these solutions in various industries such as finance, manufacturing, and infrastructure equipment. The public sector, in particular, is expected to experience the highest growth rate (18.1%).?
At a time when cyber threats are multiplying and networks are becoming increasingly complex, there has never been a more crucial moment to adopt robust and integrated observability solutions.?