Heavy Networking 474: Find Breaches With Continuous Monitoring From Open Systems (Sponsored)

Summary: I have worked with several intrusion detection and prevention systems going back a couple of decades or so.<br> The problem with them? Alarm floods. Never-ending updates. False positives. Mysteriously dropping legitimate traffic. Poor integration with firewalls. A lack of correlation with host logs. Old-school IDS/IPS just sucks.<br> “Old-school” is the keyword there. We’re going to discuss a different, modern approach with our sponsor, <a href="https://open-systems.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Systems</a>.<br> The big idea is continuous monitoring, and in the Open Systems architecture, continuous monitoring expands on IDS/IPS to deliver a holistic, distributed security perspective.<br> Joining us is Dave Martin, Senior Director for Product Management of Threat Response within Open Systems.<br> Open Systems provides SD-WAN platform, but it also integrates a variety of security capabilities including firewalls, secure Web gateways, email protection, and intrusion detection. They also offer complementary services such as vulnerability management and assessment.<br> On today’s episode we focus on Open Systems’ continuous monitoring capabilities.<br> Show Links:<br> <a href="https://open-systems.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open-Systems.com</a><br> <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/heavy-networking-446-how-open-systems-integrates-security-and-sd-wan-as-a-service/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Heavy Networking 446: How Open Systems Integrates Security And SD-WAN As A Service</a> – Packet Pushers<br> <a href="https://open-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OpenSystems_ProductBrief_SD-WAN_Security_Functions.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Systems Product Brief</a> – Open Systems (PDF)<br>