Bradford Networks Network Sentry/Analytics
Provides a new perspective on the connections being made to your network

Overview:

Network Sentry/Analytics provides a new perspective on the connections being made to your network. It leverages the data collected by Network Sentry network access control (NAC) to deliver reports and trends that keep you informed on the devices, users, and connections being made to your network. Organizations gain long-term visibility and answers they need to help ensure wireless network capacity, software licenses, mobile device support, and compliance.

Network Sentry/Analytics can be leveraged to report on multiple Network Sentry servers. The data is aggregated from each server into a data mart and archived, analyzed, correlated, and reported. Roles and policies can be defined so the right set of reports are read by the right set of people.

• User Names
• Operating Systems
• Device Types
• Managed Devices
• Unmanaged Devices
• Connection Points
• Connection Duration
• Appliance Health
• Network Alarms

Flexible and Secure Network Access Policies
Analyzes long-term data on network connection data such as users, device types, operating systems, managed and unmanaged devices, access points, and duration to enable the most flexible and secure network access policies.

Wireless Capacity Planning
Trends the growing number of mobile devices, connections, and duration to predict wireless demand and the needed capacity

No Infrastructure Investment
Delivered on a cloud-based service that integrates seamlessly with the company’s Network Sentry solution with no management overhead.

Custom Reports to Address Company-specific Needs
Provides standards and custom reports, and third-party integrations can be leveraged to address customers’ specific data and reporting requirements.

Highly Scalable, Reliable Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Hosting Platform
Cost-effective and scalable for any size organization, and proven security practices from the pioneer in cloud infrastructure.

Features:

New Edge Devices
The volume and diversity of devices connecting to your wired and wireless networks is on the rise. Users, once leveraging well-understood corporate-issued devices, are now connecting many of their own devices such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops.

Organizations need to understand and manage the devices that are connecting to their network. This level of visibility and control is mandated by compliance regulations and it is critical to any organization trying to properly secure their network. As an IT professional, unknown and questionable devices on their network is certainly a blindspot that introduces risk and uncertainty.

A New Network Perspective
Network Sentry/Analytics provides a new perspective on the connections being made to your network. It leverages the existing network infrastructure and connection data collected by Network Sentry / NAC to deliver intelligent reports, through a cloud service, to keep you informed on the devices, users, and connections being made to your network.

Network Sentry/Analytics is delivered by a cloud service and integrates with Network Sentry/NAC requiring no infrastructure costs. IT leverages a highly scalable, fault-tolerant hosting facility suitable for the most demanding environments.

Network Sentry/Analytics can be leveraged to report on multiple Network Sentry/NAC servers. The data is aggregated from each server into a data mart and archived, analyzed, correlated, and reported. Roles and policies can be defined so the right set of reports are read by the right set of people.

Key information that is archived, analyzed, correlated, and reported:

• User Names
• Operating Systems
• Device Types
• Managed Devices
• Unmanaged Devices
• Connection Points
• Connection Duration
• Appliance Health
• Network Alarms

Key Features/Benefits:

• No Infrastructure Costs
• Archive Connection Information
• Automated Report Distribution
• Customizable Reports
• Identify Rogue Devices
• Identify Device Trends
• Forecast Capacity
• Correlate Security Alerts

Bradford Networks Customers
Bradford Networks customers who have deployed Network Sentry/NAC can leverage this cloud- based analytics and reporting service. In addition to the standard set of reports, custom reports, dashboards, and third-party integrations can be added to enhance the value and perspective obtained by the analytics engine.

Documentation:

Download the Bradford Networks Network Sentry/Analytics Datasheet (PDF).