Vectra AI Inc. and Gigamon have recently announced a strategic Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partnership aimed at delivering intelligent Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions for hybrid cloud environments. This collaboration combines Vectra AI’s AI-driven Attack Signal Intelligence with Gigamon’s GigaVUE Cloud Suite’s deep observability capabilities. The partnership aims to provide enhanced visibility and response capabilities to detect previously unseen threats by leveraging cloud network-derived intelligence.
In the current landscape, teams responsible for development, networking, and security must ensure the secure deployment and continuous monitoring of hybrid and multi-cloud workloads. The sheer volume of alerts and logs related to potential network attacks overwhelms security analysts, making it challenging to identify and respond to serious threats promptly. The integration between Vectra AI and Gigamon addresses this challenge by enhancing hybrid attack visibility and context, including lateral visibility, through the incorporation of cloud network-derived intelligence directly into the Vectra AI Platform.
The Vectra AI Platform, utilizing Gigamon’s GigaVUE Cloud Suite, provides a consolidated view of attack signals across network and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environments, spanning AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This integration streamlines investigation and response activities, reducing the manual workload on Security Operations Center (SOC) teams. The collaboration also simplifies cloud native traffic forwarding support from Gigamon’s Deep Observability Pipeline to the Vectra AI Platform, eliminating the need for cloud native tools and reducing costs.
The move towards a more multifunctional network detection approach aligns well with the evolving landscape of network and security operations, including migration to the cloud. The partnership is seen as a key building block in detecting and responding to threats in a more efficient and integrated manner. Global organizations are expected to benefit from this turnkey solution, offering comprehensive cybersecurity defense for various cloud networks.
Chris Kissel, a research vice president at IDC’s Security and Trust Products Group, highlights the industry trend of XDR offerings expanding to capture new event categories. By incorporating additional data sources and leveraging the capabilities of Gigamon and Vectra AI for hybrid and multi-cloud visibility, this partnership aligns with the evolution and migration of network and security operations to the cloud.
The collaboration between Vectra AI and Gigamon is viewed as a game-changer for cloud security, providing organizations with a complete cyber defense solution for all cloud networks. This joint offering aims to address the security challenges arising from the increasing adoption of hybrid and multi-cloud environments by enhancing visibility and threat detection through AI-driven intelligence and deep observability.
