With the proliferation of electronic communications and a growing number of information assurance challenges, government agencies are coming under increasing pressure to minimize the risks associated with many forms of data theft, compliance violations and classified information leaks.
For example, the number of "insider" incidences making the news and their related financial impact seems to be ever-increasing. This fact is regrettably demonstrated by the recent information theft of 26.5 million identities from a U.S. federal agency. It is no surprise that many government agencies are now launching initiatives to address the handling and protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
In addition, the possibility of being considered "non-compliant" to numerous regulations (FISMA, NIST, etc.) and other executive mandates also plays a significant role in shaping how government addresses its IT security efforts. The challenge is that even with many security measures in place, how does the government assure that its current security is effective, especially from inside threats, wrongful distribution of classified and non-classified documents, data leakage and IT misuse?
netReplay® provides IT security and national defense professionals within government organizations with a powerful, yet easy-to-use means to monitor, capture, analyze and present (replay) content that can clearly demonstrate exactly what is happening with the information within their networks.
Essentially, they will be able to mitigate risk by easily understanding whether they are compliant, if there are any policy violations, such as employee misuse or if there are any attempts to move or copy sensitive information across the network.
In addition, concerns regarding the core elements of Persistent Intelligence/Surveillance efforts (e.g.: Sense, Deliver & Understand) are also aided through continuous data collection, alerts and relevant real time replay on content as well as the ability to integrate what is learned with other knowledge-points to form a more detailed "big-picture" of the current situation.
Chronicle delivers easy-to-use, reliable and scalable netReplay® rack-mounted recorders as well as the mobile netReplay® 2500 PORTABLE.
Because of netReplay's out-of-the-box capabilities, it can begin to immediately collect data - just plug it in. netReplay® quickly and efficiently captures all data necessary for formal record retention and digital evidence collection. Equally important, netReplay® helps speed IT security and investigative professionals quickly to the "document decision-ing" phase of their investigation.
netReplay® has been described as a "one of a kind, network content DVR (Digital Video Recorder) that eliminates the digital equivalent of commercials." netReplay’s intelligent deep-packet inspection and content capture effectively cuts out the recording of duplicate data and network content "noise", thereby shortening any investigative effort.
netReplay® will increase the credibility of results by replaying exactly what, when, and how content was seen and handled by a user, thereby demonstrating both proof of the user’s content and related actions. In addition, Chronicle's Forensic Information Fingerprinting Engine (FIFE™) provides evidence of user activity that is both forensically accurate and credible.
netReplay® will greatly improve an agency’s ability to demonstrate its "squeaky-clean" status by monitoring content, alerting mangers to possible misuse and tracing communications to their source, essential for tracking proper disclosure and reporting as required by regulations.
While netReplay® has the ability to reassemble data that has already been collected in full packet capture sessions such as Wireshark (Ethereal) or tcpdump, IT security staff can quickly move from a reactive "capture everything" mode to a much more effective proactive "collect, monitor and analyze" approach by using netReplay® from the onset (on live network connections).
netReplay® will increase the effectiveness of the security and compliance team by providing a high level of precision on the data it is collecting and analyzing, as well as complying with any legal requirements, such as privacy, employee rights and legal statutory limitations.
netReplay® is an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use digital forensic content monitoring tool that provides immediate benefits. netReplay® will increase the efficiency of any IT, security or compliance team by allowing more personnel to be trained to use the tool.