Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA)
Higher precision, faster investigation
Leverage the latest Cisco networking capabilities to avoid, stop, or mitigate threats faster than ever before. Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) is the industry’s first network with the ability to find threats in encrypted traffic.
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What Encrypted Traffic Analytics can do for you
Enhance visibility
Gain insight into threats in encrypted traffic, without the need for decryption, using network analytics and machine learning.
Shorten time to response
Quickly contain infected devices and users, and secure your network.
Promote compliance
Know what is and is not encrypted on your network. Promote compliance with cryptographic protocols.
Save time and money
Use the network as a foundation for security. Capitalize on existing investments.
What you need to enable Encrypted Traffic Analytics
To use Encrypted Traffic Analytics, you need one of the network devices below and Stealthwatch Enterprise.
Stealthwatch Enterprise
Get real-time monitoring and visibility into all your network traffic, using context-aware analysis, machine learning, and cloud-based threat detection and analytics.
Catalyst 9000 switches
Our next-generation switches are designed for security, mobility, IoT, and the cloud, so you can handle threats with built-in end-to-end security.
ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers
Transform your service provider or enterprise network edge for the digital era.
4000 Series Integrated Services Routers
Prepare your branch site and protect it for the future with the Cisco 4000 Series ISR digital-ready platform.
Cloud Services Router 1000V Series
Extend your enterprise network to public and private clouds. Offer routing, security, and network management as cloud services with multitenancy.
Listen to the experts
An independent analysis found Cisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics delivers impressively fast, efficient, and intelligent threat detection.
The Network. Intuitive.
Our open, software-driven approach constantly learns. Constantly adapts. Constantly protects.
70% of attacks will use encryption in 2019
Are you prepared? Learn how to protect your digital business by assessing which traffic is malicious and which is benign.
Getting started
Address network threats in four easy steps
Reduce risk and help ensure compliance by quickly identifying threats on your network .
News and events
Detecting Encrypted Threats at Cisco Live US
Cisco Security was busy catching encrypted threats this year at Cisco Live in Orlando.
ETA at Mobile World Congress
Cisco detected thousands of hidden threats at the world’s largest mobile industry exhibition.
Robb Boyd explains ETA
Learn how you can enhance your network security with the new Catalyst 9000 switches and ETA.
Identify and stop threats before they hit
Get visibility for network threats in four easy steps.
What is Encrypted Traffic Analytics?
Cisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics is a form of advanced threat analytics designed to detect and analyze encrypted traffic and threats without using decryption. It is a network-based security solution that monitors encrypted traffic flows on the network. By modeling the pattern of encrypted communication, Encrypted Traffic Analytics identifies activity indicative of ransomware attacks, advanced persistent threats, malware infections, illicit crypto-mining, and other threats.
Cisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics is a new technology that uses data available from Cisco’s latest networking gear and advanced analytics, including machine learning. It is the ideal solution for enterprise security teams looking for advanced threat protection while maintaining the privacy offered by encryption. Encrypted Traffic Analytics is a powerful addition to any network security architecture.
Resources
- Miercom Security Performance Validation - Encrypted Traffic Analytics
- Encrypted Traffic Analytics with the New Cisco Network and Stealthwatch At-a-Glance (PDF - 185 KB)
- Encrypted Traffic Analytics Q&A (PDF - 74 KB)
- Encrypted Traffic Analytics Deployment Guide (PDF - 5.5 MB)
- Enterprise Networks Security At-a-Glance (PDF - 61 KB)
- Cisco Digital Network Architecture
- Article: Seeing threats hidden in encrypted traffic
- Free Network Visibility Assessment
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