How well do you trust all of the people on your network? According to the 2005 Computer Crime and Security Survey conducted by the Computer Security Institute and FBI, nearly half of the 700 enterprise customers polled reported some form of insider network abuse. And the cost associated with this threat totaled almost $7 M (U.S.). Inside threats can take many forms:

• A disgruntled employee who hacks into databases to steal private company information
• A contractor or temporary employee with internal access who also works for your competitor
• A non-malicious user who uses up valuable bandwidth for recreational purposes, leaving the entire network vulnerable to attack

Enterasys Secure Networks™ architecture provides the most effective solution for guarding your network against internal abuse. The key is the embedded security found in every component of the Secure Networks infrastructure that recognizes users (and their roles) at the point of entry and ensures the fastest adds, moves or changes.

• Leveraging a pre-defined policy, Matrix™, SecureStack™ and RoamAbout® platforms enforce network usage by discarding known "bad" and "undesirable" traffic before it enters the network
• Policies are easily modified with NetSight® management to accommodate changes in network usage as defined by IT
• For a network with edge devices that don't support policy, Matrix N-Series switches can enforce user policies over a single distribution layer port

• Fastest detection, location and response capability
• Most pervasive deployment of network security functionality
• Most precise security enforcement—pinpoint control
• Only open architecture in the industry—leverage what you have today with no “rip and replace”
• Greater automation for simpler operation
• Fewer products to deploy and manage
• No performance trade-off for advanced security capability
• Flexible architecture dramatically reduces solution-time required for future issues
• Best total cost of ownership in the industry