NETMONASTERY: Leveraging a Unique CNAM Approach to Diminish Cyber Threats

CIO Vendor Cyber threats have surged drastically but enterprises have not been able to mitigate it successfully; in spite of huge investments on regular basis. Nowadays, cybercriminals not only break in or embezzle data from the network, but also blemish the reputation of companies. Everyday, newer cyber threats emerge to attack enterprises and hence it has become extremely vital to stay on top of the threat landscape. While organizations also find it burdensome to tackle threats which is also not a core domain area of every vertical.


NETMONASTERY was named by Gartner as a Cool Vendor in security for Technology and Service Providers in 2014


According to a report by ASSOCHAM, Cyber crimes in India would cross 3 lakhs by 2015 across B2B and B2C domain. Sensing the conundrum expunging the cyber security fence, Mumbai headquartered NETMONASTERY is present to assist SMEs and large enterprises by leveraging Comprehensive Network Attack Monitoring (CNAM) approach. It is a SaaS based Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution for threat management which is being used extensively by Managed Security Providers (MSP) as an integrated service delivery platform in Pay-as-you-Grow service model.

“The threat defense process is largely a manual one and requires highly skilled resources to execute effectively. NETMONASTERY wipes out the need for skilled resources by introducing the latest in advanced stream analytics to detect threats in real-time,” explains Shomiron Das Gupta, Founder at NETMONASTERY. Originated in 2002 as security consultant, the company has built proprietary CNAM platform to assist enterprises, distinguish the gap between security solutions provided by heterogeneous IT vendors. “Our CNAM’s managed detection and correlation systems give customers the freedom to operate without in-house expertise, while threat intelligence is continuously shared and integrated in real time,” adds Shomiron.
The CNAM Approach
Proprietary built CNAM platform introduced by NETMONASTERY eliminates the gap for MSS / Customers that ultimately help to reduce human resource costs and technical complexities. It also leverages on-premise computing, cloud computing and data storage to optimize handling of data-at-rest, data-in-use and data-in-motion. This feature makes CNAM a unique subscription service for enterprises that provide data residency and privacy along with customer-centric way of pay per use option. CNAM integrates with everything from network devices to applications. It can scale seamlessly across multiple locations to provide real time visibility through a single window.

“Enterprises who opt to deploy CNAM with in-sourced service can also adopt a similar approach to reap benefits and make the deployment and keep its operation very simple,” adds Shomiron. Additionally, device integration feature of CNAM allows optimizing, pre-normalizing or even discarding events collected at the data store. CNAM support team also directly monitors false positive ratios using analysis tools and improves applicability of modules to enhance the condition. Following various threats across global networks, Shomiron adds that the cyber defense space will have to re-imagine the trade as it is being defeated frequently. “All these coupled features of CNAM with cutting-edge technology make all the difference for the best defense. And our defense team works round the clock to ensure that intelligence is of always abreast to mitigate the evolving threats,” ends Shomiron.
NETMONASTERY was named by Gartner as a Cool Vendor in security for Technology and Service Providers in 2014.