HPE expands AI network security capabilities

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise has expanded its AI-powered networking portfolio with the introduction of behavioural analytics-based network detection and response capabilities.

The new solution leverages telemetry from HPE Aruba Networking Central’s data lake to train and deploy AI models to monitor and detect unusual activity in vulnerable IoT devices. Changes in network traffic patterns, connection status or dynamic device attributes can be indications of a successful compromise, and detecting these indicators can help ensure mission-critical business processes are detected and protected, according to HPE Aruba Networking Chief Technology and Security Officer Jon Green.

“Enterprises are increasingly realising that unsecured IoT devices in the network present an observability blind spot in their security solutions. Those devices can be exploited for initiating larger network attacks, and thus are also one of the largest contributors to a growing attack surface,” he said.

Meanwhile, HPE has extended its Zero Trust Network Access approach to campus-based local area networks, bringing the same access control policies defined for the cloud directly to campuses and data centres.

“As security teams increasingly rely on the network to deliver zero trust security solutions, HPE Aruba Networking is providing the ability to leverage a single access control policy for application resources, on-premises or off-premises, that customers can adopt to reduce overlapping and potentially confusing controls,” Green said.

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