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Network Traffic Analyzer

Your network security expert that inspects traffic patterns, detects anomalies, and identifies protocol vulnerabilities.

What is Network Traffic Analyzer?

The Network Traffic Analyzer is a specialized agent that performs deep packet inspection and network traffic analysis. It identifies suspicious patterns, protocol vulnerabilities, unencrypted communications, and potential data exfiltration—providing visibility into what's happening on your network.

Problems It Solves

Blind to Network-Level Attacks

Application security scans miss network-level attacks: man-in-the-middle, DNS spoofing, ARP poisoning, and traffic interception. You need visibility into actual network behavior.

Unencrypted Data in Transit

Applications may transmit sensitive data over unencrypted channels (HTTP, plain TCP), exposing credentials, API keys, and user data to interception.

Data Exfiltration Goes Undetected

Attackers exfiltrate data through covert channels, DNS tunneling, or unusual traffic patterns. Without traffic analysis, these attacks remain invisible.

Protocol Implementation Flaws

Custom protocols and API implementations often have security flaws: missing authentication, weak encryption, or improper session handling that only appear at the network level.

How Network Traffic Analyzer Works

Deep Packet Inspection

Analyzes network packets at multiple protocol layers (L2-L7). Identifies protocol violations, malformed packets, and suspicious traffic patterns.

Encryption & TLS Analysis

Detects unencrypted communications, weak TLS configurations, certificate validation issues, and downgrade attacks. Ensures data is properly encrypted in transit.

Anomaly Detection

Baselines normal traffic patterns and identifies anomalies: unusual data volumes, unexpected destinations, irregular connection patterns that indicate attacks or data exfiltration.

Protocol Security Testing

Tests custom protocols and APIs for security flaws: authentication bypass, session hijacking, replay attacks, and protocol-level injection vulnerabilities.

User Benefits

Network Visibility

See exactly what data your application sends and receives. Identify unencrypted communications and suspicious traffic patterns.

Prevent Data Leaks

Detect data exfiltration attempts through covert channels, DNS tunneling, or unusual outbound connections before data leaves your network.

Protocol Security

Validate that custom protocols and APIs implement proper encryption, authentication, and session management.

Compliance Evidence

Prove data is encrypted in transit for PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and SOC2 compliance requirements.

Attack Detection

Identify man-in-the-middle attacks, DNS spoofing, and other network-level attacks in real-time.

API Security

Discover undocumented APIs, shadow APIs, and API endpoints transmitting sensitive data without proper encryption.

Real-World Use Cases

Unencrypted API Discovery

Detected internal microservices communicating over HTTP, transmitting user PII in plaintext. Migrated to mTLS, preventing potential data exposure.

Data Exfiltration Detection

Identified unusual DNS queries with high entropy—DNS tunneling exfiltrating customer data. Blocked the attack and patched the compromised service.

Third-Party Integration Security

Discovered a third-party analytics service receiving full user sessions without encryption. Removed the integration, preventing GDPR violation.

Technical Capabilities

Core Capabilities

Packet Inspection
Protocol Analysis
Traffic Pattern Analysis
TLS/SSL Security
Anomaly Detection
Data Exfiltration Detection
DNS Security
API Traffic Analysis

Integrations

Wireshark
tcpdump
Zeek
Suricata
PCAP Analysis

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