Overheard: How does anomaly-based monitoring fit into tomorrow’s security picture?

We knew that the volume of new attacks and the vectors used were only going to increase, so we chose to stay ahead of the curve with a behavioral analysis system. I believe behavior and anomaly-based solutions will be most effective long term. Jamie Arnold, as quoted in SUNY’s Binghamton Monitors Network with Lancope’s StealthWatch

I spent part of the morning reading about anomaly-based network monitoring. In October, IBM announced that they would no longer sell the IBM Proventia Network Anomaly Detection System (ADS). Stealthwatch seems to be getting a lot of buzz, especially with college campuses whose biggest threats probably come from right inside the network.