White Papers

• Lumeta IPsonar®: Bringing Better Business Value to Mergers and Acquisitions
  Download this paper to learn how IPsonar streamlines the M&A process for both companies’ networks, providing network visibility and intelligence to drive consolidation efforts. By utilizing IPsonar, organizations can plan and execute network consolidation based on facts, not assumptions, minimize security and compliance risks, and improve service availability during transitional periods.
  

• Closing the Security Gap - Why Integrating Network Assurance is Critical to Creating a Comprehensive Risk Management Strategy
  Competitive and regulatory pressures require that IT executives and government program managers deliver a nimble response to customer demands, new security threats, and evolving compliance requirements. This paper outlines the key role that network assurance plays in ensuring that network changes do not impact performance and availability, introduce unintentional security risks, or precipitate non-compliance with industry regulations.

• Building a Network Risk Scorecard: Best Practices for Benchmarking Your Network in 72 Hours
  This paper will show you how you can balance network change with regulatory compliance mandates using a simple network scorecard that grades your network against metrics related to availability, efficiency, risk, and compliance.

• Microsoft Vista for Enhanced Network Security
  This paper from Lumeta discusses the steps that you need to take when migrating and implementing Windows Vista and provides guidance including viewing the pre-deployment considerations for IPSec, identifying assets on the network, gathering network and host information, and defining policy.

• Solving the Federal IT Paradox: Delivering E-gov solutions, embracing EA and IPv6 – While Maintaining Security and Compliance, A Case Study Analysis
  This report will show you how your agency can implement a network assurance program using Lumeta IPsonar and the Lumeta Network Index to understand how change introduces risk to security controls, business services, and your overall compliance posture.

• Why Leaks Matter: Leak Detection and Mitigation as a Critical Element of Network Assurance
  Network Assurance assesses the impact of network change on security, availability and compliance. This paper outlines how a comprehensive Network Assurance program can identify network leaks or unauthorized connectivity to or from the public Internet, protecting organizations from serious network risk and protecting the integrity of systems and data.
  

• Network Assurance in SCADA Networks: Addressing Security Gaps Inherent in Migration to TCP/IP
  This paper discusses the steps that organizations must take to balance the forces of rapid infrastructure change and the need for high availability in SCADA networks. Organizations must solidify the risk management lifecycle by closing inherent knowledge gaps and then working toward automation with full information. A Network Assurance program fills these gaps and addresses their accompanying pain points.

Analyst Reports

• The 451 Group: Impact Report
  This new report from the 451 takes a close look at Lumeta IPsonar and the benefits it provides for M&A activities, network migrations, and regulatory compliance initiatives. Download the report to learn more about IPsonar's capabilities, technical features, and the competitive landscape.
  
  
• Forrester: The Total Economic Impact of Lumeta IPsonar
  Lumeta’s IPsonar provides complete and accurate data about all of your network resources, allowing organizations to identify and prioritize security vulnerabilities and reduce exposure to network risk. This report from Forrester demonstrates the strong return on investment and cost savings that IPsonar can deliver and how IPsonar has helped organizations recognize the extent of their network vulnerabilities, inform IT and executives about issues to address, and realize value from risk mitigation initiatives.

• The 451 Group: As Qualys Looks to Expand its Offerings, Could Acquisition Be in the Cards?
  This report by the 451 looks at Qualys’ plans to move beyond vulnerability management and PCI compliance and focus on network visibility monitoring.  The report talks about how combining Lumeta’s technology with Qualys could position Qualys as a GRC player.

• The 451 Group: Trusted Computing Group Touts Latest Rev of NAC Architecture with IF-MAP Protocol
  This report details the 451’s take on the new IP-MAP Protocol and products that are interoperable with the protocol, including Lumeta’s IPsonar.

• Forrester: Five Trends that Will Shape the IT Infrastructure and Operations Profession in 2008
  This report talks about the top trends that will shape the IT operations professional’s role in 2008 and beyond.

• IDC: Why Enterprises Need a Formal Network Security-Risk Program
  This report from IDC discusses the emergence of insider threats as a top priority for leading IT organizations, and provides practical suggestions for prioritizing vulnerability management efforts.