Gigamon Ensures Privacy of Traffic in Multi-tenant Network with Near Real Time Changes

Like most outsourcing organizations, this firm’s clients share network resources: i.e., switches, routers, and links. Client traffic for monitoring is typically provided via SPAN ports. Individual clients need to be able to view their own information from a common traffic stream. However, the outsourcer can’t inadvertently allow one client to view another client’s data. Such an incident could put clients in regulatory noncompliance subject to fines and, at the very least, seriously damage the outsourcer/client relationship. Information must be kept private and secure, yet readily available to clients—a task that proved challenging for the outsourcing firm.