The Nozomi Networks App for QRadar
Helping security teams extend OT security and visibility across IT, OT and IoT assets in their networks.
The OT/IoT Security Challenge
The convergence of IT and OT has created a unique challenge for security teams – protecting large and diverse networks comprised of connected IT, OT, IoT and cyber-physical systems, while maintaining a robust enterprise-wide security posture. That, plus increases in targeted malware campaigns have made network-wide OT/IoT visibility an imperative.
The Nozomi Networks/IBM QRadar Solution
The answer lies in creating a consolidated view into IT and OT environments.
Nozomi Networks and IBM Security have done just that – by integrating the Nozomi Network Guardian OT and IoT visibility and monitoring solution, with IBM QRadar’s security information and event management (SIEM) capabilities.
In a single platform, the Nozomi Networks/QRadar solution delivers real-time visibility into the state of the entire OT/IoT environment, and identifies potentially malicious activity happening within it.
Joint Solution Benefits
Consolidated Real-time Visibility Across OT/IoT Assets
Unified Security Monitoring
- Complete OT and IoT asset inventories populated within IBM QRadar
- Deep OT and IoT network visibility and continuous threat intelligence from within the IBM QRadar platform
- Improved situational awareness
Rapidly Identify Your Risks & Vulnerabilities
Coordinated IT/OT/IoT Threat Management
- Quicker identification and prioritization of OT and IoT vulnerabilities and threats
- Automatic mapping of alerts from Nozomi Networks to IBM QRadar custom offenses
- Reduced troubleshooting and forensic time & effort
- Faster incident response and threat remediation thanks to alert aggregation
How Nozomi Networks and IBM QRadar Work Together
Centralized Visibility and Correlation Supports Rapid Incident Remediation
The Nozomi Networks QRadar App, available in the IBM X-Force App Exchange, is a free extension for the IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform.
It delivers out-of-the-box rules and algorithms that plug directly into the QRadar advanced analytics engine. This fully integrated solution provides real-time visibility and threat detection for OT and IoT networks, as well as alert aggregation and prioritization.
The Nozomi Networks solution extends visibility across OT and IoT assets and provides context around changes and anomalies that occur on the network. Upon deployment, it creates an inventory of OT and IoT assets, and continuously monitors the network for vulnerabilities and threats. This information is then “normalized” and passed to the IBM QRadar SIEM platform, for coordinated IT/OT/IoT threat management.
IBM QRadar and the IBM Security Platform leverages data from Nozomi Networks’ AI-based hybrid threat detection and visibility capabilities.
Combining Nozomi Networks visibility and monitoring information with data collected in IBM QRadar allows security and IT teams to quickly view and prioritize alerts and risks across their entire environment. When high-risk anomalous activity is discovered, analysts can quickly drill down on detailed views to understand and investigate the factors contributing to the risk score.
Together, IBM and Nozomi Networks are addressing the growing need for effective, integrated IT/OT visibility and cybersecurity.
Dashboard View of the Nozomi Networks Solution for QRadar
The dashboard displays actionable insights including:
| Anomalous behavior and activity | Configuration downloads |
| DDoS attacks on OT/IoT assets and networks | New assets on the network |
| Potential malware exploits and profiles | Non-responsive assets |
| Online edits to PLC projects | Corrupted OT packets |
| Summaries of traffic activity | Firmware downloads |
| Misconfigurations on critical assets and equipment | Logic changes |
| Communication changes |
Nozomi Networks / IBM QRadar Solution Sample Deployment Architecture
Automatically discover OT/IoT and IT assets, create baseline traffic mapping, and identify malicious activity and vulnerabilities.
