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Network Detection and Response

Uncover hidden threats across IT, cloud, and industrial networks.

Network detections, monitored assets, traffic trends, and investigation activity alongside the ThreatDefence NDR sensor

Transform Noise Into Evidence

Give your security operations a trusted foundation: complete, AI-ready network evidence that analysts and agents can rely on. ThreatDefence NDR sees across your monitored networks, from east-west movement between internal systems to encrypted sessions and ICS/OT environments.

Hundreds of protocols are analyzed in depth and turned into structured records. Each record is enriched and linked to the session, asset, identity, and threat intelligence behind it, so evidence stays connected in one place instead of fragmented across separate tools.

Complete Coverage

East-west and north-south traffic, encrypted sessions, cloud networks, and OT segments, including devices that cannot run an agent.

Structured Records

Hundreds of protocols decoded into connection, DNS, TLS, HTTP, SMB, file, and industrial records, each linked to its session.

Connected Context

Records enriched with asset, identity, and threat intelligence, then joined with endpoint, email, and cloud evidence in one platform.

Ready for AI and Analysts

Agents query the same evidence analysts inspect, so every conclusion points back to the records behind it.

Turn Network Data Into Insight

Overview
Behavior
Encrypted Traffic
AI Usage
Industrial
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Prioritize What Matters

Review detections, affected hosts, traffic volumes, and monitored assets. Open a finding to examine its evidence and investigation status.

Spot Meaningful Changes

Compare activity with established patterns. Investigate unfamiliar connections, unusual hours, repeated outbound traffic, and unexpected transfers.

Look Beyond the Content

Use connection patterns and available TLS details to investigate suspicious encrypted activity without routinely decrypting traffic.

Identify Unapproved Services

Discover recognized AI services reached from your network and compare observed activity with your organization’s approval register.

Understand Your OT Environment

Review observed industrial assets, protocols, and communication paths. Investigate unexpected access and changes across monitored control networks.

Uncover Hidden Network Threats

Attackers can move through legitimate connections and use devices that endpoint tools do not cover. ThreatDefence NDR analyzes traffic across monitored networks, uncovering suspicious activity and recording the evidence needed to investigate it.

Discover Unmanaged Devices

Identify communicating devices and services, including contractor laptops, printers, cameras, IoT, and industrial equipment.

Follow Attacker Activity

Detect suspicious outbound connections, lateral movement, unusual transfers, and changes in how systems communicate.

Investigate With Evidence

Examine the connections, protocol records, and available packet captures behind each finding.

Coordinate Containment

Block malicious destinations or isolate affected hosts through connected security tools, under your response policies.

Network traffic is mirrored from the switch to the NDR sensor, which sends metadata to the ThreatDefence platform

Deploy Without Disruption

ThreatDefence sensors receive copied traffic from a SPAN port, network TAP, or supported cloud mirror. They sit outside the forwarding path, so monitored traffic does not depend on the sensor remaining available.

Network trafficServers, endpoints, OT and IoT

East-west and north-south traffic, including devices that cannot run an endpoint agent.

serversendpointsPLCscamerasIoT
Traffic copySPAN, TAP, or cloud mirror

A copy of the traffic reaches the sensor. The sensor sits outside the forwarding path.

SPAN portnetwork TAPcloud mirror
NDR sensorDecodes supported protocols

Creates structured session records and applies signatures, behavioral analytics, and machine learning.

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AI SOC platformInvestigation and approved response

Findings join endpoint, identity, cloud, and threat intelligence data. Approved actions run through connected tools.

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Mirror the Traffic

Monitor relevant connections at network cores, server segments, branch sites, cloud networks, and industrial boundaries.

Analyze the Activity

Decode supported protocols, create structured session records, and apply signatures, behavioral analytics, and machine learning.

Connect the Findings

Bring network evidence into the platform alongside endpoint, identity, cloud, and threat intelligence data.

Act Through Your Tools

Coordinate approved response through connected firewalls, endpoint security, and other supported controls.

Sensor placement determines which traffic is visible. Our team helps identify the monitoring points needed for your systems and use cases.

Keep the Network Evidence

An investigation may begin long after the first suspicious connection. ThreatDefence retains network records so analysts can examine earlier activity, identify related systems, and establish how a threat developed.

Connection records show which systems communicated, when, over which services, and how much data moved. Supported protocol records add detail, while configured packet capture supports deeper analysis.

A case timeline combining DNS lookups, outbound connections, available TLS details, internal SMB activity, and linked packet captures
Reconstruct the Timeline

Connect sessions, protocol events, and detections to follow the sequence of activity.

Examine Transferred Files

Extract and fingerprint files from supported, inspectable traffic and link findings to the hosts involved.

Search Earlier Connections

Revisit retained evidence when new intelligence identifies a suspicious destination, file, or system.

Export the Evidence

Forward metadata and detections to your SIEM or data lake, and export investigation records for further analysis.

Metadata retention and packet-capture settings are configured around your investigation needs and storage requirements.

Find Unusual Behavior

A compromised system may use familiar protocols and permitted connections. Behavioral analysis helps reveal activity that differs from the host’s history or the surrounding environment.

ThreatDefence combines these changes with signatures and threat intelligence, giving analysts the signals behind a finding.

Command and Control

Investigate repeated connections, unusual destinations, and patterns associated with attacker communications.

Lateral Movement

Identify new remote-service relationships, unexpected administrative access, and movement between internal systems.

Suspicious Transfers

Examine changes in outbound volume, destinations, and the timing of data movement.

Reconnaissance and Tunneling

Find internal scanning, unexpected service use, and patterns that may indicate hidden communication channels.

Hosts ranked by investigation priority, showing contributing signals, behavioral changes, and related detections

Investigate Across Your Stack

ThreatDefence NDR feeds directly into the AI SOC platform. Network sessions, detections, and discovered assets connect with endpoint, identity, email, and cloud activity, helping agents and analysts assess the wider incident.

Enrich Each Finding

Connect suspicious traffic with affected devices, available user context, related alerts, and earlier cases.

Work From One Case

Keep network evidence, timelines, AI assessments, analyst decisions, and response progress together.

Respond Across Systems

Block destinations, isolate endpoints, or revoke sessions through connected tools, with permissions and approvals enforced by the platform.

Share Findings Across Operations

Use network evidence in threat hunts, detection proposals, incident reports, and customer reporting.

AI-Enabled Security Operations

AI agents review NDR detections and investigate the activity behind them. They retrieve related sessions, compare behavior with established patterns, check threat intelligence, and query connected endpoint and identity tools.

Analysts receive a case with an assessment, supporting evidence, unresolved questions, and recommended actions.

AI-enabled SOCLIVE

Command and control beacon from a finance workstation

TD-4487
AssessmentConfirmed malicious
ConfidenceHigh
Time to assessment3 min 04 s
Signals behind the assessment
Beacon interval regular to within 2 s over 6 hours96
Destination matched known Cobalt Strike infrastructure88
SMB connections to 14 internal hosts after first beacon74
Host first seen on this segment 3 days ago61
Agent activity on this case
Correlation. Joined 212 flows across sensor, endpoint and identity telemetry
Enrichment. Destination 203.0.113.27 matched to tracked actor infrastructure
Baseline check. Compared against 90 days of flows for this host and segment
Evidence. Packet capture for the session attached to the case
Narrative. Case summary and timeline drafted for analyst review
Analyst decisionHost isolated through the endpoint agent and the destination blocked at the perimeter under agreed authority. Customer notified with the remediation steps.

See the Investigation in Action

For example: A finance workstation begins making regular connections to a suspicious destination, then contacts 14 internal hosts over SMB. Agents examine its traffic history, investigate the destination, and gather related endpoint and identity evidence.

The analyst reviews the findings and approves host isolation and destination blocking. The case records the decision, execution results, and follow-up work.

Automated Investigation

Agents gather and assess evidence across connected sources, reducing manual investigation work.

Clear Assessments

Inspect the verdict, confidence, supporting signals, and missing context behind each conclusion.

Controlled Response

Prepare containment actions for approval or execute them within explicitly authorized limits.

Traceable Decisions

Keep queries, findings, analyst decisions, and response outcomes together for review and reporting.

Automate Network Investigations

Network detections become more useful when the surrounding evidence is already assembled. AI agents retrieve related sessions, compare activity with its history, enrich destinations, and query connected tools.

Analysts receive a case explaining the findings, supporting evidence, unresolved questions, and recommended actions.

Add Business Context

Connect a network address to available asset, endpoint, and identity records to understand which system is involved and why it matters.

Establish the Scope

Follow related connections to identify other hosts, destinations, and activity that need investigation.

Prepare the Response

Recommend targeted actions, such as blocking a destination or isolating an endpoint, with the required approvals.

Keep Analysts in Control

Analysts review findings and direct further work. The platform enforces response permissions and records the outcome of each action.

NetworkOutbound beaconing

FIN-WS-07 connects to 203.0.113.27 every 60 s, regular to within 2 s, over 6 hours.

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NetworkUnexpected internal SMB

Admin share access to 14 internal hosts, the first SMB activity from this host in 90 days.

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EndpointEndpoint evidence

update.dll, the file carved from the session, found on the host by the endpoint agent.

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ResponseContainment plan

Block 203.0.113.27 at the firewall and isolate FIN-WS-07 through EDR, each awaiting approval.

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Investigate Encrypted Traffic

Encryption protects application content, but connections still provide useful evidence. ThreatDefence analyzes observable destinations, timing, volumes, and handshake details to support investigation.

Connection behavior

Repeated intervals, unusual destinations, and changes in data movement.

TLS information

Observable protocol versions, negotiation details, and server names where exposed.

Client fingerprints

Supporting indicators assessed alongside other evidence.

Related records

DNS, endpoint, identity, and application activity that helps explain the connection.

Available detail depends on the protocol and encryption in use. The platform combines network observations with other sources to build context.

Read from the handshake and timing
Server namecdn-update.acme-metrics.net
Destination203.0.113.27:443
ProtocolTLS 1.2
Certificateself-signed
Client fingerprintJA3 72a589da… matched to a known C2 framework
Session timingrepeated every 60 s, regular to within 2 s
Volume1.8 MB out, 14.2 MB in over 6 h 12 min
Session content17 03 03 01 c2 8f 4a e1 9b 2d 77 c0 3e 51 a8 f4 06 9d e2 7b 1c 55 …Encrypted, never opened
Raised by the sensorBeacon to a known C2 framework

Case TD-4487, with the session records and packet capture attached.

AI Usage and Governance

Identify recognized AI services reached from monitored networks. Review source hosts, connection frequency, and traffic volumes alongside your organization’s AI service register.

Discover Shadow AI

Surface services in use without a recorded approval decision.

Review Approved Services

Compare observed connections with services marked approved, restricted, or blocked.

Investigate Exceptions

Connect policy exceptions to the relevant host and available user context.

Support Governance

Bring network observations into reviews alongside service policies, endpoint records, and application controls.

Network metadata reveals connection activity. Visibility into prompt or upload contents requires an appropriate application, endpoint, or inspection control.

10.20.18.226→chat.openai.comSanctionedwithin policy10.20.26.44→app.writesonic.comShadow AIno decision on record10.20.31.9→api.deepseek.comBlockedincident raised for the SOC10.20.40.112→app.poe.comShadow AInew AI domain seen10.20.14.150→claude.aiSanctionedoutbound volume above usual10.20.22.31→character.aiAwaiting decisionqueued for a decision10.20.18.226→chat.openai.comSanctionedwithin policy10.20.26.44→app.writesonic.comShadow AIno decision on record10.20.31.9→api.deepseek.comBlockedincident raised for the SOC10.20.40.112→app.poe.comShadow AInew AI domain seen10.20.14.150→claude.aiSanctionedoutbound volume above usual10.20.22.31→character.aiAwaiting decisionqueued for a decision
Sanctioned6

Approved services, with connections and volume observed.

chat.openai.comclaude.aigemini.google.comcopilot.microsoft.com
Awaiting decision5

Observed on the network, waiting for an approval decision.

character.ai
Shadow AI11

In use with no approval decision recorded.

app.writesonic.comapp.poe.com
Blocked1

Connections to a blocked service are raised for investigation.

api.deepseek.com
Observed on the network
AI domains, 90 days
Services recognized17
Source hosts214
Blocked service reached1
Awaiting decision5
Shadow AI11

Protect Industrial Networks

Monitor OT communications without installing software on controllers or actively scanning sensitive equipment. Passive sensors help identify observed assets, establish communication patterns, and investigate activity across industrial zones.

Supported protocols include Modbus/TCP, DNP3, OPC UA, EtherNet/IP, and S7comm.

Discover OT Assets

Identify observed controllers, HMIs, engineering workstations, historians, and other communicating systems.

Review Access Paths

Examine connections within control networks and across IT, OT, and remote-access boundaries.

Investigate Changes

Review new sources, unexpected engineering access, and supported command activity outside agreed operating patterns.

Respect Operational Priorities

Guide response using asset criticality, production requirements, and the approvals appropriate to each environment.

The ThreatDefence SecOps platform for OT: visibility, detection, response and evidence, supported by the 24x7 Security Operations Team and Threat Intelligence and Engineering

The ThreatDefence Platform is operational technology cybersecurity technology offering visibility into your industrial control system assets and communications. Utilizing behavior-based analytics, it accurately identifies threats, pinpoints vulnerabilities and prioritizes them for action, and equips security teams with automated analysis and response strategies, streamlining the process of threat investigation and mitigation.

Asset discovery dashboard: 1,284 assets discovered, industrial protocols, assets by type, communication paths and network anomalies

Asset discovery and visibility

  • Discover all assets, protocols, services and communication patterns.
  • Inspect ICS and OT traffic and communication protocols in depth.
  • Discover and understand the ICS attack surface.
  • Define baselines based on observed normal behavior, and discover anomalies.
NDR investigations dashboard: open investigations, write commands, policy violations, investigations over time, detections by zone and industrial detections

Network monitoring, detection and response

  • Strategically place adaptable network probes to monitor traffic across different segments of your infrastructure, ensuring comprehensive coverage.
  • Employ advanced analysis techniques to analyze network traffic across all protocols.
  • Capture comprehensive network traffic data, providing a rich dataset for forensic analysis and investigative purposes.
  • Eliminate noise and record months of evidence, leaving nothing to the unknown.
Industrial vulnerability management dashboard: open vulnerabilities, known exploited, firmware out of date, exposure by asset type and vulnerabilities by severity

Industrial vulnerability management

  • Comprehensive attack surface management across IT and OT domains.
  • Continuous reviews and prioritization by the ThreatDefence threat intelligence team, based on the real risk and organizational context.
  • Identification of any weaknesses, exposures and risk areas before they become vulnerabilities.
  • Mapping of vulnerabilities to assets, identifying high value targets that might require immediate remediation.

Hunt Beyond the Alerts

Search retained network evidence for activity that existing detections have not flagged. Investigate rare destinations, repeated outbound connections, unauthorized remote access, and unexpected movement between systems.

AI hunting skills help query the evidence and investigate matches. Analysts assess the results, open cases where needed, and turn validated attacker behavior into proposed detections.

Explore AI Threat Hunting

Choose Your Deployment

Deploy physical and virtual sensors across data centers, branches, cloud networks, and industrial sites. Findings reach the same platform, giving your team a shared view across monitored environments.

ThreatDefence recommends sensor placement and sizing based on traffic volumes, network layout, protocol mix, and capture requirements. The platform supports cloud or on-premises deployment.

Data center
TDSP-1000Rack-mounted, copper and fiber
Branch office
VM
TDSP-VMVirtual appliance
Cloud network
VM
TDSP-VMCloud traffic mirroring
Industrial site
TDSP-10Compact, fanless, DIN rail
threatdefence_ AI SOC platformCloud or on-premises, one view across monitored environments

All Platform Features

FeatureThreatDefence
Complete OT and ICS security operations solution
Network detection and response for deep network data analysis and evidence collection
Next-generation SIEM, evidence-based cyber security
Curated threat intelligence, used for ongoing enrichment, threat hunting and advisories
Attack surface management for all internal and external assessment
Discovery and visibility for ICS and OT asset communications, threats, vulnerabilities and anomalies
Comprehensive vulnerability management with OT context enrichment and prioritization
Threat analytics based on attackers’ behavior and deviations from known baselines
Flexible deployment options including hardware or virtual appliances
24x7 Security Operations Center providing alert triage and prioritization
Automated reports summarizing detections, anomalies, threat hunting activities and recommendations to protect your environment
Proactive threat hunting based on threat intelligence, emerging threats and industry security events
Hacker deception with strategically placed honeypots and honeytokens
Real-time dashboards for all discovered assets, communication data, detections and anomalies
24x7 incident response, quick threat containment and digital forensics

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is network detection and response?

    Network detection and response analyzes traffic to identify suspicious activity and support investigation. ThreatDefence combines network evidence, signatures, behavioral analytics, AI investigation, and SOC response across monitored IT, cloud, and industrial environments.

    How does NDR complement EDR?

    EDR provides detailed activity from endpoints where an agent is installed. NDR adds evidence from monitored communications, including unmanaged devices and systems that cannot run an agent. Together, they help connect activity on a host with its behavior across the network.

    How is NDR different from a firewall?

    A firewall primarily controls permitted traffic. NDR analyzes observed connections for signs of compromise and retains evidence for investigation. It can identify suspicious activity within allowed traffic and across internal segments, with containment coordinated through connected controls.

    Does the sensor sit inline?

    No. The passive sensor receives copied traffic from a SPAN port, TAP, or supported cloud mirror. It operates outside the forwarding path, so a sensor outage does not interrupt the original traffic.

    Do monitored devices need an agent?

    No. The sensor observes network traffic without software on each device. Endpoint agents can add context and containment capabilities where available.

    Can NDR investigate encrypted connections?

    Yes. Connection patterns and observable handshake information remain useful without decrypting content. Visibility varies: TLS 1.3 encrypts certificate details, and Encrypted Client Hello can hide the requested server name. Endpoint and application records can provide additional context.

    Can files be extracted from encrypted traffic?

    Not through passive observation alone. File extraction requires supported traffic whose content is visible to the analysis system. Encrypted connections can still provide metadata for investigation.

    What happens after a detection?

    AI agents gather linked network records, add threat intelligence, and query connected systems for context. Analysts review findings and coordinate response under your procedures. Actions require approval or run within explicitly authorized limits.

    How are threats contained?

    The platform coordinates actions through connected security tools, such as blocking a destination at a firewall or isolating an endpoint through EDR. Available actions depend on integrations, permissions, and operating mode.

    How long is evidence retained?

    Retention is configured to suit your requirements. Session metadata and packet captures have different storage needs, so capture scope and retention periods are agreed during deployment.

    Does NDR cover cloud networks?

    Yes, where supported traffic mirroring supplies relevant traffic to a virtual sensor. Cloud and on-premises findings can be investigated through the same platform.

    Can we use our own SIEM?

    Yes. Network metadata and detections can be forwarded to your SIEM and other connected tools. ThreatDefence NDR works alongside your existing security stack.