Information Services of Public Institutions Run Safely with a Revolutionary Big Data Security Analytics Platform

1. SmartInvestigatorfortheRomanianAgencyforDigitalAgenda(AADR):
InformationServicesofPublicInstitutionsRunSafelywitha100%RomanianSolution
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Acomplete,fullyscalable
andintuitivesolutionforIT
securityinvestigationsand
analytics
TimesavingsandTimesavingsand
resourcesoptimization:light
speedanswersonevents
andinvestigations
Decisionmakingsupport
duetoindustryspecific
dashboards
UnlimiUnlimitedbuilt-in
horizontalscalability,with
noextradatabasecosts
SUMMARYBENEFITS:
Theneedtomanagekey
systemsofnationalinterest
inasecuredenvironment
Dataresidesinmany
systems,withnocentral
visibilityandactionpoint
AADR’SCASEATA
GLANCE:
Overview
TheRomanianAgencyforDigitalAgenda(AADR),apublicinstitutionwithintheMinistryfor
InformationSocietyismanagingsuchinformationsystemsofnationalinterestforeGovernance
purposes.TheAgency'sworkcloselyfollowstheimplementationoftheDigitalAgendaStrategyfor
Romaniawiththemissiontoimprovetheperformanceofthepublicadministrationandto
enhancethecitizens’satisfaction.
AmongthesystemsundertheAgeny’smanagement,wecanmentionthefollowing:
•theNationalElectronicSystem-SEN(www.e-guvernare.ro)
••theElectronicSystemforPublicAcquisitions,SEAP(www.e-licitaţie.ro)
•thesystemfortheassignmentofelectronicpermitstointernationalroadfreighttransportand
theelectronicnationalprogramsfortheassignmentoftransportroutesthroughthecountyand
inter-countyservices,SAET(www.autorizatiiauto.ro)
•thenationalelectronicsystemfortheonlinepaymentoflocaltaxes,SNEP(www.ghiseul.ro)
•theelectronicsinglecontactpoint(www.edirect.e-guvernare.ro).
TheTheaddedvalueofinformationplatformswithdirectimpactontheactivityofacountry’spublic
institutions,companiesandcitizensisperceivedandappreciatedaslongastheyare100%
functional,withnointerruptions.Thisiswhytechnicalmanagementdepartmentsholdamajor
responsibilityforpreventinganydisruptioncausedbycyberattacks,humanorsystemerrors.
CustomerChallenges&Requirements
SEAP,theElectronicSystem forPublicAcquisitionsiscurrentlyoneofthemostutilised
governmentsystems,withover14,720publiccontractingauthorities,56,483depositordealsanda
valueofinitiatedproceduresof345,414,166,938.49RONin2014.Ontheotherhand,withinthe
system forassigningroadpermits,thenumberofinternationalroadtransportpermitswasof
39,714in2014,andthenumberoftrucksregisteredinthesystemwas31,067.Theamountoftax
paymentswithoutauthenticationmadeinthededicatedsysteminthesameyearamountedto
21,314,817.15RON.
ConsequentlConsequently,theresponsibilityoftechnicalteamsoverseeingthesenationalwidesystemsis
huge.Forcollecting,storingandanalyzingthelargevolumesofdata,logsandeventsthataredaily
operated,AADRinstalledvariousSIEMsolutionsovertime,includingDellInTrust,HPArcSightand
AlienVault.Aercarefullyanalyzingtheiractivity,theAgencyidentifiedtheneedtoimplementa
unifiedmonitoringsolution,onetoofferdatacorrelationsfromasingleinterfaceandtoimprove
responsetimesandconsequently,theefficiencyofITsecurityofficersincaseofincidents.
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6-10StolniculuiSt.,5thFloor,District1,Bucharest,Romania
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TheSolution
AerauditingtheperformanceofexistingSIEMsystems,AADRchosetoenhancethemwithSmart
Investigator,asitprovedtobethemostsuitablesolutiontobetestedintheAgency’scomplex
cyberenvironment.SmartInvestigatorisapremiereintheITindustry,beingtheonly100%
Romanianmulti-SIEM solutionthatsucceedsinmeetingmultiplepurposesforITsecurity,
investigationandanalytics.
SmartSmartInvestigatorcurrentlysupervisesinformationflowsfromtheSEN,SEAP,SAETsystemsand
theVirtualPaymentDesk,beingtheoneplatform throughwhichtheAgency’stechnical
departmentquicklymanagessecurityincidents,withafulloverviewofallvulnerabilitieswithin
theirdatainfrastructure.
""SmartInvestigatoristheultimatesecuritysolution.Itislikeabreathoffreshairamongclassical
SIEMtools.Bothreliableandeasilyapproachablebypolicymakersatalllevels,alignedwiththe
latesthi-tech requirements,with a significantlyhigherresponsiveness.Allin all,a very
comprehensivetool,createdbyRomaniansowareengineers,whichbringsquickproblem-solving
skillstodailycasesmanagedbyoursecurityteams",saysCătălinGabrielDumitru,Directorof
eGovernmentDevelopmentandTechnicalSupportwithinAADR.
SmartSmartInvestigatorprovidesAADRwiththenecessarycapabilitiesformonitoringthesecurityof
theirsystemsandforcollectingeventsfromexistingSIEMs.Thehugeamountofcollecteddatais
correctlyandcomprehensivelyorderedinseconds.ThisempowersSmartInvestigator’susersto
actinrealtimeifthesituationrequiresto.
BasedonaNo-SQLtechnology,SmartInvestigatorincludesnext-generationsearchfeaturesand
performancefilters,which,bypreviouslydefinedoradhoccriteria,helpthesecurityofficerrapidly
investigatesecurityincidentswithinseconds.
BasedBasedonuniquelearningalgorithms,SmartInvestigatorexaminescollectedstreamsofdatato
identifypatternsofnormalworkactivity,processes,usersandsystems,sothat,aerwards,with
the"AnomalyAnalyzer"-thededicatedanomalydetectionmodule,tohighlightabnormalevents
andsendreal-timealerts.
Thereportingmoduleisalsoanessentialcomponentofthisnew securitysoware.Smart
Investigatorgeneratesinstantreportsinlinewiththelatestindustrystandards:ISO27001,COBIT,
FISMA,HIPAA,PCP/DSS,SOX.
TheTheinvestigation,monitoringandreportingmodulesofSmartInvestigatorarefullyintegratedinto
asingle,centralplatform withauserfriendly,highlyintuitivegraphicalinterface,whichuses
graphicalchartsandeasytointerpretdecisiontreestodisplayqueryresults:
""WithSmartInvestigator,fastandintuitivearethekeywords.Yougettothedesiredinformationwith
lightspeed,whichleavesyouevenmoretimeforthoroughinvestigations.Thisway,youcanbringout
tothesurfacevulnerabilitiesthatwouldbesodifficulttoidentifyotherwise.Itessentiallysimplifies
theworkofoursecurityexperts.Icansaythatatthismoment,wefinallyhaveacompletetechnology
toolthatpreventsusfrombeingsurprisedbysecurityevents",addedCătălinGabrielDumitru.
TechnologyPartner:©2017nextgensoware
6-10StolniculuiSt.,5thFloor,District1,Bucharest,Romania
Tel:+40(21)222-43-55/56|E-mail:office@nextgensoware.solutions
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WithSmartInvestigator,AADRandthepublicinformationsystemsitmanagesnowhaveatool
thatoffers:
DuringthetestingsessionsoftheSmartInvestigatorsolution,theNextgenSowareteamworked
closelywiththeAgency’ssecurityexpertstoimplementnewfunctionalitiesandrequirementsto
fittheAADRdatainfrastructure.TheexigenttechnicalrequirementsoftheAgencybroughtSmart
Investigatoratanevenhigherlevelofperformance.
Thepreciseidentificationofsecurityincidentsthroughinnovativemulti-SIEM/multi-platform
datacorrelation
Adedicatedadvancedsearchmodulethatensurecorrelationsbetweenbillionsofeventsin
seconds
Real-time/schedulebasedconnectivitytoclassicalSIEMsystemsfordatafeeds
Synthesizedresultsdisplayedinefficientchartstosupportthesecuritydecisionmakingprocess
EmbeddedEmbeddedreportstovalidatecontrolefficiencyandeffectivenessforframeworksandstandards:
ISO27001,COBIT,FISMA,HIPPA,PCI/DSS,SOX
Aninnovativealertingsystemwithreal-time,user-definedalerts,whichaddressthemostspecific
eventrequirements,ensuringgreataccuracyandminimumfalsealerts
CorrelationsbetweentheAuditDataandPhysicalSecurity(usinganadditionalVideoModule)
Anadvancedanomalydetectiontechnology–AnomalyAnalyzer
ConContextSensitive/InteractivedashboardsGeneral/Network/ActiveDirectorythatcanalsobefully
customized
Agraphical,user-friendlyinteractiveinterface,withadvancedfunctionssuchas:view,searchand
monitoringthroughcustomfiltering
Precioustimeandresourcessavingsinthedailyworkofsecuritymanagers
TheResults
NextgenSowareisanagile
technologycompanythat
deliversinnovative
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solutionsbasedonits
team's15yearsexperience
inthefield.
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ABOUTNEXTGENSOFTWARE
“SmartInvestigatoris
developedbyanastute
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supportandlogisticsof
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resourcemanagement,
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latestavailable
technology.Itdefinitely
helpsussavetime,effort
andmoney,sowecansay
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assesseditsperformance
onimpressivevolumesof
data,becausethisis
today’scyberrealitythat
wemustbepreparedfor.”
CătălinGabrielDumitru
DirectorofeGovernment
DevelopmentandTechnical
Support,AADR
TechnologyPartner:©2017nextgensoware
6-10StolniculuiSt.,5thFloor,District1,Bucharest,Romania
Tel:+40(21)222-43-55/56|E-mail:office@nextgensoware.solutions
www.nextgensoware.solutions