Avaya today announced a new solution, Avaya Surge that works on any network and enables plug-and-play security and management for IoT devices to mitigate cyberattacks that can occur through IoT connected devices.
Attacks and breaches resulting from IoT devices are expected to escalate over the next several years as more and more connected devices offer entry points. Avaya Surge significantly reduces complexity and cost while dramatically improving the process of tightly securing and managing thousands of devices.
Avaya Surge simply pairs the IoT edge device with a small adapter to make it an intelligent network node through which it can centrally control security and management. Once implemented, Avaya Surge secures the IoT devices by flirting the Traffic flows on a white-list basis, limiting what the device receives and sends and to who or what it communicates thereby by making them less visible on the network and protected them from harmful traffic such as viruses and malware.
The Surge provides the elasticity needed for securing the everywhere perimeter, Avaya Surge uses centrally-set, “Follow-me” profiles applied on a by-device basis. When disconnected from the network, profiles disappear. When re-connected, profiles are automatically re-assigned.
The Avaya Surge automatically learns and updates from traffic flows, providing continuous, ongoing security improvement. It also reports asset utilization that details the operational activity of devices. In addition, the solution offers programmable APIs to enable organizations to customize services and applications.
According to company, the Avaya Surge will be available in the second quarter of this year.
