LiveAction Acquires Network Security Startup CounterFlow AI

LiveAction, the leader in network performance management, on Tuesday announced it has acquired CounterFlow AI, a leading network detection and response (NDR) provider. 

This acquisition will enable LiveAction’s current and future end customers and channel partners with a unified network performance monitoring and diagnostics (NPMD) platform that incorporates encrypted traffic analysis for security incident detection and response. The combined platform will streamline previously siloed network operations (NetOps) and security operations (SecOps) workflows, using common data, platform integration and improved visualization to increase the speed and efficiency with which organizations manage network and security events.

This level of encrypted traffic analysis and actionable insight complements LiveAction’s existing monitoring capabilities and supports more effective network and security management. For instance, NetOps teams analyzing network or application performance issues can more easily access security intelligence to detect or rule out cyber attacks as the root cause. Conversely, SecOps teams will have access to deeper network, device and application analytics that can improve threat detection, correlation and response. 

Overall, the integrated solutions will enhance NetOps and SecOps teams’ productivity, efficacy and speed when it comes to detecting and resolving incidents. Upon closing the acquisition, LiveAction’s immediate focus will be product development and integration, as well as communications with its global community of partners and customers to highlight the vision and benefits of unified NPMD and NDR in its newly expanded portfolio.