Gigamon announced a new Power of 3 offering with partners Cribl and Blackwood.

The Gigamon Power of 3 Cloud program, launched in June, brings together Gigamon, a Gigamon channel partner, and a networking, security, or observability technology alliance partner to provide mutual customers with access to technology integrations and support that will help them to more efficiently and effectively manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure.

Optimized for hybrid cloud infrastructure, the newest Power of 3 offering features Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Security, and channel partner Blackwood to enable mutual customers to gain deep observability across their entire infrastructure for efficient and effective identification of security threats and performance bottlenecks. The integration of Cribl Stream with the Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, sold and serviced by Blackwood, helps organizations eliminate blind spots by getting the right data to their cloud, security, and observability tools.

“Visibility across increasingly complex hybrid cloud infrastructure is challenging CISOs and CIOs alike, and presents one of the greatest cybersecurity vulnerabilities today,” said Srinivas Chakravarty, VP of Cloud Ecosystem at Gigamon. “With our newest Power of 3 combination, we’re efficiently delivering network-derived intelligence to Cribl Stream when, where, and how it is needed across hybrid cloud infrastructure. This powerful combination gives Security and IT teams the added visibility they need across existing tools, extending the value of their current tool stack to more efficiently secure and manage their cloud environments.”

The new offering integrates network-derived intelligence and insights, including application metadata, from Gigamon GigaVUE Cloud Suite into Cribl Stream, reducing the complexity of mapping data flows between the network and individual tools. This helps organizations to focus on more efficiently and effectively securing and managing hybrid cloud infrastructure, eliminating blind spots, optimizing traffic, and reducing tool cost and complexity.

Blackwood, a Gigamon partner of nearly 20 years, will sell, deploy, and service the new Power of 3 combination, leveraging its global network of IT and security experts.

The new Power of 3 solution offers joint customers:

- Data routing and enrichment. Cribl Stream can route data collected from the Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline to security, logging, and analytics platforms, enabling Security and IT teams to accelerate threat detection and incident response and help recover faster from incidents

- Simplified monitoring using metadata. Cribl takes metadata extracted by Gigamon, reformats the data to match how each tool ingests data, and efficiently delivers the accessed intelligence to the specific tool

- Reduced threat surface. Security and IT teams can search data in place or in motion to hunt threats more efficiently and correlate relevant data to reduce the threat surface and lower risk

“We’re empowering our joint customers with unprecedented visibility and control over their hybrid cloud infrastructure,” said Vlad Melnik, Technical Alliances and Partner Marketing at Cribl. “By combining Cribl and Gigamon, customers can extract maximum value from network data, while extending the value of existing tool investments. This integration provides customers with the solution they need to make more informed decisions, enhance their security posture, and optimize their network operations in an increasingly complex threat environment."

"We’re witnessing an unprecedented explosion in both the number and variety of data sources, as organizations work to secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure,” said Ryan Morris, president at Blackwood. “Integrating industry-leading solutions from Cribl and Gigamon, we’re able to offer customers the most comprehensive view of their cloud environments available in the market. As data volumes continue to grow exponentially, our integrated, cost-effective approach allows customers to confidently maintain robust cybersecurity postures."