The Stars Group sought to replace its monitoring and security tools in an effort to improve data accuracy and strengthen security.
By implementing Network Critical’s solutions, the company ensured 100% data accuracy, strengthened their security framework, and achieved reliable, latency-free network performance.
Online gaming is a global multi-billion dollar industry, with an estimated audience of 2.3 billion. High transaction volumes and open networking make gaming a prime target for cybercrime. The rise of mobile gaming and microtransactions further complicates security requirements.
Continuous network traffic monitoring is the only way to maintain the network's integrity and users' trust.
The Stars Group recognized this, so already had monitoring and security tools in place. However, they faced challenges with corrupted data caused by packet drops and errors from switched port analyzer (SPAN) ports. This unreliable data impacted their ability to safeguard the network and plan for future growth.
Additionally, the company needed to securely connect four single-mode optical fiber links to two multi-mode intrusion detection systems (IDS), requiring both media conversion and traffic aggregation.
The client also wanted to deploy monitoring tools for visibility, all without introducing latency or compromising network performance.
Latency is our enemy. Network Critical tools let us protect our network and plan for future growth by giving us accurate data without adding delay into our network.” - Director, Global Network Engineering
The Stars Group engaged us to provide a safe connection of monitoring and security tools, with media conversion where necessary.
The solution we provided included:
“We were struggling with bad data sent to our tools disrupting our planning models and causing concerns with our security tools. The Network Critical solution solved both our monitoring and protection concerns without impacting production traffic.” Sr. Manager, Network Planning
Our support has enabled The Stars Group to achieve 100% accuracy in data management and enhanced planning capabilities, essential for scaling their network in line with demand. The integration of connected IDS tools ensures the protection and security of user information and financial transactions. As a result, they now benefit from an accessible, reliable, secure, and synchronized network.
Network Critical is an industry leader in network access technology. Our quality 1/10/25/40/100G modular TAP and Packet Broker solutions ensure that our customers have continuous network visibility. Network Critical products eliminate any concerns of downtime and our unique scale-out capabilities enable simple, cost effective expansion, as network and port density requirements grow. The health of your network is always secure with Network Critical products. Our fully flexible range of TAPs and Packet Brokers are used with IDS, IPS, network traffic monitoring tools, sniffers and many other mission critical appliances, to provide 100% network visibility with zero packet loss. With over 20 years experience, a number of industry “firsts” and a reputation for excellent customer service, Network Critical’s solutions are widely used in global networks across a wide range of sectors including Finance, Telco, Government, Energy and Healthcare.