Plixer Scrutinizer terms and concepts

Alarm Policy

Rule sets that define what types of network behavior or activity should be monitored as events and trigger alarms

Collectors

SIEMs, flow collectors, SNMP trap receivers, and other network management systems that capture, analyze, and report on flow data sent by exporters

EULA (End-User License Agreement)

A legal agreement between Plixer Scrutinizer and the user, outlining the terms and conditions, including usage rights, restrictions, and liability limitations

Exporters

Network devices, such as routers, switches, or servers that can send traffic/activity logs as flows to external systems, such as Plixer Replicator and Plixer Scrutinizer

Flow Analytics

A library of field-tested algorithms used to analyze network behavior, detect unexpected activity, and report events and alarms

IPFIXify

A software agent that reads text-based logs, syslog messages, Windows EventLogs and various other types of data sources and sends the information in flows using the IPFIX protocol

Plixer ML Engine

Software component providing AI capabilities to allow the ingestion and processing of extremely large volumes of flow data for intelligent anomaly and threat detection

Protocol Exclusions

Defines protocols to exclude during the collection process per exporter, exporter interface, and/or all exporters and interfaces

Reverse-Path Filtering

Allows collectors to receive non-local traffic that may have been forwarded by a proxy or flow replication solution, such as Plixer Replicator

SAF (Summary and Forensic)

An optimized system of storing flow data that uses summary tables to condense collected information without compromising transparency or accuracy

TI (Threat Index)

A single value comprised of events with different weights that age out over time