High-Resolution Network Monitoring

Strengthens Security and Maximizes Competitive Advantage for High-Frequency Trading Exchange

A Fortune 500 provider of financial market infrastructure operates highly-regulated trading exchanges, clearing houses, and market data services. Its high-frequency trading and market data depend on a global network where fractions of a second matter, and a single microburst can drop packets – causing missed trades, lost revenue, and market data gaps that violate SLAs. The provider needed precise, lossless monitoring of latency, jitter, and microbursts, plus proof that every feed reaches all users with equal timing. It also needed to capture data for regulatory reporting, maximize WAN ROI, and strengthen defenses against cyberattacks across on-premises and cloud environments.

Outcomes

• Reliable market data: Lossless brokering and precise timestamping keep packets complete and in order, so subscribers get timely market data and order execution they trust.

• Stronger security and compliance: Real-time and historical packet data from inside and outside the firewall support threat detection, forensics, and regulatory reports proving no user had a timing advantage.

• New revenue opportunities: Analytics show when customers are nearing their contracted bandwidth limits, so the provider knows when to sell them additional services.

• Better capacity management: cBurst microburst profiling shows which links carry the most traffic and bursts. The provider can rebalance capacity and add costly new WAN links only when needed.