How It Works

Scenario 1: High-Speed Networks


1. For organizations operating critical 10G, 100G, 200G, and 400G network infrastructure, visibility is often limited. 

2. A Garland Technology network TAP is deployed on a critical network link, creating a complete copy of the traffic without introducing latency or impacting operations.

3. The copied traffic is simultaneously sent to the Mahlet L1FEguard platform and a Garland Technology Packet Broker. 

4. L1FEguard analyzes the optical signal, transport protocols, management channels and other Layer 1 telemetry, while the Packet Broker aggregates and distributes packet data to security and monitoring tools. 

 

Scenario 2: Traffic Correlation and Network Intelligence 

1. Many organizations struggle to identify where traffic originated once it reaches security and monitoring tools, particularly in large networks. 

2. Using Mahlet’s hardware-based VLAN tagging capabilities, traffic can be tagged based on its physical ingress and egress ports as it passes through the L1FEguard platform.

3. The tagged traffic is then delivered to a Garland Technology Packet Broker, where it can be stripped of the header, filtered and load balanced before sent to security and monitoring tools.

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Joint Solution Benefits

Full-stack visibility from Layer 1 to Layer 7

Simplified Tool Integration to distribute traffic to downstream security and monitoring tools

Detect threats across both physical and packet layers, exposing attack paths

Faster troubleshooting by correlating events and packet-level activity

Build a visibility architecture capable of supporting future initiatives

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About Mahlet

Mahlet provides communications infrastructure visibility solutions that directly integrate with NOC/SOC tools to enhance network performance monitoring and strengthen cybersecurity. Our L1FEGuard optical monitoring platform delivers high-value insights that other tools miss: deep optical signal telemetry, in-band management traffic, higher layer protocol de-tunneling, and rich metadata from raw OTN, SONET/SDH, and high-speed Ethernet traffic. These capabilities uncover hidden threats, enrich downstream tools withclean packet streams, reduce troubleshooting time, and improve overall network resilience - all without impacting live traffic. To learn more about how Mahlet is pioneering infrastructure visibility, visit https://www.mahlet.net.

 

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