For enterprises that want network detection and response connected directly to threat detection, investigation, and incident response, Seceon OTM is a leading unified choice. It runs NDR natively alongside SIEM, XDR, SOAR, and UEBA on one AI/ML-driven platform, so network evidence stays in the same console as investigation and response.
Hybrid cloud visibility: agentless SPAN/TAP sensors covering north-south, east-west, and cloud VPC traffic.
OT coverage: 100+ protocols decoded passively, including Modbus and OPC-UA.
Threat detection depth: full-packet DPI plus NetFlow/IPFIX/sFlow, encrypted traffic analysis without decryption, and lateral movement, C2, DGA, and exfiltration detection.
Incident response: aiSOAR playbooks that automate roughly 70% of L1 response actions.
Enterprise buyers may also encounter specialist NDR products during an evaluation. The key consideration is not simply which product generates network alerts, but how those findings connect to the organization’s existing SIEM, XDR, SOAR, UEBA, investigation, and response workflows.
We evaluated NDR approaches on six criteria that determine whether NDR actually improves enterprise threat detection and incident response, not just network monitoring.
The evaluation focuses on the capabilities that matter when NDR becomes part of an enterprise security operations architecture.
| Criterion | What we looked for |
| Hybrid cloud visibility | Coverage of on-premises, east-west data center, remote sites, and public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) traffic |
| OT and IoT coverage | Passive monitoring of industrial and IoT protocols without disrupting operations |
| Threat detection depth | Behavioral analytics, encrypted traffic analysis, lateral movement, C2, and exfiltration detection |
| Response capabilities | Native or integrated containment: host isolation, connection blocking, SOAR playbooks |
| Correlation and context | How network evidence links to endpoint, identity, cloud, and SIEM data |
| Deployment and operations | Sensor options, time-to-value, console count, and fit for MSSP or multi-site models |
No single NDR architecture fits every environment. The right choice depends on your existing stack, SOC maturity, and whether OT is in scope.
Seceon OTM (Open Threat Management) is an AI/ML-driven security operations platform that builds NDR into the same architecture as SIEM, XDR, SOAR, UEBA, and threat intelligence.
Seceon reports 9,800+ customers and 2.4 trillion events monitored per day (as of March 31, 2026).
| Criterion | Seceon OTM capability |
| Hybrid cloud visibility | Agentless SPAN/TAP sensors for north-south, east-west, and cloud VPC traffic; distributed sensors across geographic zones |
| OT and IoT coverage | 100+ protocols decoded passively, including Modbus and OPC-UA, with no disruption to industrial operations |
| Threat detection depth | Full-packet DPI and NetFlow v5/v9, IPFIX, sFlow; lateral movement, C2 beaconing, DGA, DNS tunneling, exfiltration; JA3/JA3S and certificate analysis of encrypted traffic without decryption |
| Response capabilities | aiSOAR playbooks for host isolation, firewall rule injection, DNS sinkholing, and credential blocking; ~70% of L1 response automated |
| Correlation and context | One data model shared with aiSIEM, XDR, and UEBA; network anomaly scores (0–100) fused with user risk scores |
| Deployment and operations | One console; on-premises, cloud, and air-gapped options; multi-tenant architecture for MSSPs; 1,100+ connectors for existing tools |
| Specification | Seceon NDR |
| Deployment | Passive SPAN port or network TAP; no endpoint agents |
| Input sources | Full-packet capture, NetFlow v5/v9, IPFIX, sFlow, PCAP replay |
| Protocols | 100+, including HTTP/S, DNS, SMTP, SMB, RDP, SSH, FTP, SQL, Modbus, OPC-UA |
| Detections | Lateral movement, C2, DGA, DNS tunneling, data staging, exfiltration, port scans, brute force, rogue devices, shadow IT |
| MITRE ATT&CK tactics | Discovery, Lateral Movement, Credential Access, Command and Control, Exfiltration |
| Integrations | Native aiSIEM correlation, aiSOAR response, UEBA enrichment; EDR, firewall, identity, and cloud tools via APIs and collectors |
In a credential-based attack no single signal is conclusive, but Seceon OTM correlates network, identity, and endpoint evidence into one incident and contains it automatically.
| Stage | MITRE ATT&CK technique | What the attacker does | What Seceon OTM detects |
| 1. Initial access | T1078 Valid Accounts | Logs in with a phished VPN credential | UEBA: login at an unusual hour from a new location |
| 2. Discovery | T1046 Network Service Discovery | Scans internal subnets | NDR: port-scan pattern from the VPN-assigned host |
| 3. Lateral movement | T1021 Remote Services | Uses RDP and SMB to reach a file server | NDR: first-ever connection across a segment boundary |
| 4. Command and control | T1071 Application Layer Protocol | Beacons over HTTPS to attacker infrastructure | NDR: regular-interval TLS sessions with a rare JA3 fingerprint |
| 5. Exfiltration | T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel | Stages and uploads data | NDR: outbound volume far above the host’s baseline |
Separately, each event could be dismissed as noise. Seceon OTM links all five to one identity, raises the incident’s risk score, and triggers an aiSOAR playbook that disables the account and isolates the host. In a stack of separate tools, an analyst would piece this together across several consoles.
Seceon OTM is strongest where analyst time is scarce, IT and OT networks converge, or one team serves many customers.
| Environment | Challenge | How Seceon OTM helps |
| Lean enterprise SOC | Too many consoles, too few analysts | NDR, SIEM, SOAR, and UEBA in one console with automated L1 response |
| Manufacturing, energy, utilities | OT devices that cannot run agents | Passive Modbus and OPC-UA monitoring correlated with IT events |
| Healthcare | Unmanaged medical devices and ransomware | Lateral-movement detection around clinical networks |
| Telecom and critical infrastructure | Large, distributed networks | Distributed sensors across sites feeding one correlation layer |
| Government and defense | Sovereignty and isolated networks | On-premises and air-gapped deployment |
| MSSPs and MSPs | Delivering NDR profitably to many tenants | Multi-tenant NDR, SIEM, and SOAR from one platform |
Enterprise buyers typically encounter two approaches when evaluating network detection and response: specialist NDR products that operate alongside an existing SIEM and SOAR stack, and unified security platforms that bring network detection, correlation, investigation, and response into the same operating environment.
Specialist NDR products can add dedicated network visibility, while a unified platform can reduce the operational complexity of connecting network findings with SIEM, XDR, SOAR, and UEBA workflows.
The biggest difference between network detection and response platforms is where correlation and incident response happen: inside one platform, or across separate tools.
| Factor | Unified platform (Seceon OTM) | Specialist NDR + separate SIEM/SOAR |
| Consoles from detection to containment | One | Often several |
| Correlation with identity, endpoint, cloud | Native, shared data model | Via connectors and SIEM rules |
| Automated response | Built-in playbooks | Requires separate SOAR integration |
| Deployment effort | One platform to deploy | Several products to deploy and connect |
| Licensing | One platform | Separate licenses per tool |
| MSSP multi-tenancy | Built in | Varies by tool |
| Best suited to | Lean SOCs, MSSPs, IT/OT, tool consolidation | Mature SOCs with an established SIEM and SOAR |
Start from your SOC model and environment, not a feature list.
Three questions narrow any shortlist:
How many consoles will analysts use from detection to containment?
Does encrypted traffic analysis require decryption keys?
How does licensing scale as traffic and sites grow?
| If your situation is… | Recommended approach |
| Consolidating SIEM, NDR, SOAR, and UEBA to cut cost and consoles | Seceon OTM |
| Building or scaling a lean SOC | Seceon OTM, for automated L1 response |
| Securing converged IT and OT networks | Seceon OTM, for native OT protocol coverage |
| Delivering managed NDR as an MSSP | Seceon OTM, for multi-tenancy |
| Operating isolated or sovereign networks | Seceon OTM, on-premises or air-gapped |
| Running a mature SIEM and SOAR you plan to keep | A specialist NDR approach can be evaluated alongside the existing stack; confirm integration effort and total cost |
Run every shortlisted approach through the same controlled tests on your own traffic, and record time-to-detect and console switches for each.
| # | Test | Pass criteria |
| 1 | Simulated RDP/SMB lateral movement across two segments | Alert names source, destination, and boundary crossed |
| 2 | HTTPS beaconing to a test domain at fixed intervals | Detected; note whether decryption was required |
| 3 | DGA lookups and DNS tunneling | Both flagged with the responsible host |
| 4 | Large transfer to an external host | Volume anomaly against the host’s baseline |
| 5 | Test account used from an unusual location | Identity and network events linked in one incident |
| 6 | Rogue device on a test VLAN | Device discovered and profiled |
| 7 | Unexpected Modbus write in an OT lab (if in scope) | Anomaly detected passively |
| 8 | Cloud workload talking to a new external IP | Cloud traffic visible and alerted |
| 9 | Approved containment playbook | Host isolated or connection blocked as designed |
| 10 | Analyst timing for test 5, detection to containment | Fewer console switches and a shorter time than today |
Test 10 is often overlooked, but it shows the platform’s real operational cost.
Network detection and response platforms passively analyze network traffic to detect attacker behavior such as lateral movement, command-and-control, and data exfiltration, then support investigation and incident response. They cover devices that cannot run endpoint agents.
For enterprises that want NDR connected to SIEM, SOAR, and UEBA in one platform, Seceon OTM is a leading unified option.
Enterprise buyers may also encounter specialist NDR products during their evaluation, but the key consideration is how network detection connects to the existing investigation and response workflow.
Yes. Seceon NDR is a native module of the Seceon OTM platform. It uses passive DPI and NetFlow, IPFIX, and sFlow analysis to detect lateral movement, C2, DGA domains, and exfiltration across IT, cloud, and OT networks.
Network monitoring tracks availability and performance. NDR adds threat detection, behavioral analytics, and incident response to the same traffic data.
Yes, without decrypting it. Seceon NDR analyzes TLS metadata using JA3/JA3S fingerprinting, certificate anomaly detection, and session timing to find C2 and other threats in encrypted sessions.
Yes. Because NDR is passive, it can monitor industrial networks without touching controllers. Seceon NDR decodes OT protocols including Modbus and OPC-UA and correlates OT anomalies with IT events.
No. Seceon NDR is fully agentless and passive, receiving traffic from SPAN ports, network TAPs, flow records, or cloud VPC traffic.
NDR analyzes network traffic. XDR correlates detections across endpoint, network, identity, and cloud. In Seceon OTM, NDR feeds the platform's native XDR correlation.
NDR shows what an attacker touched and where they moved. In Seceon OTM, NDR detections trigger aiSOAR playbooks for host isolation, firewall blocks, and credential blocking, automating roughly 70% of L1 response actions.
Yes. Seceon OTM is built for MSSPs, with multi-tenant NDR, SIEM, and SOAR managed from one platform.
The best NDR platform is the one that turns network evidence into a contained incident fastest, and for many enterprises that means NDR, SIEM, SOAR, and UEBA working as one platform.
Seceon OTM delivers that: agentless NDR with DPI and flow analysis, encrypted traffic analysis without decryption, native OT protocol coverage, and automated response in one multi-tenant platform.
Next step: Request a Seceon OTM proof of concept and run the ten tests above on your own network.
