Case Study: Large Cable Firm achieves secure, scalable traffic visibility and improved monitoring efficiency with Gigamon GigaVUE

Gigamon Resolves Security Issues for Large Cable Firm with GigaVUE’s Authenticated Integrated TAPs

A leading cable, entertainment and communications provider with millions of subscribers struggled to give multiple departments access to the same network data. SPAN ports caused port contention and dropped packets at 10Gb speeds, legacy 1Gb tools couldn’t keep up, TAPs required costly manual aggregation and exposed sensitive streams (E911, CALEA) to unauthorized users, creating compliance and visibility gaps.

The company deployed 36 Gigamon GigaVUE 2404 Traffic Visibility Nodes to serve as a Universal TAP, securely aggregating, filtering and replicating traffic to any tool at any speed. The deployment eliminated port contention and dropped packets, extended the life of existing monitoring tools (avoiding costly upgrades), cut probe count by up to two‑thirds through aggregation, ensured controlled access to sensitive data for compliance, and delivered immediate ROI with improved real‑time visibility and higher service availability.