threat visibility from the source

The NetFlow Advantage: Raw Data That Delivers Unmatched Visibility

See threat actor infrastructure in motion, not after the fact.

Who
Threat hunters, CTI analysts, SOC and DFIR teams who need source data, not summaries.
What
Raw NetFlow: the original record of network activity, with no vendor interpretation or bias.
Why
Most tools alert after the breach. Raw NetFlow shows threats in motion, before they reach your network.

Threat visibility

What is Threat Visibility?

Alerts that ping after a breach are too late, but that’s how most cybersecurity tools operate.

In contrast, the Threat Visibility tools from Team Cymru allow you to see threats in motion before they infiltrate your network. We capture the greatest volume of IP-to-IP interactions happening globally, providing the complete context threat hunters need to investigate and prioritize swift action.

  • Source-level telemetry vastly outperforms aggregated risk summaries
  • Real-time infrastructure mapping surfaces risk within minutes
  • Historical depth plus live telemetry enables context-driven forensic investigations
  • External ReconnaissanceDetect scanning & probing
  • Supply Chain MappingThird-party threat surfaces
  • Botnet EcosystemsC2 infrastructure tracking
  • Historical PlaybackRoot cause forensics
  • SIEM/SOAR/TIP IntegrationDirect data feeds

Why raw NetFlow

Why Raw NetFlow Data Matters

NetFlow is the original record of network activity. No vendor interpretation or bias. Only the raw data sources your defenders need to pivot, enrich, and act.

Peerless Breadth

With 1,000+ partners, we own the largest raw NetFlow dataset, enriched directly from first-party global sources, spanning ISPs, hosting providers, and dark networks.

  • 400B+ connections observed daily
  • Coverage across 245 countries and ~72,000 networks
  • Visibility into dark and gray networks

Unmatched Depth

We analyze IP-to-IP interactions across 400+ billion daily NetFlow records, observing traffic at the flow level, not via interpreted feeds or aggregated threat summaries.

  • Full 5-tuple visibility
  • Decades of historical flow records
  • Actor infrastructure attribution

Real-Time Speed

Our NetFlow telemetry is live, not 30-90 days old, so you can detect and correlate adversary behavior sooner, often before compromise or lateral movement occurs.

  • Sub-second data ingestion
  • Pre-compromise detection
  • Immediate threat correlation

Comparison

NetFlow vs SIEM, TIP, CTI & DRP

Team Cymru sits above traditional security tools, providing the source data that feeds them all.

Threat visibility capabilities: Team Cymru NetFlow compared with SIEM, TIP, CTI platforms, and DRP/ASM tools
CapabilityTeam CymruSIEMTIPCTI PlatformsDRP/ASM
Data FreshnessYesPartialPartialNoPartial
Source vs AggregatedYesNoNoNoPartial
Infrastructure MappingYesNoPartialPartialPartial
Actor AttributionYesNoPartialYesNo
Historical CoverageYesPartialPartialPartialNo
Pre-Compromise DetectionYesNoNoPartialPartial
  • Supported
  • Partial
  • Not supported

Maturity model

Threat Visibility Maturity Model

It’s time to move from threat reactivity to proactive threat visibility.

  1. 1

    Reactive

    Alerts from SIEM after compromise. Limited visibility.

  2. 2

    Enriched

    TIP correlation with external feeds. Still downstream.

  3. 3

    Distilled

    CTI reports and IOCs. 30-90 day lag time.

  4. 4

    Real-Time

    Live threat data provides some infrastructure context, not all.

  5. 5

    Proactive Visibility

    Raw NetFlow from the source. Maximum capacity to see and block compromises.

Trusted In The Most High-Stakes Environments

  • 20+Years of NetFlow data used to track and disrupt malware campaigns
  • ProvenAbility to identify callback infrastructure well in advance of public reporting
  • 1,000+Global Network Partners
  • ONLYCommercial Provider with this vantage point

Start Seeing Threats at the Source

Discover why real-time and raw NetFlow data is the gold standard for Threat Reconnaissance.