Awake Security

Awake Security is a cybersecurity vendor that provides Network Detection and Response (NDR) capabilities for enterprise environments.

• NDR platform for monitoring on-premises (on-prem) and cloud network traffic
• Security analytics using Machine Learning (ML) for threat detection (security analytics)
• Visibility into devices, users, and applications on the network (network visibility)
• Threat hunting and incident investigation workflows for Security Operations (SecOps) teams (security operations)
• Integration with existing security tooling and SOC processes in enterprise environments

More About Awake Security

Awake Security focuses on network-based threat detection and response for enterprises that require monitoring of east-west and north-south traffic across on-prem data centers, branch locations, and cloud or hybrid environments. Its platform is used by SecOps centers and incident response teams to identify suspicious activity, investigate incidents, and support containment and remediation workflows.

The company’s offering can be categorized as a NDR platform within the broader security analytics and operations stack. It analyzes network traffic metadata and related telemetry to detect threats that may bypass traditional perimeter defenses such as firewalls and secure web gateways. Enterprises deploy the platform to gain visibility into unmanaged or unknown assets, insider activity, lateral movement, command-and-control communications, and other patterns associated with targeted attacks and data exfiltration.

Awake Security uses analytics and ML techniques (security analytics) to profile entities on the network, including devices, users, and applications, and to surface anomalies that warrant investigation. The platform correlates events over time and across segments to build context around suspected threats. This supports workflows such as threat hunting, where analysts iteratively query and pivot through network data, as well as structured incident response, where investigators reconstruct timelines and understand the scope of compromise.

From an architectural perspective, the platform typically ingests data from network sensors or taps, aggregates and analyzes it in a central analytics layer, and exposes findings through dashboards, search interfaces, and alerting mechanisms. It integrates with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, ticketing tools, and other components commonly present in enterprise SOC architectures. This allows organizations to align Awake Security detections with broader event correlation, case management, and response playbooks.

In an enterprise security portfolio, Awake Security is positioned alongside categories such as Endpoint Detection And Response (EDR), SIEM, and intrusion detection and prevention, but with a focus on network-layer visibility and analytics. Organizations adopt it to complement endpoint and log-based controls, to cover unmanaged devices and bring-your-own-device scenarios, and to monitor traffic that may not be fully visible to other tools. For directory and taxonomy purposes, Awake Security fits into NDR, security analytics, threat hunting, and SOC operations enablement.