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Vectra AI's Strategic Acquisition of Netography

In a significant move to bolster its cybersecurity offerings, Vectra AI, a California-based company known for its advanced cyber defense solutions, announced its acquisition of Netography, a pioneering cloud network visualization provider. This strategic acquisition aims to enhance the Vectra AI platform's capabilities in detecting threats and visualizing hybrid and multi-cloud environments, resulting in improved security posture for organizations navigating today's complex digital landscape.

With the increasing shift towards cloud-first strategies, remote workforces, and the expansion of IoT and OT, conventional network boundaries are becoming obsolete. Organizations now operate in a hybrid framework where workloads, identities, and data constantly move across on-premises, multi-cloud, and SaaS environments. Cybercriminals exploit this complexity, often traversing domains within minutes, leaving defenders struggling with fragmented tools and insufficient visibility.

The integration of Netography's technologies will allow Vectra AI to combine cloud network threat visualization with powerful AI-driven analysis of attack signals, providing organizations with unparalleled protection against diverse cyber threats. Vectra Fusion, a new addition to the product portfolio, will implement seamless orchestration of VPC flow logs, automating onboarding for new accounts and workloads while delivering unified visualization across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments.

Expanding Hybrid Coverage and Enhancing Detection

Vectra AI aims to enhance coverage across entire hybrid enterprises while increasing the accuracy of attack signals by leveraging context from the cloud's control plane and data plane. As a result, the company seeks to deliver an integrated and seamless SOC platform that is optimized for modern hybrid enterprises. Hitesh Sheth, CEO of Vectra AI, emphasized this direction, stating, "Companies will continue to operate in hybrid environments, and only AI can defend them at the required speed and scale. Signals derived from networks not only facilitate active threat detection but also serve as the 'ultimate truth source' for overall exposure management. With Netography, we have fused cloud network visualization and deep attack signal analysis, empowering security teams to defend hybrid environments with unmatched speed and accuracy."

This sentiment was echoed by Martin Roesch, CEO of Netography, who noted the importance of actionable visualization. "For years, we have argued that visibility must be cloud-native and omnidirectional because a lack of scale renders visibility an illusion. Our partnership with Vectra AI makes that visibility actionable. Our integrated platform enables defenders to have unified visibility, context, and control, capable of matching the speed and agility of modern attackers."

Yoni Kaplansky, Head of Cyber Architecture Engineering Operations at FICO, highlighted the advantages of this acquisition, stating, "By integrating Netography's cloud observability with Vectra AI's Attack Signal Intelligence, we achieve the unified visibility and reliable detection we've been seeking. This will enhance our security operations across hybrid and multi-cloud environments while alleviating operational burdens."

Furthermore, Faan DeSwardt, a cloud architect at Rubrik, spoke about the challenges of achieving comprehensive visibility before the Netography Fusion. "Previously, having omnidirectional visibility across multi-cloud and on-premises was always a challenge. Now, we have a consistent single view of network activity, enriched with context that can be immediately acted upon, greatly improving the speed and confidence with which our SOC can investigate and contain incidents."

A Trend Towards Integrated Platforms

Art Coviello, a former chair of RSA and managing partner at SYN Ventures, who has also been an early investor in Netography, expressed that the industry is moving towards 'integrated platforms' that improve effectiveness while curbing tool sprawl. He stated, "The integration of Vectra AI and Netography embodies this direction. Melding attack signal clarity with visualization allows companies to defend complex hybrid environments with confidence and control."

As Netography’s technology merges with the Vectra AI platform, enterprises can expect to receive the benefits of both cloud network visualization and AI-led attack signal analysis. The companies are poised to set new standards for detection, investigation, and response that accommodate organizational scale and speed, effectively eliminating blind spots, reducing noise, and averting attacks in modern hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Upcoming Events

Looking ahead, Vectra AI will be showcasing its innovations at the upcoming "Security Days Fall 2025" in Osaka and Tokyo scheduled for October 2025. The event will spotlight their latest NDR solutions and share front-line insights to counter evolving threats.

• - Osaka Venue

Date: October 10, 2025
Location: Congrès Convention Center (Grand Front Osaka, North Building, B2F)
Vectra AI will feature a booth and host a lunch seminar from 12:15 PM to 12:55 PM, covering the latest threat trends and practical defense approaches using NDR. More details on the seminar can be found here.

• - Tokyo Venue

Dates: October 21-24, 2025
Location: JP Tower Hall & Conference (KITTE 4F)
A seminar titled "Why NDR is Now 'Essential': Protecting Modern Networks from Current Attacks" will be held on October 22 at 5:00 PM. Additional information about the seminar is available here. During the four-day event, Vectra AI specialists will be on site to discuss real-world use cases and implementation examples. Don’t miss the opportunity to visit!

About Vectra AI

Vectra AI provides AI-powered cybersecurity solutions that protect modern networks from advanced attacks. As sophisticated cyber threats bypass traditional defenses to access customers' data centers, campuses, remote work, identities, and IoT/OT environments, the Vectra AI platform monitors all attack moves in real-time, connecting the dots to prevent intrusions. With 35 patents in AI security and the highest vendor references on the MITRE DEFEND framework, organizations worldwide rely on Vectra AI to discover and thwart attacks that other tools cannot detect. For more information, visit Vectra AI.

If you wish to schedule a demo of Vectra AI’s security products, you can do so here. Follow them on Twitter: Vectra AI Japan or subscribe to their YouTube channel: Vectra Japan.

About Netography

Netography offers cloud network visualization for hybrid and multi-cloud environments by orchestrating flow logs for AWS, Azure, and GCP in an agentless manner, providing immediate visibility and practical insights to SOC, networking, and application teams. Trusted by leading companies across various industries, Netography eliminates blind spots and supports resilient cloud operations. Altitude Cyber served as the advisor for Netography in this transaction.