(MENAFN- Mid-East Info) Gigamon announced GigaVUE 6.12, introducing support for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) within the Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline. The new release enables cybersecurity teams to identify where encryption is used across their environments, flag weak or non-compliant ciphers, and counter“harvest-now, decrypt-later” threats posed by emerging quantum capabilities.

With this enhancement, teams can either decrypt traffic for analysis or use Precryption® to gain plaintext visibility without performing traditional“break-and-inspect” methods. The solution also exports detailed flow metadata to analytics and security tools such as Splunk, QRadar, and Elastic, strengthening visibility and compliance in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Encryption and Threat Volumes on the Rise:

Cybersecurity threats across the Middle East are growing more complex and more heavily encrypted. In the first half of 2025, more than half of attacks in the region involved extortion or ransomware, with the UAE ranking ninth globally and second in the MEA region for attack frequency, accounting for approximately 11.7% of affected customers.

As quantum computing advances, current public key encryption methods will soon be at risk. Leading analysts forecast traditional cryptography will be unsafe as early as 2030. According to the Gigamon Hybrid Cloud Security Survey of more than 1,000 Security and IT leaders, 73 percent are currently planning to implement PQC in their networks, as they prepare their hybrid cloud infrastructure and defense strategies for quantum computing.

“Encrypted traffic now dominates enterprise networks in this region, and the stakes are rising. With the UAE among the most targeted in MEA and GCC threat volumes climbing, security teams need a live map of the cryptography in use and a way to spot weak ciphers before attackers do,” said Damian Wilk, General Manager, EMEA Emerging Markets, Gigamon.“With this release, customers can inventory encryption, expose non-compliant TLS, and choose between decryption or Precryption® for visibility that fits their policies-allowing them to move toward quantum-safe encryption without adding operational friction.”

Deep Observability Pipeline: Building the TLS 1.3 Foundation for PQC Readiness

As organizations prepare for the transition from public key algorithms to PQC, Security and IT teams first require an understanding of where cryptography is used, how data flows between systems, and which assets remain exposed. That level of insight is only possible through deep observability, the correlation of network-derived telemetry-packets, flows, and metadata-with log data from security, cloud, and observability tools.

The Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline delivers this level of intelligence by exposing weak cipher suites and non-compliant encryption methods that often remain hidden in encrypted flows. With Gigamon, organizations can build a cryptographic inventory, validate PQC implementations, and promote the secure and efficient operation of encryption, whether classical or quantum-safe.

Today's organizations are rapidly transitioning to TLS 1.3, one of the most widely adopted security protocols that uses encryption and currently the only protocol to support PQC. TLS 1.3 is natively supported by Gigamon, and depending on requirements, customers can choose to either decrypt traffic or select specific traffic for its Gigamon Precryption® technology. Precryption technology allows security teams to get plaintext visibility across encrypted traffic in virtual, cloud, and container environments without having to perform“break and inspect.”

Gigamon Application Metadata Intelligence (AMI), which is network-derived telemetry enriched with application-level context, delivers visibility into encrypted traffic and now also supports PQC, enabling organizations to easily identify, report, and eliminate insecure cryptographic practices. This ability to immediately identify threats and take action to prevent data exfiltration today paves the way for a secure, quantum-resistant hybrid cloud infrastructure.

The new Gigamon PQC capabilities enable Security and IT teams to:

Gain Encrypted Traffic Visibility. Gigamon delivers visibility into encrypted communications by giving organizations the flexibility to either decrypt traffic or use Precryption® technology. This capability enables teams to access plaintext visibility before encryption occurs, adapting seamlessly to diverse infrastructure and security requirements. Additionally, by extracting rich metadata from network packets, including the TLS protocol version, cipher suite, server name indication (SNI), and client and server IPs, Gigamon provides deep observability into encrypted traffic without requiring decryption.

Integrate with Existing Security Tools. Gigamon exports flow records and metadata to SIEM, vulnerability management, and compliance tools, including Splunk, QRadar, and Elastic. The tools then generate dashboards and alerts for connections using insecure cryptographic protocols, supporting compliance with internal and external security standards.

Accelerate PQC Transition. Organizations can proactively discover and phase out insecure TLS/SSL versions, reducing exposure to exploits and compliance violations and identify gaps in cryptographic posture as organizations prepare for post-quantum standards.

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