Lateral Movement Detection

Sensilla automatically creates a comprehensive network cartography that facilitates the discovery of lateral movement for every endpoint and every application — giving security teams visibility that was not possible until now.

Network Cartography vs. Topology

Network topology depicts connectivity devices (routers, access points, LAN and cloud servers) and the systems that connect them. Network cartography, by contrast, depicts communications and treats the underlying plumbing as connected systems instead of connecting systems. This abstraction allows the massive volume of communication paths to be depicted in a readable way and unlocks a view of the network that has not been possible until now.

When you depict communications instead of connectivity, it dramatically improves an organization's understanding of how the business works, how information moves, and vastly improves the opportunity to better secure and manage network communications.

How Sensilla Detects Lateral Movement

Sensilla's NDR platform uses multiple detection techniques to identify unauthorized movement across your network:

Behavioral baseline per device/user/segment: The platform establishes unique behavioral profiles for every device, user, and network segment, learning what normal communication patterns look like.

ML-driven anomaly detection on east-west traffic: Advanced machine learning algorithms continuously monitor internal (east-west) network traffic, identifying deviations from established baselines that may indicate compromise or exploitation.

Real-time correlation of suspicious internal communication patterns: Sensilla correlates multiple anomalous events in real time to identify attack chains and progression indicators that single events might miss.

Automated alert enrichment via NLP: Natural language processing enriches raw alerts with context, surfacing attack narratives and helping analysts understand the story behind the alerts rather than drowning in disconnected events.

Key Capabilities

Why It Matters

Lateral movement is the #1 technique used in advanced persistent threats (APTs) and post-compromise exploitation. While traditional perimeter defenses focus on keeping threats out, they're blind to what happens after an attacker gains initial access. Once inside your network, attackers move laterally to find valuable data, escalate privileges, and establish persistence.

Sensilla's approach catches lateral movement that traditional tools miss by continuously mapping how your network actually communicates and identifying when that communication changes in suspicious ways. This gives you the visibility and detection capability needed to stop attacks before they reach their objective.

Ready to see what's moving laterally in your network? Request a demo to experience Sensilla's lateral movement detection in action.