Traffic Anomalies & Suspicious Activity Detection

Astral provides dedicated detection capabilities focused on identifying traffic anomalies and suspicious network activity that may indicate misuse, abuse, or active cyber threats. These detections are designed to recognize deviations from expected network behavior by analyzing traffic patterns, volumes, sources, destinations, and protocol usage across the monitored environment.

One of the primary objectives of this capability is to detect abnormal traffic volumes and patterns. Astral identifies situations such as unusually high traffic originating from geographic regions that are not commonly associated with the organization’s normal operations, as well as sudden spikes in request rates within short time intervals. These patterns may indicate denial-of-service attempts, automated abuse, or early stages of coordinated attacks.

Astral also detects suspicious concentration of traffic from individual sources. High volumes of requests originating from a single IP address or small set of sources are analyzed as potential indicators of brute-force activity, scanning, abuse of exposed services, or exploitation attempts. By correlating these signals over time, Astral reduces false positives and focuses on sustained or behaviorally relevant anomalies.

Protocol-level analysis further enhances traffic anomaly detection. Astral monitors the use of network protocols and identifies abnormal or unexpected protocol usage that deviates from established baselines. High traffic volumes over uncommon protocols or atypical communication patterns may indicate tunneling, evasion techniques, or misuse of legitimate services for malicious purposes.

All traffic anomaly detections are correlated with additional telemetry such as flow data, IDS signals, logs, and external context. This correlation ensures that suspicious traffic patterns are evaluated in context and can be escalated as actionable detections. Once identified, these detections are integrated into Inopli’s Response and RPA workflows, enabling timely investigation, containment, and remediation of suspicious network activity.