Real-Time Visibility into Massive Network Traffic — Kentik Network Observability

Kentik analyzes large-scale network telemetry — NetFlow, BGP, SNMP, and synthetic — in real time, providing end-to-end traffic visibility, automated DDoS detection and mitigation, peering optimization, and cloud traffic analytics.

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Specialist NTA and network analytics engineers with carrier and large-enterprise references.

Kentik at a glance

Kentik is a cloud-native network observability platform that ingests and analyzes NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, BGP, SNMP, and synthetic monitoring data at millions of records per second. It unifies on-premises networks, multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) VPCs, CDN, and peering traffic into a single view, with a big-data engine that queries tens of terabytes in seconds.

Carriers, large data centers, and global enterprises stream telemetry from thousands of routers and switches — volumes that legacy tools cannot analyze in real time. When incidents strike, teams that cannot immediately answer "who is sending what, where, and how much" face delayed response, prolonged DDoS impact, and runaway peering costs. Kentik uses AI-driven anomaly detection to automatically identify and mitigate DDoS, optimize peering and transit costs, and provide cross-cloud traffic analysis — turning the network into a business asset.

As a Kentik Authorized Partner, Expernet has delivered network visibility projects for carriers and large enterprises, modernizing fragmented monitoring tools onto Kentik. We help with dashboard design, anomaly tuning, and DDoS mitigation automation — all backed by Korean-language technical support.

Key Features

Real-Time NetFlow Analytics

Processes millions of NetFlow/sFlow/IPFIX records per second to expose traffic patterns instantly.

Automated DDoS Detection & Mitigation

Auto-detects abnormal traffic and mitigates via BGP Blackhole, Flowspec, or scrubbing center integration.

BGP Routing Analytics

Analyzes the global BGP table and route changes for traffic engineering and peering optimization.

Cloud Traffic Visibility

Unified analysis of AWS VPC Flow Logs, Azure NSG Logs, and GCP Flow Logs for cloud cost optimization.

Cost & Peering Optimization

Source/destination/AS-level analysis to optimize internet transit costs and peering policy.

AI-Driven Anomaly Detection

Auto-learns baselines and instantly alerts on abnormal patterns — early detection of security and operational issues.

Solution Architecture

Kentik architectureKentik reference configuration
Data Ingest
NetFlow · BGP · SNMP · Cloud Flow
Collected from routers, switches & cloud
Kentik
Kentik Cloud real-time stream processing
Millions of records per second
DDoS
Automated DDoS detection & mitigation
BGP blackhole · Flowspec integration
Dashboard
Network intelligence dashboard
Traffic · BGP · cost · security in one view
Integration
SIEM · ticketing · Slack alerts
Operational automation workflows

Use Cases

Carrier / Large ISP

Automated DDoS Detection & Mitigation — 95% Faster Response

Challenge Challenge

Detecting large DDoS attacks took 15–30 minutes; manual mitigation prolonged service impact.

Solution Solution

Kentik DDoS detection integrated with BGP Flowspec for automatic mitigation upon detection.

Outcome Outcome

Detect-to-mitigate time dropped from 30 minutes to 90 seconds; service impact reduced by 95%.

Frequently Asked Questions

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ISPs, carriers, large enterprises, financial institutions, and cloud service providers operating large network footprints. It is particularly effective when DDoS defense, traffic engineering, peering optimization, or cloud cost optimization are priorities.
Packet capture stores full traffic content for deep analysis but requires huge storage and processing. NetFlow collects only summary information (source/destination IP, port, byte count), enabling real-time analysis even at very high traffic volumes. Kentik uses NetFlow to analyze massive traffic in real time.
Cloud egress traffic on AWS, Azure, and GCP is billed. Kentik classifies cloud traffic by source, destination, and application so you can see which traffic drives what cost — and identify optimization paths like CDN adoption or expanded peering.

Deploy Kentik with Expernet

From technical evaluation to deployment and operations — we support the entire lifecycle.