27/May/2025

To:         Security Analytics Customers

From:     The Broadcom Security Analytics Product Team

Subject:  General Availability Announcement for Security Analytics 8.3.1 

On behalf of Broadcom, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services.  As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. Today, we are pleased to announce that Security Analytics 8.3.1 is now available. 

Some of the key enhancements, performance improvements and new functionality include:

• Higher capture rates. Capture up to 10Gbps on the latest sensor models with 512GB RAM.
• Faster query response times. Analytic reports and queries are up to 10 times faster than on 8.2.x sensors.
• Seamless upgrades. An upgrade to 8.3.1 maintains the existing 8.2.8 packet and metadata till the retention period while writing new packet and metadata to its new optimized formats.
• New packet and metadata file formats. The sensor uses new optimized packet and metadata formats for improved performance.
• In-line artifact extraction and classification. Security analytics 8.3.1 now extracts and classifies all artifacts, along with associated traffic metadata, in-line during capture.
• New Query syntax.  New user-friendly SQL like query syntax to locate actionable data.
• Sessions. Filterable view of sessions, i.e., a defined conversation between two endpoints seen by Security Analytics.
• New sub-session classification. The classification engine now augments its session-based data indexes with sub-session based indexing for greater visibility and granularity into network events as well as improved filtering and access.
• New Verdicts view. New reports tab that lets users view a sub-session that returns a score and data enrichment type details.
• Improved indicator logic. Indicators now use SQL syntax, replacing the less intuitive 8.x filter bar bubbles
• New rule chaining. Indicator design is simplified and expanded with the ability to configure step-by-step rule-chaining logic for real-time alerting and data enrichment. These enhancements make rule processing more user friendly and transparent.
• New filter bar aliasing. New filter bar indicator aliasing functionality allows quick access to custom indicators.
• Terminal User-Interface tool - dsmon. This is a command-line based tool that shows various metrics including capture index status, data enrichment metrics, rule engine performance, and metadata.
   
  More details are included in the release notes available here

You can download your copy of Security Analytics 8.3.1 from Broadcom Support Online https://support.broadcom.com/. If you have any questions or require assistance please contact Broadcom Customer Care online at https://www.broadcom.com/support/software/contact where you can submit an online request using the Customer Care web form: https://ca-broadcom.wolkenservicedesk.com/web-form?_ga=2.205828371.1432263889.1590607313-713014253.1588711301 .  You can also call Broadcom Customer Care at +1-800-225-5224 in North America or see https://www.broadcom.com/support/software/contact for the local number in your country. 

Should you need any assistance, our Broadcom Services experts can help.  For more information on Broadcom Services and how you can leverage our experience, please visit https://www.broadcom.com/support/ca/services-support/ca-services.

Your success is very important to us, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you.

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Thank you again for your business.