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Vectra Sensors are deployed in VPCs to monitor AWS deployments to detect hidden threats without requiring any endpoint agents.
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The Vectra Sensors are part of the Vectra Platform. Deployed in conjunction with Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring or VxLAN packet brokers, they monitor and send session metadata generated by connections in AWS deployments in order to detect hidden threats without the need for endpoint agents. Please note - Vectra Sensors requires an operational Vectra install.
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- Vectra is transforming cybersecurity with AI. Its Cognito platform provides network detection and response in real time while empowering threat hunters to perform highly efficient incident investigations.
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Cognito Sensor
The Cognito Sensor is a component of the Cognito Platform. The Sensor is deployed in the customer's VPC. It receives network traffic from VPC traffic mirrors or VxLAN based packet brokers, then extracts session metadata and sends the metadata to the Cognito Brain which may be on-premise or in the cloud.
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This release is for customers with existing Cognito Brain instances running version 9.6 and above. Please upgrade Brain instances to version 9.6 before continuing.
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Verify your Cognito Brain is running version 9.6 or higher. Retrieve the IP Address of your Cognito Brain and the Sensor Registration Token from the Settings page under the Sensor section. Deploy Cognito Sensor from AWS Marketplace, and provide the IP address of the Cognito Brain and the Sensor Registration token. The Sensor's mgtSubnet needs access to ports 22 and 443 on the Cognito Brain. After the instance launches, it will attempt to pair with the Brain IP provided, following the normal pairing procedure. Log in to the Cognito Brain, browse to Manage page, and select the Sensor tab. Find the newly "Available" Sensor and select Pair. See the "Resources" section in the Cognito Brain UI for a copy of the complete setup documentation.
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Customer reviews
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Vectra AI: Fast, Insightful Threat Detection with Strong M365 and Azure AD Integration
Reviewed on Apr 02, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Vectra AI was a valuable addition to our cybersecurity tools. It helps us protect our assets and the company network from modern attacks.
Our security analysts use Vectra AI to go through detections of anomalies in our environment. Easily integrated with M365 and Azure AD.
We were able to quickly identify and prevent data leakage by investigating a suspicious M365 mail forwarding detection by Vectra AI. Other M365 detections we observed included risky Exchange Operations, Phishing simulation configuration change, Suspect eDiscovery Usage, Malicious links sent by external Teams user, and many more.
Detections that helped our SOC team prevent a major cyber incident was Azure AD Admin account creation, Login attempts from a disabled account, Azure AD TOR activity, Azure AD Suspicious device registration, among others.
A great feature is the AI intelligence as well as the Vectra AI Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness dashboard. Quantum computing threatens today's public-key cryptography, putting SSH and TLS key exchanges at risk of future decryption. This Vectra AI dashboard highlights hosts and daily SSH connections still relying on non-PQC key exchange, helping us identify exposure and prioritize migration to quantum-resistant algorithms.
The interface loads fast and offers clear visualization allowing our SOC analysts to explore our environment to uncover emerging threats.
When assistance was needed, we received fast and professional support from the vendor.
Cost may be a limitation for some, however, for us being a large company with permissive budget, it was a good investment for the value it brought.
Our security analysts use Vectra AI to go through detections of anomalies in our environment. Easily integrated with M365 and Azure AD.
We were able to quickly identify and prevent data leakage by investigating a suspicious M365 mail forwarding detection by Vectra AI. Other M365 detections we observed included risky Exchange Operations, Phishing simulation configuration change, Suspect eDiscovery Usage, Malicious links sent by external Teams user, and many more.
Detections that helped our SOC team prevent a major cyber incident was Azure AD Admin account creation, Login attempts from a disabled account, Azure AD TOR activity, Azure AD Suspicious device registration, among others.
A great feature is the AI intelligence as well as the Vectra AI Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness dashboard. Quantum computing threatens today's public-key cryptography, putting SSH and TLS key exchanges at risk of future decryption. This Vectra AI dashboard highlights hosts and daily SSH connections still relying on non-PQC key exchange, helping us identify exposure and prioritize migration to quantum-resistant algorithms.
The interface loads fast and offers clear visualization allowing our SOC analysts to explore our environment to uncover emerging threats.
When assistance was needed, we received fast and professional support from the vendor.
Cost may be a limitation for some, however, for us being a large company with permissive budget, it was a good investment for the value it brought.
What do you dislike about the product?
Initial setup required some reading and calls to support. Cost may be a limitation for some.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Vectra AI helps us protect our assets and the company network from modern attacks. It is a very powerful solution that offers large amount of data neatly presented through very intuitive and modern interface.
Higher Education
Easy to Learn, Clear, and Truly Helpfulclear use of product
Reviewed on Feb 19, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
easy to work with and clear method of learning to use
What do you dislike about the product?
i have zero problems with it and find it quite helpful
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
it is helping us to do better threat hunting and know things before they become problems
Paul D.
Team Manager, Enterprise Information Security
Reviewed on Sep 17, 2020
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of deployment, intuitive UI, and easy to work with sales and support staff.
What do you dislike about the product?
Reporting is lacking, currently only one report available with different timelines, also no ability to export from the console.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Visibility of network traffic, analysis of network traffic, and baselining.
Joel V.
Easy to deploy and works great at finding evil.
Reviewed on Sep 11, 2020
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Vectra finds what other controls miss. It is used to help with network visibility and integrates great with Splunk. We have passed every pen test since Vectra was deployed. The company has really listened to the customers and made big improvements over the last three years.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can get expensive if you have a lot of offices. The appliances are not cheap so if you have a bunch of smaller offices it can start to add up.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Network visibility in east-west traffic is our primary use. Because we ingest the data in Splunk it is also used to evaluate incidents and help make decisions on incident prioritization.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Vectra helps IR teams with prioritizing events. It can take some time to get everything reporting correctly so use the Vectra resources to help create the rules and whitelisting events is recommended.
Information Technology and Services
Unbeaten speed of innovation
Reviewed on Aug 27, 2020
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Vectra does what it says on the tin, but goes beyond in providing a constant. speed of innovation that means they are constantly releasing new features. and detections, helping us to keep up to speed with any threats on our network
What do you dislike about the product?
As with any security tool, the alerts! But thankfully by monitoring the. quadrant based approach serious issues boil up for quick investigation.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
East-west visibility and identification of dark/unknown IT