1. Introduction In the past several days, a serious Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046) has nearly led to a perfect storm in the Internet world. As a widely used Java logging utility with an easily exploitable vulnerability, Log4j has no doubt made IT professionals and companies nervous and many questions have been raised – What is …
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2022 Predictions By Aimei Wei Initial definitions of XDR envisioned eXtended Detection and Response – a single platform that unified detection and response across the entire security kill chain. According to Rik Turner, who coined the XDR acronym, XDR is “a single, stand-alone solution that offers integrated threat detection and response capabilities.” To meet Omdia’s …
Resource strapped companies trying to put together a comprehensive cybersecurity defense in today’s environment have three key challenges: there’s not enough time, there aren’t enough people, and there isn’t enough money. Most companies look at their monthly spend on security tools, training and headcount and the typical reaction (after the groaning) is to stand pat, …
What are the most common misconceptions about XDR? One of the common misconceptions is that XDR is automatically the ideal security solution. Point security solution vendors position XDR as the Holy Grail if you are using their product suite. By default, this positioning has limitations, since customers can’t onboard data sources from other vendors and …
Stellar Cyber is simplifying cyberthreat detection and response with its open extended detection and response (XDR) platform for enterprise networks and managed security service providers (MSSPs). XDR is an emerging product category solving three major pain points when it comes to security operations. First, it provides an open solution to replace a multitude of siloed …
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Network detection and response (NDR) has a long history, evolving out of network security and network traffic analysis (NTA). The historical definition of network security is to use a perimeter firewall and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) to screen traffic coming into the network, but as IT technology and security technology have evolved due to modern …
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Ransomware attacks are occurring at an increasingly staggering pace. The tactics for deploying it are evolving at an equally rapid pace. Ransomware-as-a-service providers on the dark web are using ML to create zero-day strains, and traditional security technologies are struggling to keep up. What if the ransomware attack was only a diversion from the attacker’s …
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Security Event and Information Management platforms (SIEMs) collect data from security logs and in doing so are supposed to identify blind spots, reduce noise and alert fatigue, and simplify detection and response to complex cyberattacks. However, SIEMs have not lived up to these promises. Now, the new idea is XDR – what are its advantages, …
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Every security tool vendor talks about detection and response, so what makes NDR so special, and how does it relate to XDR / Open XDR? NDR is special because it focuses on the nerve center of an organization’s IT infrastructure: the network. Wireless or wired device, endpoint or server, application, user or cloud – all …
What is NDR? Today’s network detection and response (NDR) has a long history, evolving out of network security and network traffic analysis (NTA). The historical definition of network security is to use a perimeter firewall and Intrusion Prevention Systems to screen traffic coming into the network, but as IT and security technology have evolved, the …
In the last several months the XDR acronym is being used by almost every security product manufacturer. It is one thing to say that you have it, but the hard work that goes into building the detections takes years. It is not enough to say that you have a big data platform that you can …
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Today there is no shortage of compliance requirements. There are so many, in fact, that there are billions of dollars spent every year on tools and audits. These regulations have the right goal in mind: protect companies, their intellectual property and their customers. Unfortunately, by the time these laws make it through the government process …
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The time has come for cyber security technology to keep up with the adversaries. Now that we have seen so many successful multi-stage attacks, we need to reassess the way we correlate the signals we are seeing from all the security tools in our environments. Correlation is helpful but it doesn’t always paint the complete …
A recent study1 by Information Risk Management points out that 86 percent of enterprises will be impacted by AI (Artificial Intelligence) in the next five years.
Matching Resources and Business Risk with the Right Solution Gaining visibility and responding to attacks across the entire enterprise infrastructure (endpoints, servers, applications, SaaS, cloud, users, etc.) is a very tall order in today’s cybersecurity environment. Enterprises are forced to create complex security stacks consisting of SIEM, UEBA, SOAR, EDR, NDR, TIP and other tools …
Samuel Jones, VP of product management, Stellar Cyber, discusses how SIEMs were supposed to be the ultimate security analytics platform. Still, many users feel they haven’t lived up to their promises. Now, extended detection and response (XDR) promises to be the ultimate platform. Should you adopt XDR? What does it mean for your SIEM? Security …
XDR is the rising star of new acronyms, but you might have to read a 1,000+ word long article to understand its value. Let’s try to do it briefly in about 300 words. X means to expand DR’s – Detection and Response – systems – to cover your entire attack surface, not just a portion …
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