Six years ago, we founded DTonomy, a security automation company. As security software engineers and data scientists who had worked at the forefront of security operations — from building large-scale AI-based EDR systems to managing daily security operations — we were acutely aware of the challenges security teams face. Triaging security alerts during national holidays, …
Government security operations (SecOp) teams face unique challenges as they grapple with relentless attacks in an environment that can shift unexpectedly. The pressure intensifies in the government, and budgets are often constrained. This combination of factors creates a perfect storm of stress and uncertainty. SecOps leaders must find ways to ensure their teams can protect …
Drive efficiency with Stellar Cyber Open XDR platform on Oracle Government Cloud Read More »
In a recent conversation with a major educational institution’s CIO, the following circumstance arises: a university administrator is hiring for a position; of over 300 resumes that he receives, 95% of them look so similar that they could have come from the same person. And in a way, they did. With the proliferation of AI-powered …
Fighting AI with AI: Tools for the Twenty-First Century Read More »
Cylance rocked the legacy endpoint anti-virus world by introducing the first-ever endpoint prevention product that claimed the uncanny ability to detect and prevent never-before-seen malicious files from executing on an endpoint. Previously it was thought the only way to stop malicious files from executing was to have seen them before. With Cylance and its groundbreaking …
Recently, MSSP Alert published its yearly report on the Top 250 MSSPs. The report is chock-full of interesting information from a survey of MSSPs that makes it a worthwhile read. Below are a few key takeaways that anyone working with an MSSP, looking to become an MSSP, or an MSP seeking out an MSSP partner …
Back to School Edition Kevin Wilson from our Product Management team is providing this month’s product update blog, detailing a few key features and enhancements designed to make the user experience better. Check it out below. Well, it’s here. Back to School season is officially upon us! No more Zoom pop-ins for help with a …
With every breach and data leak splashed across your favorite news website or X feed, your customers’ concern about being the next victim of a cyberattack increases. Whether you are a reseller or a managed service provider (MSP), your customers know that the blame and fallout will land on their desks if they experience a …
Four Reasons MSPs and Resellers Need to Offer Cybersecurity Services NOW Read More »
Lessons learned from our search for, and integration of, our XDR Trusted Internet is now deploying Stellar Cyber XDR –as a SOC-monitored solution or as an Infrastructure as a Service. The marketing hype around XDR is deafening for those of you considering an XDR. It’s hard to sort through the slick websites and marketing noise …
Considering an XDR Purchase? Here Are Our Lessons Learned. Read More »
Working in Cybersecurity for the past two decades, helping managed security service providers (MSSPs) meet the needs of their customers, gives me a unique perspective on how our industry has evolved and ultimately led me to join Stellar Cyber last month to run the Global Service Provider Business. As I get to know Stellar Cyber’s …
For an MSSP, the key to a CIOs heart is reducing risk for a cost that is less than what they’re spending now, Stellar Cyber asserts. A CIOs or CISOs job is never easy, but it’s more difficult now because cyberattacks are more frequent and more complex than ever before. Cybersecurity is a top priority …
What Enterprise C-level Executive Customers Want From MSSPs Read More »
There is an innate quality humans have to resist change. Our brains are hardwired to resist change, according to researchers. A part of our brain called the amygdala sees change as a threat and releases hormones for fear, fight, or flight. So when change arises, our brain tries to protect us from harm1, which makes …
Three Reasons Securonix Customers are Moving to Stellar Cyber Read More »
Reduce business risk with early and accurate identification and remediation of all attack activity while reducing costs, maintaining investments in existing tools, and accelerating analyst productivity. Open XDR: Overall view and alerting of all potential attacks on the IT landscape In order to successfully protect a company from cyber attacks, a large number of different …
Open XDR – Central correlation of all cybersecurity events Read More »
Written by Patti Hallock, Director of XDR Operations/Engineering at Agio Your security operations are critical, and every decision you make impacts those operations. When you have separate service providers–one for managed IT and another for extended detection & response (XDR)–you run the risk of delayed response and service. Patti Hallock, our Director of XDR Operations …
I’ve worked with dozens of SecOps and Detection and Response teams over the past few years and it has become crystal clear to me how important it is to fix as many security issues as possible upstream. Or as it is more commonly known, “Shift Left Security”. Broadly, I see three camps on “Shift Left Security” …
Here we go again. Just after the world was pulling itself out of the total economic shutdown of the COVID-19 pandemic, the R word looms on the horizon. We’ve seen our everyday lives touched by large scale inflation over the past 6 months. Groceries, Gas, common goods, everything is more expensive than it used to …
Recently I wrote a blog about what makes a lean security team tick, however, after I posted, it occurred to me that I probably should have spent a few minutes talking about the different types of security teams we run into and how to determine if you fit into the lean security team category. You …
What is a Lean Security Team, and how to know if you are part of one Read More »
For the last several years, MSP partners have been making a tough decision – should I build cybersecurity within my own business or outsource it? Until a few years ago, the manual nature of SOC technology and cybersecurity talent made it very difficult to build your own service. Today there are many new, more robust …
Should you build your own or purchase MDR services — Is Open XDR the answer? Read More »
Cybersecurity systems are ripe for disruption. Over the years, individual tools have proliferated, each with its own data format, causing a deluge of disparate data. Also, there is a global shortage of skilled cybersecurity analysts who can evaluate that data (and they are very expensive if you can find them). Finally, and hackers are getting …
