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 […]
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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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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
The current model for cybersecurity is broken. It consists of acquiring and deploying a lot of stand-alone tools, each with its own console, to analyze logs or traffic and detect anomalies that could be threats. In this model, it’s up to each security analyst to communicate with other analysts to determine whether each tool’s individual
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Challenges Most IT organizations have deployed multiple traditional security products and services from multiple vendors—yet they remain vulnerable Enterprises are seeking to optimize their existing investments in critical WAF infrastructure in ways that further reduce risk, increase productivity, and accelerate response times Enterprises prioritize limited security budget only for known security vulnerabilities, thereby creating potential
In every SOC environment, there are two key metrics that demonstrate efficiency and effectiveness: Mean Time to Detection (MTTD) and Mean Time to Remediation (MTTR). The risk and exposure from any cyber threat can be reduced significantly by improving these metrics. Stellar Cyber recently completed a study with its MSP and MSSP partners, to determine
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Cybersecurity platforms are only as intelligent as the data provided to them, and every security organization wants to leverage as much data as possible. This typically includes subscribing to one or more threat intelligence feeds from third-party organizations. As an open platform with a mission to integrate all important security data and tools, Stellar Cyber’s
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Stellar Cyber built the original Open XDR platform. It provides tool consolidation, improved SOC performance, and significantly reduces the critical metrics of MTTD and MTTR. This is accomplished through ML-based detections, automated threat hunting, integrated threat intelligence feeds to speed analysis, and automated response capabilities. For our MSP and MSSP partners, it has proven to help
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Stellar Cyber’s Open XDR platform is about giving customers a choice in security tools, and this extends to EDR systems as well as NGFW, vulnerability management, identity management, SOAR and other solutions. EDR has been in the news lately because some EDR vendors have acquired log management companies to flesh out a solution for the
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The cyber threats are going sideways. Here I’m not talking about Sideways, the 2004 movie starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Hayden Church that made Pinot Noir famous while the pair traveled through Santa Barbara County wine country in seven days. Rather, I’m talking about cyberattacks that work through lateral movement through your network infrastructure. No
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Changming Liu, CEO and Co-Founder of Stellar Cyber, did us the honor of sitting down for an interview with Aviva Zacks of Safety Detectives. He told her how his company is riding the XDR wave. Safety Detectives: What motivated you to start Stellar Cyber? Changming Liu: I co-founded Stellar Cyber in 2015 with our VP
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Extending managed detection and response across your customers entire attack surface with one comprehensive platform MSPs and MSSPs represent a fast-growing segment of Stellar Cyber’s customer base. We see organizations large and small moving to managed security services, so today you’re a key route to market. The Stellar Cyber platform has been built from the
Part II: User and Entity Behavior Management (10-minute discussion & demo) Jeff: Welcome to the 2nd Episode of IUWorld Thought Leadership Series in Cybersecurity GRC – Governance Risk & Compliance. A big welcome to all of you who have joined us in this webinar. 1st of all, let me introduce the team. My name is Jeff
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Part I: Demystifying Cyber Health and Cyber Threat Hunting JEFF: Welcome to Cloud Expo, can you please help explain what cyber threat hunting is? SNEHAL: Jeff, thanks for hosting us. First let’s talk to what a cyber threat is -– someone is trying to take your data by breaking into your critical digital systems.
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The industry is at a pivotal point. With the pandemic driving up work-from-home and forcing hybrid work environments as well as many applications moving to the cloud, cybersecurity professionals are challenging best practices and once-thought foundational assumptions. Is a platform with tightly integrated native capabilities the right foundation for the future security instead of siloed
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The historical definition of network security is to use a firewall to screen users coming into the network, but as IT technology and security technology have evolved, the definition is much broader now. Today, network security is everything a company does to ensure the security of its networks and everything connected to them. This includes
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