How many times can we say, “It’s been a busy week for the security industry,” before it becomes cliche? We recently discussed changes in the SIEM market, with mergers and acquisitions disrupting the traditional SIEM vendor landscape and XDR vendors introducing new SIEM solutions. This week, we continue to see a range of mixed messages from the market around the future of XDR and SIEM.

Cybersecurity is a critical and challenging domain that requires constant vigilance, innovation, and adaptation. As cyber threats evolve and become more sophisticated, so do the tools and techniques to defend against them. One of the most effective ways to achieve comprehensive and proactive security is to implement a security information and event management (SIEM) platform that can collect, analyze, and correlate data from various sources to provide actionable insights and alerts.

The last time we wrote about open source software (OSS) for security, we explored how community-driven innovation addresses security problems stemming from the rapid pace of business-driven technological advancements. We posed the question: Can open source security solutions adequately secure and protect the OSS that modern businesses depend on?

CISOs face more cybersecurity challenges today than ever. As technology gets more advanced, so do the bad guys. Cyberattacks are becoming more clever and dangerous. On top of that, there’s no shortage of rules, regulations, and personal risk that CISOs must navigate. We surveyed 200 CISOs to better understand the biggest challenges they face today. Here’s some of what we learned.

The 2020 EU Cybersecurity Strategy, published by the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, aimed to establish safeguards against security risks arising from increased digital connectivity. As part of the strategy, the strategy included updates to Directive (EU) 2022/2555 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS2).

Elastic 8.14 is now available! This release supports our mission to modernize security operations with AI-driven security analytics. 8.14 includes major features like the brand new Attack Discovery, significant enhancements to Elastic AI Assistant for Security, and the general availability of ES|QL — all of which provide the SOC with contextual, streamlined SecOps.

Choosing the right software to defend your organization, both in real-time and in retrospect, is one of the most important decisions an organization can make. Security teams need to be able to view activity and affect access quickly, and that becomes more difficult at bigger, complex enterprises. A classical approach to this problem is role-based access control (RBAC), but for many organizations, multitenancy is a better fit.

In navigating the complex landscape of regulatory compliance and risk management, India's banking sector faces unique challenges, particularly in meeting directives outlined by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). As organizations strive to adhere to these stringent requirements, Elastic Observability emerges as a powerful ally, offering advanced log analytics capabilities tailored to address regulatory mandates and mitigate operational risks.

One of the biggest SIEM management problems SOC teams face is that they are often overwhelmed by false positives, leading to analyst fatigue and visibility gaps. In addition to that, one of the toughest challenges in security is detecting when SaaS access tokens are compromised without adding to the false positive problem. At Elastic, the InfoSec team tackles both of these issues by automating SIEM alert investigations with tools like Tines.

Everybody wants to have a more secure network – and everybody has various tools at their disposal to at least improve the security of their network. But which tool is the best for the job, and where do you start? The answer to this question is somewhat easier (and more structured) for organizations that have to adhere to compliance frameworks (ISO, CMMC, PCI, SOC, …), but a little harder for business that have no such requirements.