Exabeam Advanced Analytics Overview
Exabeam Advanced Analytics is a cutting-edge component of the Exabeam Security Operations Platform, designed to enhance threat detection, investigation, and response capabilities for security teams. Here’s a detailed look at what the product does and its key features.
What Exabeam Advanced Analytics Does
Exabeam Advanced Analytics provides User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) to identify and mitigate advanced security threats, including compromised insiders, malicious actors, and sophisticated cyber-attacks. The platform integrates with existing SIEM and log management systems to collect and analyze logs from various data sources such as Domain Controllers, VPNs, security alerts, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) systems. This integration enables a comprehensive view of user and entity activities within the IT environment.
Key Features and Functionality
Data Collection and Enrichment
Exabeam Advanced Analytics collects logs from multiple sources, either through a SIEM platform or directly via Syslog. It enriches these logs with contextual information, including identity data from sources like Microsoft Active Directory, to provide a detailed understanding of user roles and departments within the organization.
Stateful User Tracking
The platform employs Stateful User Tracking to follow user sessions from login to logout or idle periods, creating a complete timeline of user activities. This helps in identifying lateral movement and other suspicious behaviors.
Behavior Analysis
Exabeam uses machine learning and statistical modeling to establish a baseline of normal user behaviors. Any activities that deviate from this baseline are flagged as anomalies, enabling the detection of potential security threats.
Risk Engine
The Risk Engine quantifies the risk associated with detected anomalies by considering factors such as privilege levels, security alerts, and threat intelligence. This results in a risk score that helps prioritize incidents for security analysts.
Automated Investigation and Response
Exabeam Advanced Analytics automates the creation of session timelines, making it easier for analysts to investigate incidents. The platform also prioritizes security alerts based on their criticality, ensuring that analysts focus on the most significant threats first.
Scalability and Deployment
The platform is highly scalable and can be deployed as a standalone solution or as part of the larger Exabeam Security Intelligence Platform. It supports deployment as physical appliances or cloud-ready virtual machines and can handle data from over 500 security data sources out of the box.
Integration and Interoperability
Exabeam Advanced Analytics is designed to work seamlessly with all major SIEM solutions, as well as Exabeam’s Log Management and Incident Response solutions. This interoperability ensures comprehensive end-to-end coverage for data storage, access, analytics, and automated response.
Benefits
- Enhanced Threat Detection: Identifies complex modern threats, including credential-based attacks, insider threats, and ransomware.
- Improved Analyst Productivity: Automates analyst investigations and prioritizes incidents, reducing manual effort and increasing efficiency.
- Rapid Time to Value: Allows customers to quickly deploy and analyze historical logs, providing a fast time to value regardless of the data type or source.
- Operational and Cost Efficiencies: Compounds operational and cost efficiencies by integrating with Exabeam Log Manager and Incident Responder.
In summary, Exabeam Advanced Analytics is a powerful tool that leverages advanced analytics, machine learning, and automation to detect and respond to sophisticated cyber threats, making it an essential component of any modern security operations center.