Last Updated: 3 December 2024
Search AI Company Elastic has announced that Elastic Security now includes expanded cloud detection and response (CDR) capabilities integrated directly into its Single SIEM solution. This update aims to make cloud security easier for everyone.
By combining advanced AI tools, like the most-used vector database, semantic search, and data retrieval features, Elastic helps organizations strengthen their security without unnecessary complexity. These new features are designed to make cloud security more manageable and effective, reducing the need for multiple tools.
The new features include agentless ingestion, cloud asset inventory, extended protections, and graph view for out-of-the-box correlation and enriched context using existing customer data.
Legacy security systems often struggle to keep up with modern cloud environments because they are too complicated and don’t provide the right context. This makes it hard to analyze data in real-time and detect threats effectively. Elastic addresses these issues by combining cloud detection and response (CDR) into an easy-to-use, AI-powered security analytics platform.
By integrating CDR, Elastic provides a simpler, unified approach that reduces the need for multiple tools and helps security teams manage threats proactively, making cloud security more efficient and easier to understand.
"Increasingly dynamic cloud environments are presenting visibility challenges for security with 44% reporting that threat detection and response is more difficult to conduct in cloud environments. Elastic Security’s vendor-agnostic approach to CDR, with the ability to easily ingest and normalize cloud data out of the box, enables security teams to surface critical insights at the speed and scale of the cloud directly with their SIEM."
Dave Gruber, principal security analyst at ESG
Over the last two years, Elastic has worked on adding cloud security and CDR features into its AI-driven security analytics solution. This makes it easier for security teams to do their jobs without dealing with a lot of complicated tools. By integrating these features, security teams can detect and respond to threats more effectively, ensuring a strong and simple security posture.
"Over the past two years, Elastic has integrated cloud security and CDR capabilities directly into its AI-driven security analytics solution to enhance how modern organizations detect and respond to threats more effectively. Our comprehensive approach maximizes efficiency, lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO), and alleviates the burden on security teams. Ultimately, Elastic Security ensures organizations stay ahead of evolving threats while leveraging the full benefits of CDR."
Santosh Krishnan, general manager of Security at Elastic
