Why SIEM + NDR + Any EDR Is the Strongest Path to a Human-Augmented Autonomous SOC Every security leader faces the same question: what should be at the core of a modern SecOps platform? CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and others argue for an endpoint-first approach: start with EDR, then bolt on SIEM and any NDR. At Stellar […]
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Bullish on Autonomous SOC. Realist about what gets us there. There’s been plenty of talk lately about the Autonomous SOC — a future where machines don’t just alert but correlate, triage, investigate, and respond. It sounds fantastic, especially if you’ve ever worked the night shift buried in alerts. But here’s the truth: you can’t automate
In today’s hybrid world, identity is the new perimeter-and attackers know it. As traditional EDR and SIEM tools struggle to keep up, identity-focused attacks are rising fast. In fact, 70% of breaches now start with stolen credentials, according to Verizon’s 2024 and 2025 DBIR reports. This calls for a smarter approach to identity security-one that
In today’s cybersecurity arms race, visibility is everything—but context is king. Network Detection and Response (NDR) has long been one of the most effective ways to detect lateral movement, ransomware behaviors, and post-compromise activity using deep packet inspection and behavioral analysis. But as threat actors become more evasive and distributed, relying solely on NDR as a
Live Network Traffic is the Missing Link: AI Can’t Detect What It Can’t See AI is dominating cybersecurity conversations—and MSSPs are rushing to capitalize. Whether through SIEM platforms with built-in ML, or EDRs with AI-assisted investigations, the promise is clear: faster detection, smarter triage, and better outcomes. But here’s the hard truth—AI alone won’t save
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Scaling Cybersecurity Services with Agentic AI—Without Losing the Human Touch For today’s MSSPs (Managed Security Service Providers), the game has changed. Rapidly increasing alert volumes, evolving threat vectors, and an unforgiving labor market are forcing providers to rethink how they deliver security services. While legacy SIEMs and first-generation automation promised relief, they often led to
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Legacy platforms and point tools fall short. Discover why modern NDR demands a unified, AI-driven approach to outpace today’s cyber threats.
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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
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& Stellar Cyber announces the launch of its new educational initiative, “Don’t Click It, Pitch It,” which targets young adults and educates them on the risks of being victims of hackers. Drawing on the baseball theme and its partnership with minor league baseball teams like the Ogden Raptors, the initiative aims to use its catchy
Over the past two decades, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions have become integral to enterprise security strategies However, as new generations of SIEM technologies emerge, former leaders in the Gartner SIEM Magic Quadrant are often seen slipping from the top spots, if not completely disappearing. SIEM vendors might also acquire or merge, like
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Kayleen Standridge 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. Exciting times are here as we bring you the latest updates to the Stellar Cyber Open XDR platform, designed to elevate your experience
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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
University environments are naturally open, so cybersecurity risk is an ongoing concern. Trying to lock down the network as you would with a business enterprise isn’t in the cards. Still, it’s tempting in an environment where individual departments, professors, or students introduce their own new technologies, devices, or applications into the network. Rather than trying
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This week Gartner weighed in on a technology that unfortunately became a dreaded three-letter word over the past couple of years, XDR, by issuing its official Market Guide. In the guide, Gartner describes what an XDR consists of and discusses how organizations should view this technology in context with everything else they currently use or
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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
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To state the obvious, there is no such thing as a perfect cybersecurity product. While there are many great products security pros use daily to keep their organizations secure, every one of them has things about them that could be better. However, as security stacks get increasingly complex, all these “less than ideal” items taken
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Republished from Jeffery Stutzman, CEO of Trusted Internet “Extended detection and response is a platform that integrates, correlates and contextualizes data and alerts from multiple security prevention, detection and response components. XDR is a cloud-delivered technology comprising multiple point solutions and advanced analytics to correlate alerts from multiple sources into incidents from weaker individual signals
Gartner’s predictions on OpenXDR? I think they got it wrong. Here’s why. 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
