Cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Hackers use smart techniques to penetrate systems, steal sensitive information or shut down infrastructures. Meanwhile, security teams struggle to keep up with all the threats and set the right priorities. How do you ensure that your organization remains protected against cyber attacks?

Traditional security measures often fall short. Firewalls and antivirus software offer protection, but they mainly work reactively. Security specialists are inundated with alerts, many of which turn out to be false alarms. And with the growth of hybrid and cloud environments, securing all systems has become more complex than ever.

Elastic Security provides a powerful solution to detect threats in real time, manage alerts more effectively, and optimally secure complex IT environments. Here are the three biggest cybersecurity challenges – and how Elastic Security solves them.

1. Detect threats before it's too late

Many organizations only discover a cyber attack when the damage has already been done. The sooner a threat is detected, the smaller the chance of data loss, downtime or financial damage.

Elastic Security helps organizations proactively detect threats before they have an impact. It uses machine learning and real-time analytics to recognize anomalous behavior so security teams can take immediate action. Elastic Security also offers automated correlation of logs and network traffic, which helps uncover suspicious activity faster.

Elastic Security enables real-time threat detection by:

• Prevention instead of cure: Elastic Security detects threats immediately and takes automated action.
• Smart pattern recognition: Machine learning recognizes abnormal behavior and unknown threats.
• Full visibility: One central platform for all your security logs and threat analysis.

2. Security alert overload and false positives

Security teams are confronted with hundreds, sometimes thousands of alerts every day. Differentiating between a critical threat and a false alarm is time-consuming and error-prone. This leads to alert fatigue, causing important warnings to be overlooked.

Elastic Security helps organizations put only the truly important threats at the top of the list. AI-driven filtering and prioritization reduces false positives and gives security specialists immediate insight into the biggest risks.

Elastic Security helps security teams work more efficiently by:

• Smart filtering: Elastic Security analyzes alerts and shows only the most relevant threats.
• Automatic detection rules: Prevents unnecessary alerts and improves response time.
• Clear dashboards: See at a glance where the greatest risks lie.

This approach allows security teams to focus on the threats that really have an impact and drastically reduces the chance of a successful attack.

3. Securing hybrid and cloud environments

Many organizations operate a mix of on-premise infrastructures, cloud environments, and SaaS applications. This offers flexibility, but makes cybersecurity more complex than ever. A traditional security approach is no longer sufficient: data is spread across different systems and access points. This increases the risk of vulnerabilities and data leaks.

Elastic Security offers a solution that grows with your IT environment and provides insight into all systems, regardless of where they are located. With multi-cloud monitoring, logs and threats from AWS, Azure and Google Cloud are brought together on a single platform. In addition, Elastic Security uses Zero Trust security, whereby users and devices are continuously verified.

Elastic Security makes hybrid and cloud security simple by:

• Full overview: One platform for on-premise and cloud security.
• Continuous verification: Zero Trust prevents unauthorized access.
• Dynamic adaptability: Elastic Security automatically scales with your IT infrastructure.

This approach allows you to optimally secure your hybrid environment without sacrificing flexibility or performance.

Make your cybersecurity proactive with Elastic Security

Cyberthreats are getting smarter. The question is: how quickly can your organization respond? With Elastic Security, you have a powerful, AI-driven solution that detects threats in real time, manages security alerts more effectively, and optimally secures hybrid IT environments.

Effective deployment of Elastic Security requires a strategy that aligns with your IT infrastructure and security needs. Puur Data's Elastic experts help organizations with advice, implementation and optimization. We ensure that your security team benefits maximally from Elastic Security.

Want to know how Elastic Security can better protect your organization? Download our whitepaper 'Cybersecurity in real time' or schedule a no-obligation consultation.

Sources:
• Elastic Security documentation: https://www.elastic.co/security
• Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR): https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir
• ENISA Threat Landscape Report: https://www.enisa.europa.eu