Cisco XDR is an Open Platform
Cisco XDR turns one yr outdated this week, and it’s a good time to share the backstory of how we developed relationships and alliances with “opponents” to have the open ecosystem of at the moment.
The story begins within the Black Hat Community Operations Heart, which offers a excessive safety, excessive availability community in one of the demanding environments on this planet – the Black Hat occasion. That is completed with the assistance of better of breed options suppliers and seasoned safety and engineering groups led by Black Hat’s NOC Workforce Leads. The Safety Operations Heart is inside the NOC.
That is our eighth yr supporting Black Hat USA. Cisco is the Official Cellular Machine Administration, Malware Evaluation and DNS (Area Identify Service) Supplier. We work with different official suppliers to deliver the {hardware}, software program and engineers to construct and safe the community, for our joint buyer Black Hat: Arista, Corelight, Lumen, NetWitness and Palo Alto Networks.
The NOC Workforce Leads permit Cisco (and the opposite NOC companions) to herald further software program to make our inside work extra environment friendly and have larger visibility; nonetheless, Cisco is just not the official supplier for Prolonged Detection & Response, Community Detection & Response or Collaboration. The Cisco crew brings the Breach Safety Suite, together with:
- Cisco XDR: Menace Searching / Menace Intelligence Enrichment / Govt dashboards / Automation with Webex
- Cisco XDR Analytics (Previously Safe Cloud Analytics / Stealthwatch Cloud): community visitors visibility and risk detection
It Began at Black Hat
Whereas working side-by-side with the Palo Alto Networks engineers yr after yr deployed to Singapore, London and Las Vegas, we developed belief and the need to work nearer collectively and construct extra integrations between the merchandise within the NOC/SOC. A reporter with The Register toured the Black Hat USA 2023 NOC and wrote an article about this shut collaboration between companions. The working relationship with Palo Alto Networks opened doorways with Verify Level and Fortinet, as we publicly demonstrated our dedication to cooperation within the SOC.
The Black Hat experiences expanded into constructing the RSA Convention SOC. Throughout his keynote at RSAC 2022, Cisco Safety Govt VP and GM Jeetu Patel said, “Everyone knows it is a hypercompetitive trade. However beating opponents is nowhere close to as vital as stopping the unhealthy actors. Collectively, we are able to work collectively to defeat our actual adversaries.” We implement this problem on a regular basis with Cisco XDR.
We took our experiences at Black Hat and RSAC SOC to the Nationwide Soccer League SOC for the Tremendous Bowl and Draft. Defending these giant occasions required cooperation with firms similar to Microsoft and CrowdStrike, now two of probably the most strong integration companions with Cisco XDR. We took these expertise and expertise integrations to Paris, actively defending the Paris 2024 Video games at the moment.
We engaged different trade leaders, together with SentinelOne, Pattern Micro, Cybereason, Darktrace and Proofpoint; constructing relationships and integrations with Cisco XDR.
New Palo Alto Networks (and different) Integrations
From proof-of-concept connections at Black Hat, we took these concepts and constructed them into the XDR product. The newest additions embrace Cisco Meraki MX, Cisco Umbrella DNS detections and now Palo Alto Networks firewall.
Current and upcoming third-party integration additions embrace:
- Detections and Incident Technology
- Palo Alto Cortex-enabled Subsequent-Technology Firewall
- Microsoft Defender for Workplace 365
- Proofpoint Menace Safety
- Menace Investigation
- Palo Alto Cortex-enabled Subsequent-Technology Firewall
- Verify Level Quantum
- Microsoft Defender for Workplace 365
- Workflows
- Palo Alto Networks Panorama – Add IP, Area, or URL to Group or Class
- This workflow seems within the pivot menu and permits you to add a URL, IP, or area title to a bunch or class in Palo Alto Networks Panorama.
- Jira Cloud, Xmatters, ZenDesk
- These workflows permit SOCs/NOCs to collaborate extra successfully utilizing the crew collaboration instruments they have already got
- Elastic
- Integrations with SIEMs and information storage apps permit for long-term retention of incident historical past for compliance and coverage functions
- Palo Alto Networks Panorama – Add IP, Area, or URL to Group or Class
- Asset Insights
- Automated Ransomware Restoration
New Integration Alternatives
Cisco Companions can publish their very own integrations within the Cisco XDR Integrations “Change”, with our new Verified Integrations Program. A few of the first integrations delivered to XDR by contributors on this program are:
- Menace Investigation
- Crimson Sift Pulse
- Bastille Networks
- Radware Cloud WAF Service
- Radware Cloud DDoS Safety Service
- Sign Sciences Subsequent-Gen WAF
- Workflows
- Radware Cloud DDoS Safety Service
- Rubrik Safety Cloud
In case you have a product that you just wish to make Cisco XDR suitable, e mail our Cisco Safety Technical Alliance at partnering-csta@cisco.com
Verify Out the NOC and SOC Dashboards at Black Hat
If you are at Black Hat USA, plan to go to the Cisco Sales space, 7-8 August, the place you possibly can communicate with one of many engineers from the Black Hat SOC contained in the Community Operations Heart and take a look at the Cisco XDR and ThousandEyes dashboards up shut.
You can even attend a scheduled NOC Presentation to study extra concerning the expertise companions who come collectively to construct and defend the Black Hat community:
- Wednesday, August 7:
- 10:20 AM – 10:50 AM in Lagoon G, Stage 2
- 4:45 PM – 5:35 PM in Enterprise Corridor Theater E
- Thursday, August 8:
- 10:20 AM – 10:50 AM in Lagoon G, Stage 2
- 2:35 PM – 3:25 PM in Enterprise Corridor Theater E
Make sure you attend the tenth Annual Black Hat USA Community Operations Heart (NOC) Report, afternoon of Thursday, August 8, 3:20pm-4:00pm (Oceanside A, Stage 2).
We’re excited for the twond yr of Cisco XDR innovation, accelerating the evolution of the SOC of the Future. We are going to proceed to construct upon the teachings realized and relationships developed at Black Hat occasions globally.
About Black Hat
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