Cisco XDR is an Open Platform
Cisco XDR turns one yr previous 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 right now.
The story begins within the Black Hat Community Operations Heart, which gives a excessive safety, excessive availability community in one of the vital demanding environments on the earth – the Black Hat occasion. That is achieved with the assistance of better of breed options suppliers and seasoned safety and engineering groups led by Black Hat’s NOC Crew Leads. The Safety Operations Heart is throughout the NOC.
That is our eighth yr supporting Black Hat USA. Cisco is the Official Cell Machine Administration, Malware Evaluation and DNS (Area Title Service) Supplier. We work with different official suppliers to carry 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 Crew Leads permit Cisco (and the opposite NOC companions) to usher in further software program to make our inside work extra environment friendly and have larger visibility; nonetheless, Cisco isn’t the official supplier for Prolonged Detection & Response, Community Detection & Response or Collaboration. The Cisco staff brings the Breach Safety Suite, together with:
- Cisco XDR: Risk Looking / Risk Intelligence Enrichment / Government dashboards / Automation with Webex
- Cisco XDR Analytics (Previously Safe Cloud Analytics / Stealthwatch Cloud): community visitors visibility and menace 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 will 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 Government VP and GM Jeetu Patel said, “Everyone knows this can be a hypercompetitive business. However beating opponents is nowhere close to as vital as stopping the dangerous actors. Collectively, we will 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 reminiscent of Microsoft and CrowdStrike, now two of essentially the most strong integration companions with Cisco XDR. We took these abilities and know-how integrations to Paris, actively defending the Paris 2024 Video games right now.
We engaged different business 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 embody Cisco Meraki MX, Cisco Umbrella DNS detections and now Palo Alto Networks firewall.
Latest and upcoming third-party integration additions embody:
- Detections and Incident Era
- Palo Alto Cortex-enabled Subsequent-Era Firewall
- Microsoft Defender for Workplace 365
- Proofpoint Risk Safety
- Risk Investigation
- Palo Alto Cortex-enabled Subsequent-Era 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 lets you 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 staff 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 “Trade”, with our new Verified Integrations Program. A number of the first integrations delivered to XDR by contributors on this program are:
- Risk 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
When you’ve got a product that you just need to make Cisco XDR appropriate, e mail our Cisco Safety Technical Alliance at partnering-csta@cisco.com
Verify Out the NOC and SOC Dashboards at Black Hat
When 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 know-how 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
You’ll want to 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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