Today’s CISOs have a tough problem to solve: how do you consolidate security data without introducing a single point of failure or replacing trusted vendors? Fortunately, there’s a new alternative to a single security platform: open extended detection and response (Open XDR). Security teams are stretched thin, and traditional security information and event management (SIEM) tools provide no shortage of data – but breaches happen when teams fail to spot threats amid a deluge of false alerts. Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are powerful solutions to the problem, especially when they don’t require a complete overhaul of existing security vendors. In this interview, Stellar Cyber head of product marketing Steve Salinas and SDxCentral CEO Matt Palmer discuss how Open XDR tools are changing the landscape of security operations (SecOps), allowing teams to manage data with a layer of analytics that map onto their existing security tools. In the discussion, Palmer and Salinas also touch on the following:

• Why traditional SIEM tools pose a challenge to security teams.
• How the XDR category of tools is an evolution of traditional SIEM systems.
• The difference between platform-specific (closed) XDR solutions and Open XDR.
• The pros and cons of platformization in SecOps, and how Open XDR offers the best of both worlds.
• How Open XDR platforms like Stellar Cyber use machine learning (ML), AI, and automation to surface important threats.