How User and Entity Behavior Analytics Spots Trouble Early
Dr. Jason Edwards, DM, CISSP, CRISC via LinkedIn
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How User and Entity Behavior Analytics Spots Trouble Early Dr. Jason Edwards, DM, CISSP, CRISC Read this article on LinkedIn to join the conversation Read on LinkedIn If you have ever stared at a wall of alerts wondering which “medium” is about to become tomorrow’s incident, you have already felt the gap that User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) is meant to fill. In plain terms, UEBA is an analytics approach and supporting technology that learns what “normal” looks like for your users, service accounts, hosts, and other entities, then flags behavior that strays far outside those patterns. Instead of treating every login or network connection the same, it considers context like typical hours, locations, peer groups, and past behavior to surface the genuinely weird stuff. UEBA is not a single standalone tool category so much as an analytical layer that rides on top of the data you already collect. It usually sits close to your security information and event management platform,…
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