Understanding Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)
As cloud environments grow increasingly complex, security teams face new challenges in detecting and responding to threats with on-premises solutions, such as SIEM, XDR and EDR. Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) is a groundbreaking approach designed to address these challenges by delivering real-time visibility into cloud activities and configurations, uncovering adversary intent, and enabling faster, more effective responses to threats.
Stream Security pioneered CDR with its groundbreaking CloudTwin technology to close the cloud gap for security operation teams. the CloudTwin is Constantly modeling all cloud activities and configurations in real-time provides unmatched insights that reveal the impact of every activity and provides the attack storylines and exploitability levels for each alert. This is a shift from traditional, log-based approaches, offering actionable context that integrates seamlessly into your existing security stack.
How Wiz Defend Approaches CDR
Wiz Defend simplifies access to cloud logs by providing centralized visibility, enabling teams to investigate issues. However, these logs require manual analysis or the implementation of custom rules within a SIEM. Additionally, Wiz Defend relies on its graph, designed primarily for vulnerability prioritization, which provides static cloud context. This static nature can quickly become outdated in fast-evolving cloud environments, leading to gaps in detection. The investigative process remains heavily manual, burdening security teams with writing rules, building automations, and constantly adjusting workflows to keep pace with cloud changes. This reliance on an outdated cloud graph can create a false sense of security, leaving organizations vulnerable to emerging threats.
Key Characteristics of Wiz Defend:
- Static Context: Logs and cloud information are captured but are not dynamically updated in real-time, making it harder to detect subtle or evolving threats.
- Manual Investigation: Security teams must manually piece together events and context to understand an attack, often resulting in slower response times.
- Rules-Driven: Relies on static rules, which can fail to adapt to the cloud's fast-evolving nature, leading to gaps in detection.
While Wiz Defend simplifies access to logs, it doesn’t bridge the critical gap in real-time cloud context, leaving security teams to fill in the blanks and manage the operational overhead.
Why Stream Security CDR is the Right Solution
Stream Security takes a fundamentally different approach by embedding real-time context directly into your security workflows. Instead of requiring you to adapt your processes to the cloud, Stream Security empowers your existing security stack—whether it’s SIEM, EDR, or XDR—to understand the cloud environment and act with precision.
What Sets Stream Security Apart?
- Real-Time Cloud Context: Unlike static data, Stream Security continuously models cloud activities and configurations, enabling a deeper understanding of threats in real time.
- Automated Investigations: Stream Security reveals the entire attack narrative, down to event-level granularity, eliminating the need for manual investigations and guesswork. Cutting down MTTM time.
- Seamless Integration: Stream Security enhances your existing tools (SIEM, EDR, XDR) by feeding them real-time, actionable cloud insights. There’s no need for additional overhead or redundant platforms.
- Tailored Response Strategies: With unparalleled precision, Stream Security enables least-intrusive response actions that eliminate adversary footholds without disrupting production. Accelerating MTTR time.
