Corelight Bright Ideas Blog

I have been working in the cyber security space for over 25 years. I have spent time in security operations centers (SOCs) within the US Department of Defense, taught cyber warfare operators, secured large enterprise networks and, most recently,... Read more »

Black Hat Asia 2025 has come and gone, and it was another whirlwind of a conference. Thank you to our partners—Arista, Cisco, MyRepublic, and Palo Alto Networks—for making it a successful conference! It’s an exhilarating experience: sitting in the... Read more »

Whether they use custom implants for persistence, zero days for initial access, or live off the land (LOTL) to avoid detection, finding a state-sponsored adversary group can be a challenging proposition for defenders. This can be particularly true... Read more »

For every advancement in defense, attackers supply the equal and opposite adaptation. In the last few years EDRs have become so effective that adversaries have radically shifted gears. That shift shows up unmistakably in three heavyweight... Read more »

Let’s face it: The cloud has become the go-to platform for modern infrastructure—and for good reason. Scalability, flexibility, and speed are hard to beat. But as organizations increasingly rely on the cloud to run their critical operations, the... Read more »

Security operations centers (SOCs) are under constant pressure to keep their organizations secure, while battling alert fatigue, tool sprawl, and ever-rising demands for speed and precision. Analysts today face an overwhelming landscape where... Read more »

Signature-based detections provide fast, effective defense against known attacks. But the threat landscape is rapidly changing: Attackers are utilizing novel, sophisticated techniques that can bypass traditional, signature-based detection methods... Read more »

In my security research role at Corelight, I often have to go through large, complex data sets to detect subtle anomalies and threats. It reminds me of a famous quote by Abraham Lincoln: Read more »

The financial industry is known for its rigorous and sometimes quirky data retention requirements that can challenge even the most seasoned security expert. Read more »