Corelight Bright Ideas Blog: NDR & Threat Hunting Blog

World’s first 100G Zeek sensor

By Sarah Banks – May 23, 2021

As we finished rolling out Corelight’s v21 software release, which saw the delivery of the world’s first 100G, 1U Zeek sensor, I was reminded of when I’d first read the “100G Intrusion Detection” paper written in 2015 at Berkeley Lab. The paper... Read more »

Maximize your Splunk ES investment with Corelight

By Roger Cheeks – March 16, 2021

Are you looking to threat hunt but lack sufficient network and IDS data? Have you tried to accelerate your incident response process with better data, but run into dead ends that require data scientists or significant data model modification? Maybe... Read more »

Is IPS a feature or a product?

By Richard Bejtlich – April 1, 2019

This post is a departure from previous editions. It is inspired by discussions I’ve had recently with a few different online and in-person communities. I will present my view on the topic, but I’m more interested in hearing what readers think! Read more »

Network security monitoring is dead, and encryption killed it.

By Richard Bejtlich – January 28, 2019

This post is part of a multi-part series on encryption and network security monitoring. This post covers a brief history of encryption on the web and investigates the security analysis challenges that have developed as a result. I’ve been hearing... Read more »

Twenty years of network security monitoring: from the AFCERT to Corelight

By Richard Bejtlich – September 10, 2018

I am really fired up to join Corelight. I’ve had to keep my involvement with the team a secret since officially starting on July 20th. Why was I so excited about this company? Let me step backwards to help explain my present situation, and forecast... Read more »