In response to my previous article in this blog series, some readers asked “why monitor the network at all?” This question really struck me, as it relates to a core assumption of mine. In this post I will offer a few reasons why network owners have... Read more »

Welcome to the first in a regular series of blog posts on network security monitoring (NSM). Read more »

On October 4, 2018, Bloomberg published a story titled “The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies,” with a subtitle “The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple, by... Read more »

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 »

Corelight recently released our 1.15 software update which includes some fantastic new features, including our first group of curated Bro Packages which we’re calling the “Core Collection.” In this blog post, I’ll tell you a bit more about how... Read more »

Incident response, threat hunting and cybersecurity in general relies on great data. Just like the rest of the world where virtually everything these days is data-driven, from self-driving cars to personalized medicine, effective security strategies... Read more »

Bro provides enriched network visibility for top organizations around the world, and there are many use cases for Bro logs. The security field uses Bro data for incident response and cyber threat hunting. But Bro log use cases don’t always have to... Read more »

If you’re reading this blog, you probably know that Bro can uncover indicators of compromise and discover adversary lateral movement by monitoring east-west traffic within the enterprise. But you may not know about one of the best sources of data... Read more »

We started Corelight to bring the power of Bro network monitoring to an audience that is interested in security, stability, and long-term sustainability. Even though we created and built Bro over the last 20 years, when we developed our commercial... Read more »

We’re proud to announce the Corelight for Splunk app is available! Using the new app (and its associated Technology Add-on (TA)), you can now monitor the health and performance of Corelight Sensors in Splunk and explore the rich data Bro provides... Read more »