How a team of entity maintainers monitors, connects and scores entities in Elastic Security
Elastic Security employs specialized background jobs called maintainers that each manage distinct components of user, host, and service records within its platform. These maintainers handle the full lifecycle of entity data, from processing raw logs to consolidating identities and calculating risk scores. The approach enables comprehensive entity tracking and risk assessment across security infrastructure.
AliExpress has been identified using inaudible audio signals on its website to fingerprint visitors' browsers, enabling tracking that circumvents cookie-based methods. This technique allows the platform to identify and profile users through a covert channel that traditional privacy controls may not detect or block.
The skills that get a CISO hired are rarely the skills they are judged on later. Most security leaders are stuck in that gap. Closing it is the real job. The post Hired for One Job, Judged on Another: The CISO’s Real Problem appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Job postings for cybersecurity roles in G7 countries requiring AI skills have doubled over the past year, with 28.5% of positions now demanding such expertise compared to 14.2% a year prior, according to research from the Cisco-founded AI Workforce Consortium. The analysis, conducted by recruitment firms Cornerstone and Indeed across a 24-month period, reflects a significant shift in hiring demands as organizations increasingly seek professionals capable of handling AI-driven security challenges.