Recently, Elastic and Google Cloud announced a partnership to deliver a comprehensive security solution. This collaboration combines the Elastic Search AI Platform with Google Cloud’s scalable and secure infrastructure, creating a security platform designed to protect hybrid workloads.
Valerio Arvezinho, Senior Solutions Architect at Elastic, and Yang Li, Cloud Solutions Architect at Google, said in a blog post that the partnership offers a way to enhance cybersecurity and highlight the potential of collaborative efforts in cybersecurity.
The integrated solution simplifies hybrid security management. By unifying threat intelligence, compliance, endpoint protection, security event management and response, and data acquisition, organizations can quickly respond to and prevent threats, ensuring continuous security improvement.
The security journey begins with threat intelligence. The first place any security analyst looks is at the comprehensive information available in Elastic’s Security Labs. There are resources tailored specifically to the threats you may face, enabling informed decisions based on the threat’s history, potential, and risk appetite.
The security platform then links the reports to a range of resources, including detailed malware analysis reports covering implants and tools, and specially developed utilities that may be useful to users. It also includes summaries of techniques encountered, and artifacts such as rules and signatures that can be executed.
Additionally, Mandiant’s threat intelligence platform, which leverages its massive data repository, uses machine learning to identify threats. It provides real-time intelligence on attackers, techniques, and vulnerabilities, enabling proactive defense. Elastic complements this by integrating Mandiant and other threat intelligence sources, providing a unified interface for easy navigation and deep-dive into the data. This allows for quick correlation and threat identification within an enterprise environment.
In addition to threat intelligence, the platform addresses misconfigurations using tools like Google Cloud’s Security Command Center (SCC) and Elastic’s Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). SCC, an integrated risk platform, aggregates data from across Google Cloud services and provides threat detection. By integrating Elastic with SCC, organizations can enhance their ability to prevent breaches and fix issues.
Source: Elastic and Google Cloud: Improving Security Analytics from Data Ingestion to Incident Response
We came across a discussion on Reddit exploring the effectiveness of Elastic Security as a security information and event management tool, and it gathered diverse opinions within the cybersecurity community. One user praised its functionality, especially when integrated with Wazuh agents, while another called it “excellent” and suggested professional services for implementation.
Earlier this year, Google also announced Google Threat Intelligence, which includes Gemini, an AI-powered conversational search tool for gathering threat intelligence. This new solution allows users to gain deeper security insights.
Elastic and Google Cloud provide multiple integrations to move data from monitored services to security tools. Elastic provides native integrations, one of which is Elastic Agent for collecting diverse data. Dataflow from Google Cloud enables agentless and serverless data transfer. Logstash enables code-based data processing and enrichment for advanced pre-processing..
By harnessing the power of AI, Elastic and Google Cloud aim to transform security analytics with GenAI technologies like Google’s Gemini, automating tasks and delivering targeted analysis. For example, Elastic AI Assistant enables conversational engagement with a company’s specific context, while Attack Discovery automates alerts, threat hunting, and context analysis using advanced AI.
A free 14-day trial is available for users on Elastic Cloud using their own Google Cloud accounts to experience the full potential of our integrated security solutions. Users can also sign up through the Google Cloud Marketplace.
