With so many overlapping and self-serving definitions of XDR (Extended Detection and Response), we thought we would provide a perspective from some of us on the front lines of trying to embrace technology innovation while filtering vendor marketing noise.

In the new report, “Analytics is making its security operations mark ahead of schedule,” analyst firm 451 Research details the accelerating transition happening in the security information and event management (SIEM) space. The report underscores how new cloud-native analytics solutions are displacing traditional SIEMs at the heart of the defense.

Today at Sumo Logic’s annual user conference, Illuminate, we are announcing a new cloud SIEM solution to address fundamental challenges legacy security analytics tools have failed to solve.