Exabeam Debuts Smart Timelines To Streamline Incident Response

Exabeam has rolled out a feature that automates timeline creation and stitches together normal and abnormal events to help investigators better pinpoint anomalous activity.The San Mateo, Calif.-based security startup said Smart Timelines should help security analysts improve their productivity around both incident investigation and threat hunting. The feature is generally available starting today as part of the Exabeam Entity Analytics and Exabeam Advanced Analytics offerings."You can only go out and fix the threats you know about," Trevor Daughney, Exabeam's vice president of product marketing, told CRN exclusively. "The more information they have, the better." Smart Timelines uses machine learning to track identity and behavior over time, Daughney said, helping analysts understand what a user or device would typically be doing over a defined period to better track anomalous behavior. By giving users a prioritized view of the risks in their environment, Daughney said analysts can use their time more efficiently for threat hunting, investigation and remediation.