The digital infrastructure facility is one of the most important in India that is managed through public sector enterprises (PSUs).In areas spanning energy, transportation, banking, telecommunications, manufacturing and more, these organizations are responsible for systems that can have repercussions that extend beyond the loss of data. Traditional, rule-based security systems are failing to detect realistic threats that are becoming more sophisticated.
That’s where User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) can help to augment the modern Security Operations Center (SOC). Unlike signature and rule-based detection, UEBA will analyze behavioral patterns to detect suspicious activities or threats.
Why traditional security approaches are not enough today
Application security tools generally rely on known indicators, rules and alerts that trigger once a preset condition is detected. These mechanisms are still crucial but can be ineffective against attacks using stolen credentials, insider attacks, and low-and-slow attacks.
A user with proper authorization can obtain access to systems without provoking traditional security mechanisms to be triggered. Meanwhile, security teams are inundated with thousands of alerts, which can be challenging to tease out from the normal. Such an alert fatigue may result in delayed investigations and response times. Such limitations may render big and complex environments susceptible to security threats to the PSUs.
These constraints can leave large, complex environments vulnerable to security threats for PSUs.
UEBA Brings Behavior Into the Security Equation
UEBA offers another layer of visibility, setting behavioral thresholds for users, devices and entities throughout the network. The system can recognize it if it is very different from the usual activity and investigate.
For instance, a user account that typically logs on to a minimum of a couple of applications while working hours might suddenly try to log on to sensitive systems from an unexpected location or device. UEBA is able to correlate these behavioral changes to give more context, instead of assessing each activity individually.
This strategy should support security teams in identifying possible credential misuse and suspicious activity that could be mistaken for legitimate user activity.
Multi-OEM Integration for Complex Government Networks
PSU environments aren’t typically designed to have a single technology stack. These typically include legacy apps and infrastructure, as well as multiple vendors’ security platforms, network technologies and operating systems.
A next generation SOC must operate in this complex landscape, and not expect organizations to change their entire environment all at once. Trident Techlabs supports Indian PSUs to connect Multi-OEM UEBA capabilities to existing government networks and enable security teams to unite security data and behavioral intelligence.
This integration-focused approach can help organizations improve their detection capabilities, without disrupting their current operations or legacy systems.
Moving From Alert Management to Proactive Defense
A UEBA-driven SOC can assist security teams in becoming more than a mere responders. Relationships between users, devices, applications and activities help provide more context to potential threat.
This can decrease the need for unnecessary noise, focus on unusual activity and assist in more rapid investigations. More significantly, it allows the IT and security teams to create a proactive defense plan without relying on perceived system and user behavior.
Strengthening the Future of Critical Infrastructure
Cybersecurity is intrinsically linked with operational continuity and national resilience for India’s PSUs. To protect these environments, security solutions must be able to stay ahead of evolving attack methods while maintaining a secure environment for existing infrastructure.
Trident Techlabs’ Multi-OEM integration experience and UEBA-based behavioral intelligence enables PSUs to enhance their SOC capabilities and combat issues like credential abuse, abnormal activity and alert overload.
Moving to a next generation behavior-based SOC isn’t just a technology change. It is a step in the right direction towards developing a more adaptive and resilient approach to cyber security of the critical infrastructure for India.