Elastic and Cmd Join Forces to Help Customers Take Command of Their Cloud Workloads
August 25 2021 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Expanding Cloud Security Capabilities in
Elastic Limitless XDR
- Delivering deep visibility into cloud workloads for advanced
security detections and prevention
- Built on open, extensible extended Berkeley Packet Filter
(eBPF) technology
Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) (“Elastic”), the company behind
Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, today announced it has entered
into a definitive agreement to acquire Cmd, a leader in
infrastructure detection and response (IDR) to give customers deep
visibility into cloud workloads and perform expert detection and
prevention on cloud-native data.
Together with Elastic’s recent announcement to acquire
build.security, Cmd will add runtime security capabilities to
Elastic Limitless XDR, unifying security information and event
management (SIEM), endpoint, and cloud security - from build-time,
to deployment-time, to runtime, all in a single search
platform.
Elastic Security provides kernel-level visibility into Linux
systems, as well as powerful Linux protection capabilities such as
malware prevention and advanced MITRE ATT&CK-mapped Linux
rules. With Cmd, Elastic will expand its security capabilities for
cloud-native runtime application workloads using extended Berkeley
Packet Filter (eBPF) technology.
As a leader in eBPF, Cmd provides deep and performant visibility
into cloud workloads, enabling developers to rapidly innovate and
deliver entirely new observability and security outcomes for users.
eBPF has revolutionized how organizations observe and protect cloud
workloads and is a cornerstone of efficient, safe, and
all-encompassing observability for Linux.
Elastic will integrate Cmd’s cloud-native data collection and
protection using eBPF directly into the Elastic Agent, and
integrate Cmd’s innovative and practitioner-oriented user
experience and workflows directly into Kibana.
Elastic customers will benefit from the cloud-native security
capabilities of Cmd, while Cmd customers will be able to take
advantage of Elastic Limitless XDR, including hundreds of stateful
detections and machine learning models mapped to MITRE ATT&CK,
built-in case workflows, client security on Windows and macOS, and
anti-malware prevention on Linux.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. For more
information, read the blog.
Supporting Quotes:
- “We are incredibly excited to join forces with Elastic to bring
comprehensive cloud runtime security to customers,” said Santosh
Krishnan, CEO, Cmd. “Any robust cloud security program starts
with a strong analytics foundation - an area in which Elastic
Security is a proven leader. Together, we will deliver intuitive
investigative workflows on top of that foundation, along with
preventive controls, and detection and response, to enable
customers to quickly find attacks and stop them in their
tracks.”
- “Our vision for Elastic Security grew from listening to our
users, where for years the Elastic Stack has been adopted by the
security community for advanced security use cases,” said Shay
Banon, founder and CEO, Elastic. “Bringing that vision to life
by joining forces with focused, innovative teams has enabled
Elastic to deliver the industry’s first free and open security
solution to give every enterprise the power to prevent, detect, and
respond to threats from the endpoint to the cloud. We are excited
to join forces with Cmd and bring deeper observability and
protection to cloud native workloads with practitioner-first
experiences.”
Timing and Approvals:
The acquisition is expected to close during Elastic’s fiscal
second quarter, subject to customary closing conditions.
About Cmd:
Cmd, based in beautiful Vancouver, Canada, delivers runtime
security to global brands, financial institutions, and software
companies who need infrastructure detection and response
capabilities. The Cmd platform observes real-time session activity
and allows Linux administrators and Developers to take immediate
remediation action. Organizations will sleep easier and save time
and money by securing their infrastructure with Cmd.
About Elastic:
Elastic is a search company built on a free and open heritage.
Anyone can use Elastic products and solutions to get started
quickly and frictionlessly. Elastic offers three solutions for
enterprise search, observability, and security, built on one
technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding
documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats,
Elastic makes data usable in real time and at scale. Thousands of
organizations worldwide, including Cisco, eBay, Goldman Sachs,
Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia,
and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded
in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around
the globe and is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol ESTC.
Learn more at elastic.co.
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