The article argues that SOC teams should treat security telemetry as their most valuable asset and demand open data access that is free, complete, and real time. It warns that vendors who charge for export, delay delivery, or only provide partial data create lock-in and weaken incident response, with references to CrowdStrike’s 2026 Global Threat Report and Elastic’s own stance on live access. #CrowdStrike #Elastic #SIEM #SOC
Keypoints
- Security telemetry, not dashboards or AI features, is presented as the most important asset in a SOC.
- “Open” data is defined as data that belongs to the customer, includes all telemetry, and is available in real time.
- Vendors that charge extra for access, provide only summaries, or deliver data in batches are described as creating lock-in.
- CrowdStrike’s 2026 Global Threat Report is cited to show attackers are moving faster, with breakout times measured in minutes or seconds.
- Delayed or licensed telemetry can leave defenders blind during the critical window of an active intrusion.
- The article argues that heterogeneous security environments require fast, portable telemetry across endpoint, cloud, and identity layers.
- Buyers are urged to score vendors on data portability, cost to move telemetry, and latency from event to usable data.
MITRE Techniques
- [T1105 ] Ingress Tool Transfer – The article references attackers moving quickly across environments and implies rapid delivery of malicious capability after initial access, with exfiltration beginning minutes after access (‘one intrusion where exfiltration started four minutes after initial access’).
- [T1021 ] Remote Services – The discussion of attacks moving from stolen identity to cloud workload to endpoint reflects adversaries pivoting across systems and layers (‘modern attacks move across all of them, from a stolen identity to a cloud workload to an endpoint’).
Indicators of Compromise
- [Vendor Documentation / Publication Date ] Reference context for the comparison table and ratings – September 2026
- [Threat Report Metrics ] Attack timing metrics cited from CrowdStrike’s report – 29 minutes, 27 seconds, and 4 minutes
Read more: https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/blog/siem-data-export-comparison