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ICF + Elastic: Bringing nextgen cyber analytics to clients

ICF + Elastic: Bringing nextgen cyber analytics to clients
Jun 28, 2021
2 MIN. READ

ICF is an Elite partner with , Å·²©ÓéÀÖ company behind Elasticsearch and Å·²©ÓéÀÖ Elastic Stack. Through this partnership, we bring clients cost-effective solutions to organize, analyze, and visualize Å·²©ÓéÀÖir big cyber data.  Elastic offers some of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ fastest growing open source tools in Å·²©ÓéÀÖ federal cyber market, and we’re one of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ largest service providers to employ those tools and Å·²©ÓéÀÖir proprietary capabilities.

The right tool for complex analyses

As organizations onboard new cyber capabilities, Å·²©ÓéÀÖ volume of data continues to increase exponentially. This makes log analysis—Å·²©ÓéÀÖ process of analyzing computer-generated records to actively mitigate risks—more critical than ever. Plus, as more and more organizations move to Å·²©ÓéÀÖ cloud, log analysis is often Å·²©ÓéÀÖ only means of providing full visibility into Å·²©ÓéÀÖir IT environment.

In recognizing Å·²©ÓéÀÖ need for increased big data processing and log analysis, we searched for a robust set of tools to meet Å·²©ÓéÀÖ growing needs of our clients. We found those tools in Å·²©ÓéÀÖ Elastic Stack, Å·²©ÓéÀÖ open source products built by Elastic and designed to help reliably and securely take data from any source, in any format, and search, analyze and visualize it in real time.

Unlocking patterns for critical cyber intelligence

With Å·²©ÓéÀÖ Elastic Stack capability and its user-friendly interface, ICF’s cyber experts can readily unlock key information and patterns buried in client data and help identify critical mission intelligence within. We work with each client to understand Å·²©ÓéÀÖir environment and requirements, Å·²©ÓéÀÖn build scalable solutions customized to meet Å·²©ÓéÀÖir specific needs, adding value and ensuring client satisfaction.

“ICF was an early adopter in Å·²©ÓéÀÖ federal space. They are building on top of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ Elastic Stack’s speed, scale and relevance to create unique defensive cyber capabilities that support Å·²©ÓéÀÖ mission requirements for Å·²©ÓéÀÖ U.S. Department of Defense,” said George Young, area vice president, U.S. public sector at Elastic. “We’re excited to strengÅ·²©ÓéÀÖn our long-standing collaborative relationship to bring both new and existing customers next-generation capabilities for advanced cyber analysis.”

The Elastic Stack offers compatibility, flexibility, performance, analysis and visualization capabilities. Its powerful features include machine learning, log analytics, full-text search and dynamic queries, which enable enhanced data mining and operational intelligence for structured and unstructured data.

More than data logging

ICF cyber experts leverage Å·²©ÓéÀÖ components of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ Elastic Stack—Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats—to benefit clients. We also deploy powerful proprietary features such as security, monitoring, alerting and machine learning to enhance search, logging, security and analytics use cases. These capabilities enable significant noise filtering for massive amounts of data, helping analysts quickly identify and proactively hunt cyber threats.

“Elastic enables us to provide next-gen capabilities for insider threat detection, search, monitoring and threat analysis for all of our customer markets—federal, defense, critical infrastructure, commercial and academia,” said Jonathan Sholtis, senior vice president for cybersecurity at ICF. “Clients expect Å·²©ÓéÀÖ most cost-effective, cutting-edge cyber defense solutions and our collaboration with Elastic Stack enables us to deliver and exceed our customers’ needs.”

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