Elastic’s detection rules are still open for business — plus further visibility to data quality

Elastic Security has embraced an open and transparent approach to cybersecurity by making its detection rules and schema publicly accessible, with the aim of enhancing collaboration and innovation in the field. The Elastic Common Schema (ECS) is pivotal in this strategy, standardizing data fields and types to facilitate the analysis and response to cyber threats across various data sources. The recent 8.8 release introduces the Data Quality Dashboard, a tool that allows users to assess and monitor data quality, ensuring accurate mapping to ECS, which is critical for effective threat detection and prevention. By contributing ECS to OpenTelemetry, Elastic seeks to develop a unified schema for metrics, logs, traces, and security events, furthering its commitment to open standards. The company encourages feedback and participation from the community to continue improving its offerings.