UltraViolet Cyber Launches Equinox Platform to Measure SIEM/EDR Detection Coverage

UltraViolet Cyber has introduced Equinox, a novel detection engineering platform designed to significantly enhance the effectiveness of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) systems. Developed by the company's Threat Intelligence & Detection Engineering (TIDE) team, Equinox leverages artificial intelligence and automation to provide organizations with a precise measurement of their detection capabilities.

The platform addresses a critical challenge faced by many security operations centers: the constant evolution of security environments, telemetry data, and threat landscapes. While vendor detection libraries can be extensive, determining which detections are truly relevant to an organization's specific data, technology stack, and risk profile has historically been a manual and time-consuming process, often taking weeks. Equinox automates this analysis by identifying a customer's existing detections and available log sources, then mapping them against established frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and the emerging MITRE ATLAS, which focuses on AI and machine learning system threats.

Equinox provides a comprehensive map and scorecard detailing the organization's coverage status. It specifically offers insights into adversarial tactics and techniques targeting AI and machine learning systems through MITRE ATLAS. The platform prescribes actions by identifying where mapped coverage currently exists, pinpointing remaining gaps, and recommending specific detections or log sources that could improve overall security posture.

Utilizing advanced automation, Equinox can complete this intricate analysis in under 30 minutes. Following the automated assessment, it generates recommendations for vendor-specific or custom detections needed to fill identified gaps. Crucially, UltraViolet's TIDE engineers then meticulously review, backtest, and approve each recommended detection before deployment, fine-tuning them as necessary to ensure optimal performance and minimize false positives.

Customers receive framework-aligned evidence demonstrating where mapped detection coverage is present, how this coverage is evolving, and what priorities should be addressed next to maximize effectiveness without increasing the volume of security alerts. This provides a tangible answer to the persistent question of whether an organization is truly covered against relevant threats.

Independent industry research indicates that the average enterprise detection coverage against MITRE ATT&CK techniques hovers around 21%. This suggests a significant opportunity for organizations to expand their mapped coverage using existing telemetry. In a customer trial, Equinox facilitated a dramatic improvement, increasing mapped technique coverage from 59 out of 222 techniques (26.6%) to 136 out of 222 (61.3%) after implementing the recommended detections. This substantial gain of 34.7 percentage points, representing a 130% increase, was achieved without a corresponding rise in SOC alert volume.

Equinox offers several key benefits, including a quantified answer to the "are we covered?" question, a unified view of coverage across all security platforms, and the ability to maximize coverage from existing investments. It also provides data-driven insights for telemetry investment priorities and ensures that automation is guided by practitioner expertise, with every recommendation validated by human engineers.

Furthermore, Equinox extends its assessment capabilities to MITRE ATLAS, enabling organizations to evaluate and close detection coverage gaps specifically for AI-targeted threats, complementing their existing MITRE ATT&CK coverage strategies.