Knowledge graphs: The secret of Google Search and now XDR - Help Net Security

Knowledge graphs: The secret of Google Search and now XDR - Help Net Security

Wading through waves of alert noise to find real threats and manually connecting the dots to find context in real-time attacks are essential capabilities in today’s cyberthreat detection and response battleground.



While it sounds impossible, the same technological approach that helped index the entire Web can come in handy: a knowledge graph – similar to what powers Google Search – is an ideal technology foundation to make a generational leap in threat detection and response. Other organizations using a knowledge graph include Netflix (for their recommendation system) and AstraZeneca (to “unlock the secrets of disease“).


Google’s seminal article, “Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings,” can be likened to “signals and entities, not log lines” in a cybersecurity context. Today, cybersecurity analysts in the security oper ..

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