User Behavior Analytics

Gain total visibility into user activity to stop shadow IT, accelerate investigations, and optimize your SaaS spend with CyberSight

 

SHADOW IT & INSIDER RISK

The "Invisible" Workforce
The modern workplace is no longer confined to a perimeter. By 2027, 75% of employees are projected to acquire technology outside of IT’s purview. This "Shadow IT" creates massive security gaps, with 33% of all data breaches now involving unapproved applications.

How Shadow IT Impacts Security
When users bypass IT to adopt new tools, visibility vanishes. Security teams are left in the dark about where data is going, which vulnerable applications might be in-use, and whether an incident was a malicious attack or a simple user error. Without behavioral context, Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) skyrockets.

THREAT INTELLIGENCE

Understand Where Risk Lives
User activity data at scale creates its own challenge. You need to know which threats matter most and which users need attention first. CyberSight's Threat Trends aggregates observed threat activity across your environment and surfaces the highest-risk patterns.

From Noise to Signal
See your most frequently observed threat categories, identify your riskiest users at a glance, and track how threat activity evolves over time. Export threat data via CSV for client reporting, compliance documentation, or integration into your existing security workflows.

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FULL, CHRONOLOGICAL VISIBILITY

Full URL Visibility
CyberSight goes beyond simple domain blocking. It provides a chronological event timeline that couples full URL visibility with application usage and device-state changes.

Reconstruct Incident Timelines
When an incident occurs, CyberSight's Timeline view provides granular reconstruction of user activity, including active, idle, and streaming time along with device states in a single view. Drill into the events chart or top-activity breakdown to jump directly to the underlying logs. You’ll be able to compress multi-day, multi-tool reviews into quick, easy, and definitive investigations.

Identify Anomalous Patterns
Surface early indicators of compromise by spotting unexpected activity, such as new applications opening while a device is idle or unfamiliar websites loading automatically. With CyberSight, you aren't just seeing where users go; you're understanding how they behave.

OPTIMIZE YOUR STACK

Reduce SaaS Sprawl and Costs

The average organization wastes thousands of dollars on unused or underused licenses. CyberSight identifies these inefficiencies by tracking actual engagement time.

  • Identify Overlap: Determine if you have multiple apps serving a similar purpose.
  • Cut Waste: Reclaim budget by de-provisioning seats for users who aren't logging in.
  • Automate Discovery: Eliminate manual audits with real-time application discovery.

WHY USE BEHAVIOR ANALYTICS?

If protective DNS is your first layer of defense, CyberSight is your magnifying glass.

  • Accelerated Investigations: Quickly determine whether an event was user-driven or automated. CyberSight provides a full chronological story of actions leading up to an alert.Rapid Risk Prioritization: CyberSight’s Threat Trends allows you to quickly triage top risks among your users and threat categories.

  • Smart Idle Tracking: Our system intelligently recognizes active engagement (like meetings or training videos) vs. true idle time, providing more accurate productivity data.
  • One-Year Retention: Keep a full year of user activity logs to satisfy compliance requirements and long-term forensic needs.

  • Seamless Deployment: Deploys as a simple extension via the Windows Roaming Client—no complex network overhaul required

Frequently Asked Questions

How does PDNS work?

Most DNS security setups that validate DNS records (DNS Security Extensions, DNSSEC), or encrypt DNS traffic for protection against malicious eavesdropping (DNS-over-TLS/ DoT or DNS-over-HTTPS/DoH) do not address the trustworthiness of upstream DNS infrastructure that may be compromised or maliciously provisioned. PDNS addresses these concerns by using an external DNS resolver that implements standard protective DNS policies.


One of the main functions of the resolver is to examine the domain name queries and the returned IP addresses against threat intelligence. This way, the resolver can help prevent connections to known and suspected malicious domains. Protective DNS (PDNS) operates as a service and is not itself a DNS protocol.

What is PDNS and why is it important?

DNS is at the heart of internet operations, but it is not built with security out of the box. Because of this, malicious actors find it attractive to design attacks around the protocol.

These attacks can lead to data exfiltration from compromised hosts, installation of malicious software, the spread of network worms, and ransomware.

Cybersecurity teams, in looking to strengthen the safety of company networks, leverage PDNS to secure an ever-expanding collection of devices, access points, and users. Proper DNS protection offers a zero-trust security solution for any end-user accessing the internet on your network. These services create a secure environment requiring no action or training on your end.


Read the full overview on What Protective DNS is and Why it is Important.

PDNS Compliance with NSA & CISA

Following the joint statement, the NSA and CISA also released a report listing the guidelines for selecting a Protective DNS provider. These criteria, though not exhaustive, are considered to be the most important attributes to look out for when choosing a Protective DNS provider.


The list below shows how DNSFilter satisfies the requirements stated in the report:

-Blocks Malware Domains

-Blocks Phishing Domains

-Malware Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA) Protection

-Leverages machine learning or other heuristics to augment threat feeds

-Content filtering

-Supports API access for SIEM integration or custom analytics

-Web Interface dashboard

-Validates DNSSEC

-DoH/DoT capable

What is the difference between DNS and PDNS?

Traditional DNS translates domain names into IP addresses but doesn’t filter harmful sites. PDNS adds an extra layer of security by filtering out malicious or suspicious domains, providing an additional barrier to threats.

What types of businesses benefit the most from PDNS?

Organizations of all sizes benefit from PDNS, but it’s particularly useful for:

 

  • Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs): Offers affordable, easy-to-implement security without the need for extensive IT infrastructure.

  • Managed Service Providers (MSPs): Provides an additional security layer to clients, improving overall service offerings.

  • Government and Public Sector: Enhances security and privacy for sensitive data by blocking access to harmful sites.

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