A technical overview of SecureWatch's SIEM, XDR & EDR platform for federal IT decision-makers, security engineers, and ISSOs. Understand what's under the hood and why it matters for your environment.
SecureWatch consolidates capabilities that typically require 4–6 separate vendor contracts into a single subscription. All AI features included at every tier.
| Capability | What It Replaces | How SecureWatch Delivers It |
|---|---|---|
| SIEM / Log Correlation | Splunk, Sentinel, Elastic | Wazuh engine · 4,000+ MITRE ATT&CK rules · real-time correlation |
| Endpoint Detection & Response | CrowdStrike Falcon, Carbon Black | Velociraptor EDR · process chains · memory forensics · fleet YARA · remote quarantine |
| File Integrity Monitoring | Tripwire, OSSEC (separate) | Built into agent · inotify/NTFS · SHA-256 baselines · sub-second alerts |
| Vulnerability Detection | Tenable Nessus, Qualys | Continuous CVE enrichment from NVD + CISA KEV · agent & agentless |
| Configuration Assessment | SCAP tools, manual STIG checks | Automated DISA STIG + CIS Benchmark assessment · drift detection |
| Compliance Reporting | Manual evidence gathering | Continuous monitoring · NIST 800-53, FISMA, CMMC, DFARS, HIPAA · exportable evidence |
| AI Threat Hunting | Splunk AI Asst ($$), Copilot ($$) | Natural language queries → forensic investigations across all storage tiers · included, not an add-on |
| Log Onboarding | Weeks of professional services | AI Auto-Decoder generates validated parsers in minutes for any source |
| Continuous Authorization | Monthly manual ConMon | Real-time OSCAL/KSI artifact generation for FedRAMP 20x |
| 30-Month Log Retention | Per-GB storage charges | Included · 90-day sub-second analytics via rollups + 30-day raw drill-down · tiered warm/cold · M-21-31 + CMMC L2 |
Powered by AWS Bedrock & Anthropic's Claude within the GovCloud boundary. Competitors charge premium add-on fees for AI. SecureWatch includes it in every subscription.
A unified package containing both Wazuh (SIEM/XDR) and Velociraptor (EDR). One service, one console — the combined power of a full SIEM platform and a dedicated EDR solution.
A lightweight appliance inside your network perimeter. All agent traffic aggregates through one encrypted tunnel. Your endpoints never need internet access.
One IPsec tunnel from one IP. Your firewall requires only standard IPsec rules (UDP 500/4500) from the Collector's IP to a single SecureWatch endpoint.
Individual endpoints communicate only with the Collector on the LAN. No outbound internet required on any monitored machine — critical for air-gapped environments.
Local encrypted buffer (default 10 GB / ~72 hours for 250 agents) queues events during outages. Automatic forwarding on reconnection. Zero event loss.
TLS 1.3 fallback over TCP 443 with equivalent FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic assurance for environments that block outbound UDP traffic.
No tenant data traverses commercial AWS regions or third-party networks. Enforced by architecture — VPC design, PrivateLink, and Security Groups — not just policy.
| Tier | Technology | Retention | Access | M-21-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot | OpenSearch + gp3 EBS | 0–90 days | Sub-second query | Tier 1 (immediate) |
| Warm | UltraWarm + S3 | 90 days – 18 months | Minutes | Tier 2 (72-hour) |
| Cold | S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 18 months – 7 years | 12-hour retrieval | Tier 3 (archival) |
To keep query performance fast across the full 90-day hot window, SecureWatch automatically generates compressed statistical summaries (Index Rollups) of routine log data before it migrates to warm storage. Your analysts — and the AI threat hunting pipeline — get sub-second trend analysis and baseline anomaly detection over a full 90-day horizon without waiting for warm-tier retrieval. Only when raw event-level drill-down is needed for older data does the system reach into warm storage, and even then queries execute asynchronously with a progress indicator rather than timing out.
Cross-tenant data access is architecturally impossible without the correct key material. Five layers of enforceable isolation.
| Layer | Mechanism | What It Prevents |
|---|---|---|
| Encryption | Dedicated KMS CMK per tenant — no key sharing | Another tenant reading your data even with storage access |
| Storage | Dedicated OpenSearch index pattern per tenant | Query results crossing into another tenant's namespace |
| Authentication | Per-tenant Cognito user pools; STS tokens scoped to your ARNs | Cross-tenant API calls even with valid credentials |
| Network | Per-tenant Security Groups + Kubernetes Network Policies | Lateral movement between tenant workloads |
| AI Boundary | No cross-tenant model context; no inference persistence | Your data appearing in another tenant's AI results |
FedRAMP High authorized by GSA. Identity-proofed (IAL2) and phishing-resistant MFA (AAL2). Supports FIDO2/WebAuthn, PIV/CAC, and login.gov app. SecureWatch doesn't manage your passwords — login.gov handles the full credential lifecycle.
Federate from Microsoft Entra ID, AD FS, Okta, Ping, or DoD ICAM providers. PIV/CAC supported via upstream IdP. Just-in-time provisioning on first login. When a user is removed at your IdP, access revokes automatically.
Most competing SIEMs hold only FedRAMP Moderate. SecureWatch targets the High baseline — required for DoD and high-impact civilian systems.
| Control Family | Key Controls | SecureWatch Implementation |
|---|---|---|
| AC – Access Control | AC-2, AC-3, AC-17 | Cognito + login.gov or federated IdP; IAM least-privilege; five-role RBAC; mandatory MFA |
| AU – Audit | AU-2, AU-3, AU-9, AU-12 | CloudTrail (all events), AI provenance engine, WORM audit log, DynamoDB immutable trail |
| CA – Assessment | CA-2, CA-7 | Automated KSI/OSCAL pipeline; continuous ConMon; annual 3PAO |
| CM – Configuration | CM-2, CM-6, CM-7, CM-8 | Terraform IaC; DISA STIG automation; Bottlerocket immutable OS; Inspector inventory |
| IA – Authentication | IA-2, IA-5 | Login.gov (IAL2/AAL2) or SAML/OIDC; PIV/CAC; per-tenant CA; FIPS credential storage |
| IR – Incident Response | IR-4, IR-5, IR-6 | Automated alert routing; GuardDuty threat intel; response playbooks; 1-hour notification SLA |
| SC – Protection | SC-8, SC-12, SC-13, SC-28 | mTLS everywhere; FIPS TLS; per-tenant KMS CMKs; PrivateLink; no internet egress |
| SI – Integrity | SI-2, SI-3, SI-7 | Automated patching; Inspector scanning; Wazuh FIM with SHA-256 baselines |
From discovery to go-live in weeks — with the AI layer accelerating what used to take months of professional services.
We map your environment: agent count, OS mix, network topology, classification levels, compliance requirements, and legacy log sources. For DoD customers, we coordinate connection approval and CDS requirements.
We provision your isolated GovCloud environment: dedicated encryption keys, micro-segmented networking, tenant authentication (login.gov or your agency IdP), configured dashboards, compliance policy mappings, and AI features enabled.
Deploy the SecureWatch agent package via SCCM, Ansible, GPO, or BigFix. For air-gapped networks, deploy the Collector appliance. For legacy log sources, the AI Auto-Decoder generates validated parsers in minutes — what used to take weeks of professional services happens automatically.
We tune detection rules, configure compliance policies against applicable STIGs and CIS benchmarks, and validate alerting workflows. Your analysts can begin using natural language threat hunting immediately. OSCAL/KSI reporting starts generating artifacts on day one.
Schedule a live demo with our team. We'll walk through your environment, show real-time threat hunting, and provide a tailored cost comparison.