As a cybersecurity practitioner, you eat, sleep and breathe security. So you are already all-too-familiar with the rate of attacks ramping up as agentic AI and sophisticated attackers do their best to wear you down. 

Take a beat. Take a breath. And get ready for some well-deserved good news: Symantec CBX knows the landscape and the security landmines, and it’s ready to tackle even your toughest use case. Here are six security challenges we know you’re facing, and six uncommonly good responses by CBX.   

1. Cross-domain threat detection & response

Traditional and siloed security tools are missing those increasingly common multi-vector attacks because they only see one piece of the puzzle. CBX connects the dots and uncovers the full campaign. CBX excels at:

• Correlating low-confidence alerts. An attacker deploys a low-level phishing email, a minor credential anomaly on a server, and a strange outbound network connection. Individually, these look like harmless background noise. CBX stitches them together and delivers a single, high-confidence alert showing a well-coordinated attack.
• Detecting lateral movement. Once inside a network, attackers try to move from machine to machine undetected. CBX tracks users, network logs, and endpoint behaviors simultaneously to flag when an account is moving across the environment in an abnormal manner. CBX raises the alert and shuts down even stealthy attacks.

2. Automated attack disruption

Manual triage takes too long when ransomware is spreading at machine speed. CBX utilizes attack-trained AI to predict an attacker's next steps with confidence and stop them in real time while an investigation is ongoing. Here’s how automation eases the burden on the SOC team:

• Automated containment. When CBX detects a ransomware strain or a data exfiltration attempt, it can instantly isolate the endpoint, block the malicious IP at the firewall, and disable the compromised user account—all without waiting for a human analyst to wake up.
• Cross-domain cleanups. If a malicious file is found on one user's laptop, CBX can automatically scan all other endpoints, find the other instances of the malicious file and remove it organization-wide. That automated cleanup clears time for more important tasks. 

3. Accelerated investigations & root-cause analysis

At today’s attack rate and intensity, speed is king. When a breach occurs, analysts usually spend hours digging through different consoles to figure out what happened. CBX replaces digging with an intuitive investigation workflow and attack visualization. Here’s how CBX delivers clear context that even a less experienced team member can understand and act on:

• Attack timelines. CBX reconstructs the entire lifecycle of an attack into a graphical "storyline" or timeline using Threat Tracer. Analysts can instantly see how the attacker got in, what files they changed, what data they touched, and how far they managed to infiltrate the larger ecosystem.
• Reducing alert fatigue. By grouping hundreds of raw logs and isolated alerts into a single fully contextualized alert that can directly trigger an investigation, CBX significantly reduces the noise that SOC analysts have to sift through, drastically lowering the mean time to respond (MTTR).

4. Proactive threat hunting

Instead of waiting for an alert to pop up, security teams use CBX to hunt for hidden threats and harden against emerging threats. CBX ditches the passive prey model to become the ultimate cyberthreat predator with:

• Broad queries across the data repository. Run a single query to search for indicators of compromise (IoCs), such as a specific registry change or a malicious hash, across the environment. CBX keeps record with a finger on the pulse so security analysts don’t have to. 
• Behavioral baselines. CBX uses machine learning to understand what "normal" looks like for your specific organization. Using those baselines, organizations can easily customize Adaptive Protection  policies so that abnormal behavior for different users, devices and applications is immediately flagged for further investigation. This capability greatly reduces an attacker's ability to live off the land without identification. As baselines change, your protection adapts. 

5. Insider threat & compromised account identification

Threats don't always come from the outside. Insider threats—malicious users, human error, or legitimate accounts hijacked via credential stuffing—can be just as debilitating. Here’s how CBX spots traitors in your midst:

• User and entity behavior analytics. CBX monitors data access patterns. If a standard employee suddenly logs in from an unusual geographic location at 3:00 AM and attempts to download massive amounts of intellectual property from a cloud repository, CBX flags the account as compromised or rogue. CBX works 24/7/365 so analysts can get to work well-rested and battle-ready.

6. Comprehensive protection against modern attacks

Strong prevention is the foundational layer that makes detection and response sustainable. Relying solely on detection and response creates a reactive posture where security teams are stuck playing catch-up against threats out of their league. CBX’s strong prevention capabilities drive down the overall volume of alerts, and in effect those that require deeper human investigation. Its proactive prevention stacks up with:

• Multi-layered prevention. CBX combines Adaptive Protection, Firewall, Device Control, foundational static and behavioral prevention (and more) to deliver key endpoint protection against sophisticated modern attacks. 
• Reduced burden on endpoints. CBX delivers native web security capabilities to deflect malicious traffic before it reaches endpoints, reducing reliance on prevention controls at the endpoint alone. With built-in visibility into user browsing and acceptable use policy enforcement, CBX’s web security capabilities boost overall security posture.
• AI/ML-enhanced protection. CBX leverages AI/ML models so CBX protection hits at machine speed. CBX uses advanced models to adapt protection policies, predict an attacker's next moves, and to identify hidden patterns that could indicate a stealthy attack. 

All six use cases add up to an XDR that actually eases the burden on the hard-working analysts at the helm. CBX sees around corners, questions everything, and makes sense of the chaos so that your environment feels calm and comprehensively protected. 

To see how CBX handles even the most complex use cases with ease, check out the solution brief. Or better yet, test drive it live with a 1:1 demo.