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March 15, 2024

Upcoming Events

Check out the latest events for OCA members.
March 11, 2024

OCA Community Connect: Not just another monthly meeting

Subscribe to the new OCA Community Connect Podcast. The podcast is an invitation to tune in, engage with the content, and join us in our mission to create a more secure, integrated, and collaborative cybersecurity ecosystem.
February 2, 2024

Cybersecurity Automation Village

Join us for the next plugfest on 11-12 April. This is a Hybrid event. In-person space is limited. Welcome to the Cybersecurity Automation Village, hosted by the Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA) Cybersecurity Automation SubProject (CASP). This event brings together global cybersecurity vendors, end-users, thought leaders, and individuals passionate about cybersecurity automation. The CASP Community plans to hold a two day HYBRID event […]
September 14, 2023

Announcing the Team Threat Hunting Project

Kestrel as a Service The Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA) is excited to announce the next milestone of the Kestrel subproject, Kestrel as a Service (KaaS).  KaaS enables threat hunting at scale to improve threat detection.   It is a Kestrel container and a deployable cloud-managed hunting service for large organizations. The project provides the code and instructions for deploying a […]
August 8, 2023

OCA and Kestrel at Black Hat 2023

At the Black Hat 2023 conference, attendees will hear from security experts sharing groundbreaking research at the Briefings, view demos of open-source tools at Arsenal, meet sponsors presenting a range of products and solutions in the Business Hall, and network with thousands of security professionals. Don’t miss out on the Kestrel session on Wednesday, 9 August, 1:00 PM – 2:30 […]
July 11, 2023

Kestrel Data Retrieval Explained

Kestrel provides a layer of abstraction to compose hunt-flows with standard hunt steps that run across many data sources and data types. This blogs overviews how data is retrieved, processed, and stored in Kestrel, and explains the 10x data retrieval performance improvement through Kestrel 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7.
June 15, 2023

End-to-end Testing for Cyber-Security Applications

Announcing the Federated Search End-To-End Testing GitHub Repository and its first CI/CD usage for Kestrel, a federated search application. Read on.
May 22, 2023

OCA Breakfast at RSA 2023

In conjunction with RSAC, the Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA) hosted a breakfast event on Wednesday, 26 April. With over 200 people that signed up, the meeting was a mix of short presentations and lively discussions. Here are a few impressions from the event. If you are interested in learning more about OCA, or would like to get involved, you can find links […]