Cybersecurity solutions provider
Case Study
Powering AI-driven threat investigations with scalable data solutions
From complexity to innovation: How Vectra AI enhanced security analytics and launched Vectra AI Investigations with Starburst Galaxy
Improved
SLA compliance and platform reliability
Near real-time
analytics
Significant
engineering efficiency gains
Region
Americas
Industry
software
Environment
cloud
Solution
galaxy
Employees
500+
Jason Kehl
SVP Engineering and Data Science
Vectra AI
“It came down to a simple question – is my team going to differentiate based on my database or Trino expertise? No, we are going to differentiate by solving our customers’ needs. With Galaxy, my team can spend their time building differentiating features instead of managing infrastructure.”
About
Vectra AI is a leader in AI-driven threat detection and response, helping organizations mitigate cybersecurity risks across cloud, network, and endpoint environments. Its innovative platform identifies post-breach compromises, providing customers with actionable insights to research, investigate, and respond faster.
Challenge
Vectra AI needed to expand its security analytics capabilities to support Vectra AI Investigations, a feature designed to provide customers with deeper visibility into cybersecurity threats. Their previous data infrastructure created operational inefficiencies, slowing threat investigation workflows and requiring heavy engineering resources for maintenance. These challenges made it difficult for security teams to scale AI-powered investigations and analyze threats efficiently across multiple environments.
Solution
Vectra AI embedded Starburst Galaxy into its security platform to power Vectra AI Investigations, enabling scalable AI-driven analytics with near real-time access to security data. By offloading infrastructure management to Starburst, Vectra AI improved query performance, reduced operational complexity, and provided security teams with instant insights for rapid threat detection and response.
Starburst’s high-performance query engine allows Vectra AI to analyze security signals across network, cloud, and endpoint environments, ensuring faster investigations without requiring complex data movement or costly infrastructure expansion.
Results
With Starburst Galaxy, Vectra AI has significantly improved its ability to detect and investigate cyber threats in near real-time, strengthening resilience against evolving attacks.
Key outcomes include:
- Improved SLA compliance and platform reliability, ensuring accurate and stable data access.
- Engineering focus shifted to customer-driven features and innovation, eliminating time-consuming infrastructure management and enabling the team to enhance product capabilities.
- Near real-time analytics capability empowered security teams to prioritize and respond to threats more quickly, strengthening resilience against cyberattacks.
As Vectra AI continues to enhance its security platform, Starburst remains a key partner in scaling AI-driven security insights and enabling a more efficient, proactive approach to cybersecurity.
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