EINSTEIN

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EINSTEIN is a U.S. federal intrusion detection and prevention system used to monitor and protect government agency networks from cyber threats.

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EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated 1
EINSTEIN program 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cybersecurity system
federal intrusion detection and prevention system
appliesTo U.S. federal civilian executive branch agencies NERFINISHED
associatedWith U.S. federal civilian executive branch cybersecurity programs
basedOn intrusion detection
intrusion prevention
network traffic monitoring
collects network flow data
security-relevant network metadata
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataType network traffic metadata rather than full content in many deployments
designedFor large-scale federal enterprise networks
developedBy U.S. Department of Homeland Security NERFINISHED
earlierVersionsCapability passive intrusion detection
focus known and identifiable cyber threats
goal enable coordinated federal response to cyber incidents
improve situational awareness of cyber threats to federal networks
hasVersion EINSTEIN 1 NERFINISHED
EINSTEIN 2
EINSTEIN 2.0 NERFINISHED
EINSTEIN 3 NERFINISHED
EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated NERFINISHED
laterVersionsCapability automated blocking of known malicious traffic
intrusion prevention
legalFramework U.S. federal cybersecurity policy
limitation primarily signature-based detection
monitors network gateways of participating federal agencies
notTargetUser private sector networks by default
state and local governments by default
operator Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency NERFINISHED
U.S. Department of Homeland Security NERFINISHED
purpose detect cyber threats
monitor U.S. federal civilian agency networks
prevent cyber intrusions
relatedTo Federal Information Security Modernization Act NERFINISHED
Trusted Internet Connections initiative NERFINISHED
sector federal government cybersecurity
securityDomain network perimeter security
supports federal incident detection
federal incident response coordination
targetUser U.S. federal civilian agencies NERFINISHED
uses indicators of compromise
known threat signatures

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EINSTEIN 2 partOf EINSTEIN
this entity surface form: EINSTEIN program
this entity surface form: EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated