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Published inJun 2023
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Ashish M Kothekar
Ashish M Kothekar
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Ashish M Kothekar

Ashish has a total experience of more than 15 years working for IBM on various different platforms. He is currently working as tech evangelist for IBM Security products. He has been instrumental in developing more than 10 IBM certification exams including IBM products like QRadar, Cloud Pak for Security, IBM SiteProtector, IBM XGS, etc. He has worked with multiple customers on deploying and then upgrading IBM security products. He has contributed regularly by writing blogs and giving talks on security products. He has published many redpapers on the integration of security products with IBM Storage solutions like IBM Spectrum scale. These redpapers are now full-fledged solutions that are being sold. He has also cleared two Mandarin language exams and is HSK2 qualified.
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QRadar Advisor with Watson

QRAW is based on Watson’s cognitive intelligence. IBM Watson uses information from varied sources, breaks it into data points, and then uses the security domain knowledge to stitch together all the data points related to a certain parameter. For example, let’s say there is a known hash value for a certain malware, and that hash value is present in the event details in QRadar. IBM Watson uses this information to create graphs and correlations to explain which assets are affected by malware, how this malware entered the organization, how it proliferates or moves laterally, and so on. It also shows the assets and users involved. This kind of detailed analysis is done by QRAW in a matter of minutes. It would have taken SOC analysts weeks or months to get all this information.

QRAW uses Watson’s cognitive intelligence. Let us look at how QRAW works with QRadar with the help of the following flow chart:

Figure 9.1 – Internal workings of QRAW

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Ashish M Kothekar

Ashish has a total experience of more than 15 years working for IBM on various different platforms. He is currently working as tech evangelist for IBM Security products. He has been instrumental in developing more than 10 IBM certification exams including IBM products like QRadar, Cloud Pak for Security, IBM SiteProtector, IBM XGS, etc. He has worked with multiple customers on deploying and then upgrading IBM security products. He has contributed regularly by writing blogs and giving talks on security products. He has published many redpapers on the integration of security products with IBM Storage solutions like IBM Spectrum scale. These redpapers are now full-fledged solutions that are being sold. He has also cleared two Mandarin language exams and is HSK2 qualified.
Read more about Ashish M Kothekar