dongdabai / edr-telemetry

This project aims to compare and evaluate the telemetry of various EDR products.

EDR Telemetry

This repo provides a list of telemetry features from EDR products and other endpoint agents such as Sysmon broken down by category. The main motivation behind this project is to enable security practitioners to compare and evaluate the telemetry potential from those tools while encouraging EDR vendors to be more transparent about the telemetry features they do provide to their users and customers.

Besides compliance, investigations and forensics benefits, rich log telemetry empowers cyber defense teams to develop custom hunting, detection and analytics capabilities tailored to their needs.

Read details about this project in the initial release blog post here.

Telemetry Definition

There are many types of telemetry when it comes to Security Instrumentation. Here we focus on agents or sensors generating telemetry in the form of log data, regardless of the format (json, key-value, csv), as long as the data is automatically generated and transmitted or streamed in near real-time.

FAQ & Contributions

Please check our FAQ page to know more and feel free to get in contact in case you cannot find an answer there.

In case you ware willing to contribute, please check the Contributions page.

Disclaimer
The telemetry of the EDR products below could improve with time. The last_updated field is the last time the data sources have been updated. This might NOT always be up to date with the current telemetry capabilities of each product.

Telemetry Comparison Table

Disclaimer
The data below do not represent the capability of each of the EDR products to detect or prevent a threat. This is ONLY a comparison regarding the available telemetry for each product. Some products, such as Elastic EDR, make additional telemetry available in free or paid modules. Add-on modules, as well as signals, will not be taken into consideration for this project. Please read more about this on our FAQ page here.

CSV Values	JSON Values	Description
🟩	Yes	Implemented
🟥	No	Not Implemented
🟧	Partially	Partially Implemented
❓	Pending	Pending Response
🪵	Via EventLogs	Via Windows EventLogs
🎚️	Via EnablingTelemetry	Additional telemetry that can be enabled easily as part of the EDR product but is not on by default.

Last Updated: Mod Mar 04 2024
Google SpreadSheet Table: Link
References to Documentation for each EDR product: Link

Telemetry Feature Category	Sub-Category	Carbon Black	Cortex XDR	CrowdStrike	Cybereason	ESET Inspect	Elastic	Harfanglab	LimaCharlie	MDE	Qualys	Sentinel One	Sysmon	Trellix	Trend Micro	WatchGuard
Process Activity	Process Creation	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
****	Process Termination	🟧	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🎚️	🟥
****	Process Access	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟧	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥
****	Image/Library Loaded	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
****	Remote Thread Creation	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
****	Process Tampering Activity	🟧	🟧	🟩	❓	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟧	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥
File Manipulation	File Creation	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟧	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟧
****	File Opened	🟩	🟥	🟧	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟧	🟧
****	File Deletion	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥
****	File Modification	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟥
****	File Renaming	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟧
User Account Activity	Local Account Creation	🟥	🪵	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🪵	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥
****	Local Account Modification	🟥	🪵	🟧	🟥	🟩	🟥	🪵	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥
****	Local Account Deletion	🟥	🪵	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🪵	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥
****	Account Login	🪵	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟧	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🪵	🟩
****	Account Logoff	🪵	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🪵	🟩
Network Activity	TCP Connection	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
****	UDP Connection	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🪵	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
****	URL	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟧	🟩	🟧	🟩	🟩	🎚️	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟧
****	DNS Query	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
****	File Downloaded	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟧	🟧	🟥	🟥	🟧	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟩
Hash Algorithms	MD5	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
****	SHA	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥
****	IMPHASH	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟧	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥
Registry Activity	Key/Value Creation	🟩	🟩	🟧	🟧	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
****	Key/Value Modification	🟩	🟩	🟧	🟧	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
****	Key/Value Deletion	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟧	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
Schedule Task Activity	Scheduled Task Creation	🟥	🪵	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥	🪵	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🪵	🟥
****	Scheduled Task Modification	🟥	🪵	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥	🪵	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥
****	Scheduled Task Deletion	🟥	🪵	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🪵	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥
Service Activity	Service Creation	🟧	🪵	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥	🪵	🟩	🪵	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟧
****	Service Modification	🟥	🪵	🟧	🟥	🟥	🟥	🪵	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟧
****	Service Deletion	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	❓	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥
Driver/Module Activity	Driver Loaded	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥
****	Driver Modification	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥
****	Driver Unloaded	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥
Device Operations	Virtual Disk Mount	🟥	🟧	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩
****	USB Device Unmount	🟥	🟧	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩
****	USB Device Mount	🟧	🟧	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🎚️	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩
Other Relevant Events	Group Policy Modification	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥
Named Pipe Activity	Pipe Creation	🟧	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🎚️	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥
****	Pipe Connection	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🎚️	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥
EDR SysOps	Agent Start	🟥	🟧	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟩	🪵	🟩	🟩	🟩	❓	🟥	🟥
****	Agent Stop	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🪵	🟩	🟩	🟩	❓	🟥	🟥
****	Agent Install	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🪵	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩
****	Agent Uninstall	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩
****	Agent Keep-Alive	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🪵	🟩	🟩	🟥	❓	🟥	🟥
****	Agent Errors	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	❓	🟥	🟥
WMI Activity	WmiEventConsumerToFilter	🟥	🎚️	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟩	🪵	🟩
****	WmiEventConsumer	🟥	🎚️	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟩	🪵	🟩
****	WmiEventFilter	🟥	🎚️	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟩	🪵	🟩
BIT JOBS Activity	BIT JOBS Activity	🟥	🎚️	🟩	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥
PowerShell Activity	Script-Block Activity	🟩	🪵	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥

Current Primary Maintainers

Kostas - @kostastsale
Alex - @ateixei