What does User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) provide?

• A. Provides better visibility over endpoints to detect and respond to cyber threats and exploits.
• B. Provides automated identification of suspicious activity by user accounts and computer hosts.
• C. Provides automated detection of malware signatures across devices.
• D. Provides encryption for data in transit.

Answer: (B)

UEBA analyzes how people and other entities behave across systems to spot unusual patterns. It provides automated identification of suspicious activity by user accounts and computer hosts by building baselines of normal behavior and flagging deviations, such as unusual login times, access to data outside a user’s role, logins from unfamiliar locations, or odd sequences of actions. This focus on behavioral anomalies makes it effective at detecting compromised credentials, insider threats, or other risky activity that doesn’t rely on known malware signatures.

This isn’t primarily about gaining visibility into every endpoint, which is what endpoint-focused tools emphasize, nor about detecting malware with signature checks, nor about encrypting data in transit. UEBA complements those approaches by identifying risky behaviors that might indicate a threat even when no specific signature is present.