Overview

Reduce the Cost of Log Retention

Avoid paying a premium for high volume security data storage.

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Reduce SIEM costs

Pay a fraction of SIEM storage costs for high volume data sources like firewall, DNS, proxy and access logs.

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Meet retention requirements

Prove to auditors that your data is retained and can be retrieved on-demand. If you need to export specific logs you can do so at any time.

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Investigate stored data

Ensure visibility into your data for investigations, improving your security posture.

The Challenge

The SIEM vs. Data Lake Dilemma

Security leaders face tough tradeoffs when managing security data. Storing too much in a SIEM means you’re overpaying on infrequently searched, low-value data, while managing a data lake adds infrastructure headaches. You need a solution that reduces overhead and keeps data accessible at all times.

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Our Solution

Flexible and cost-efficient retention

Store raw data—JSON strings, syslog messages, anything that’s line delimited–for any length of time specified by you.

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SQL search and analytics

Use SQL to search based on specific attributes–IPs, hostnames, URLs, date/time ranges–and run basic statistical analyses to support internal investigations.

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MDR enhancement

Zscaler MDR can leverage the Security Data Lake during our investigations, strengthening your detection and response coverage.

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ansys
We know that when it’s ‘go time’, they’re not going to panic. They’re going to execute in a very disciplined manner.

Dave Coughanour

, VP of Cybersecurity Ansys
microchip
Thanks to Zscaler MDR, we haven’t had to fight the fires that other companies do, and it’s allowed us to focus on strategic business initiatives.

Robert Williams

, Chief Information Security Officer Microchip
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... it makes us feel more confident in doing our work and knowing we’re protecting the business.

Jason Thomas, Senior IT Security Analyst

, Henny Penny

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More resources

Blog

Dive into Security Data Lake

Report

2026 Threat Detection Report

Resource

MDR Buyer’s Guide