Launch HN: Matano (YC W23) – Open-Source Security Lake Platform (SIEM) for AWS
This issue exists to the right of your solution and is (for now) out of scope, but the biggest issue I have with security data lakes is the need to (easily) get both row-based data and visualizations. Back when I had access to a well-built and cared for Splunk environment, I would constantly run queries, build visualizations, go back to the results index, tweak the query, go back to viz, etc. This feedback loop is important and allows for fast iteration, especially if you are conducting a high-stakes investigation and need answers rapidly. I should be able to look at my available fields and tweak the viz accordingly in under a few seconds; preferably in one mouse click.<p>Now I live on an ELK stack and I experience nothing but full-time agony as I switch between Kibana and Kibana Lens constantly. It&#x27;s clear they are two completely separate &quot;products&quot; built for different use-cases. The experience reminds you constantly that they were not purpose-built for how I use them, unlike Splunk.<p>Increasingly we are moving towards the reality of a security data lake, and all I can think is that I&#x27;m about to lose what little power I had left as I have to move to something like Mode, Sisense, or Tableau which again, were not purpose-built for these use-cases and even further separate the query&#x2F;data discovery and visualization layers.<p>I hate how crufty and slow Splunk has gotten as an organization, and they use their accomplishments from 15 years ago to justify the exorbitant price they charge. I really hope the OSS&#x2F;next-gen SaaS options can fill this need and security data lake becomes a reality. But for that to happen, more focus is needed on the user experience as well.<p>Regardless, very cool stuff and could definitely fill a need for organizations that are just starting to dip toes into security data lakes. I wish you success!