# How It Works

HoundBytes removes the need for client teams to process alerts.

Instead of raw alert queues, analysts receive investigation-ready validated incidents.

Platform:

- Built on Elastic Security (SIEM + EDR/XDR)
- HoundBytes deploys, configures, and continuously optimizes the Elastic stack
- Proprietary alert triage and classification engine groups alerts into cases and enriches them with threat intelligence and context
- AI-assisted detection and investigation using ML-powered systems
- UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics) for insider threat and anomalous behavior detection

Alert processing flow:

1. Alerts generated from client systems (EDR, network, identity, cloud)
2. Alerts automatically triaged, correlated, and enriched with threat intelligence
3. Over 90% of false positives filtered before human review
4. Remaining alerts grouped into investigation-ready cases
5. HoundBytes analysts validate and investigate real incidents
6. Response actions executed via pre-approved playbooks

Client team experience:

- no alert queues to manage
- no Tier-1 or Tier-2 workload
- only confirmed incidents with full context

Contractual SLAs:

- TTD (Time to Detect) < 30 minutes
- TTI (Time to Investigate) < 30 minutes
- TTR (Time to Respond) < 60 minutes

Pricing: per-asset, fixed monthly cost. No hidden fees.