Would like to know who in Cisco was asked actually. I am from Cisco and can help.
debo On 12/3/15, 9:39 AM, "Ted Dunning" <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote: >I think that there was a still pending question of why not ask Cisco for >an >SGA for cleanliness. > >The only answer that I heard was that corporations don't like to do things >like and so Cisco hadn't been asked. > >That seems like an insufficient answer. > > > >On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 4:33 AM, Owen O'Malley <omal...@apache.org> wrote: > >> The [DISCUSS] thread has would down, so I'd like to start a VOTE on >>whether >> Apache Incubator should accept Metron as a podling. The proposal is >>pasted >> below and is available on the wiki as well. >> >> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/MetronProposal >> >> We've added a paragraph in the background section discussing how Apache >> avoids hostile forks of projects, because we don't want to fork >> communities. We've also added Larry McCay, P. Taylor Goetz, and Phillip >> Rhodes to the proposal. >> >> The vote will run until 12pm PST on Sunday. >> >> Thanks, >> Owen >> >> = Apache Metron Proposal = >> >> ---- >> /!\ '''FINAL''' /!\ >> >> This proposal is now complete and has been submitted for a VOTE. >> ---- >> >> == Abstract == >> >> The Metron project is an open source project dedicated to providing an >> extensible and scalable advanced security analytics tool. It has strong >> foundations in the Apache Hadoop ecosystem. >> >> == Proposal == >> >> Metron integrates a variety of open source big data technologies in >>order >> to offer a centralized tool for security monitoring and analysis. Metron >> provides capabilities for log aggregation, full packet capture indexing, >> storage, advanced behavioral analytics and data enrichment, while >>applying >> the most current threat-intelligence information to security telemetry >> within a single platform. >> >> Metron can be divided into 4 areas: >> >> 1. '''A mechanism to capture, store, and normalize any type of >>security >> telemetry at extremely high rates.''' Because security telemetry is >> constantly being generated, it requires a method for ingesting the data >>at >> high speeds and pushing it to various processing units for advanced >> computation and analytics. >> 1. '''Real time processing and application of enrichments''' such as >> threat intelligence, geolocation, and DNS information to telemetry being >> collected. The immediate application of this information to incoming >> telemetry provides the context and situational awareness, as well as the >> ³who² and ³where² information that is critical for investigation. >> 1. '''Efficient information storage''' based on how the information >>will >> be used: >> a. Logs and telemetry are stored such that they can be efficiently >> mined and analyzed for concise security visibility >> a. The ability to extract and reconstruct full packets helps an >>analyst >> answer questions such as who the true attacker was, what data was >>leaked, >> and where that data was sent >> a. Long-term storage not only increases visibility over time, but >>also >> enables advanced analytics such as machine learning techniques to be >>used >> to create models on the information. Incoming data can then be scored >> against these stored models for advanced anomaly detection. >> 1. '''An interface that gives a security investigator a centralized >>view >> of data and alerts passed through the system.''' Metron¹s interface >> presents alert summaries with threat intelligence and enrichment data >> specific to that alert on one single page. Furthermore, advanced search >> capabilities and full packet extraction tools are presented to the >>analyst >> for investigation without the need to pivot into additional tools. >> >> Big data is a natural fit for powerful security analytics. The Metron >> framework integrates a number of elements from the Hadoop ecosystem to >> provide a scalable platform for security analytics, incorporating such >> functionality as full-packet capture, stream processing, batch >>processing, >> real-time search, and telemetry aggregation. With Metron, our goal is to >> tie big data into security analytics and drive towards an extensible >> centralized platform to effectively enable rapid detection and rapid >> response for advanced security threats. >> >> == Background == >> >> OpenSOC was developed by Cisco over the last two years and pushed out to >> Github (https://github.com/OpenSOC/opensoc) under the ALv2. However, the >> development was mostly closed and has largely stopped. As evidence of >>the >> inactivity, users have complained that pull requests are not answered >>for a >> while >> >>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/opensoc-support/R2W-ZFux8Vk/Y-5tL-EmAAAJ. >> Finally, no public releases of OpenSOC have been made. From an Apache >>point >> of view, the current community is not viable. >> >> However, some of the developers of the project have left Cisco and have >> found interest from several others that would like to work together to >>form >> an active and open community at Apache starting from the current OpenSOC >> code base. A message to the current support group proposing moving to >> Apache got a single positive response. >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/opensoc-support/rFlW2uSSvmU/09PIsWL4AAAJ >> >> In general Apache accepts only voluntary contributions and avoids >> hostile forks. In this case, given that the community is demonstrably >> dead, it seems fair to fork the existing code at Apache to allow a new >> community to work on it. Once incubation starts, we will send a >> message pointing to the new home to the OpenSOC support group. >> >> Because Cisco is not currently interested in being involved, the project >> expects to change their name. The project would like to use Metron, >> although we will perform a podling name search to check for conflicts. >> Metron, meaning measure, is half of the greek root for the word >> 'telemetry.' Metron is also a DC Comics character who ³... wanders in >> search of greater knowledge beyond his own². >> >> >> == Rationale == >> Metron strives to move the state of the art in security analytics >>forward. >> We want to move away from the proprietary nature of legacy security >>point >> tools and develop an open platform where people can contribute and share >> datasets, machine learning models, telemetry parsers, sources of >>telemetry >> enrichment, and threat intelligence feeds. Cyber security is too large >>of >> a problem for a single corporation to tackle on its own and the current >> tooling is too fragmented and proprietary for us to be able to rally >>around >> a single tool or vendor. >> >> In addition to being open and facilitating advancement in security >> analytics, Metron has several advantages over a conventional Security >> Information Management System (SIEM). >> >> * Metron uses all open source stack under the hood and runs on >>commodity >> hardware. This means Metron is much cheaper to run then the >>competition. >> In security cost plays a major factor because the cost of your >> countermeasure for monitoring and reacting to a threat should not exceed >> the cost of what is being protected. By driving down the cost of >>security >> the economics works for more assets to be monitored, which means more >> secure data centers. >> * Metron, being in the open, allows additional vetting and scrutiny by >> the open source community for all of its components. This is a better >> model for a security-oriented tool than doing it closed source. All the >> problems should be flushed out and fixed in the open. The closed source >> competition does not have this kind of rigor, is motivated by marketing >>and >> sales, and thus, does not inspire confidence when it comes to security. >> * Being Hadoop-based, Metron can process unprecedented volumes of >> streaming data via Apache Storm. When an organization is hit with >>malware >> or malicious behavior most commonly this happens as a part of a global >> malware campaign, signatures for which are known and are available from >> third party threat intelligence feeds. Having the ability to take in >>all >> the feeds and reference them against every telemetry message processed >>by >> Metron in real time does not only facilitate detection of such >>campaigns, >> it changes the economics for the ³bad guys². If you have to customize >>your >> malware for each of your targets these global attacks become a lot more >> expensive and non viable for them. >> * Metron strives to shift conventional SOC workflows away from being >> rules-driven to a more data-driven approach that incorporates machine >> learning and a higher degree of automation and autonomous detection. >>The >> modern threat landscape is too dynamic to be manageable via static rules >> alone, which is what conventional SIEMs rely on. Rule bases tend to >>bloat, >> and if improperly maintained turn themselves into sources of false >>positive >> alerts. >> >> The ability to analyze and model large volumes of data at rest and then >> being able to push up the output of that into a stream processor is >> essential in disrupting the >> >> == Current Status == >> >> As stated in the background section, the current community isn¹t >>healthy, >> which is why we are proposing moving to Apache Incubator. In this >>section, >> we will describe the current state of the OpenSOC project. >> >> === Meritocracy === >> The OpenSOC development is controlled by Cisco and pull requests are >>being >> ignored. The development list is private and requests to join are >>rejected >> because there is no activity on it. The goal of moving to Apache is to >>form >> a meritocracy where a variety of individuals, regardless of their >>current >> employer, come together and work together. We understand that diversity, >> open development, and open governance are critical to being a successful >> Apache project. >> >> === Community === >> The OpenSOC project is not responding to pull requests or making >>releases. >> The easiest solution would be to create a variety of forks of the >>project >> on github, but that would further fracture the community and prevent it >> from reaching critical mass. Our prefered solution is to build a single >> large diverse and open community at Apache. >> >> === Core Developers === >> The core developers of Metron are James Sirota, Charles Porter, and Mark >> Bittmann. None of them have experience running an open source project, >>but >> they are eager to learn. >> >> === Alignment === >> The ASF is a natural host for Metron given that it is already the home >>of >> Hadoop, HBase, Hive, Storm, Kafka, Spark and other emerging big data >> projects. Metron leverages many of Apache open-source products. We are >>very >> interested in a place to develop our community and integrations with the >> other Apache big data projects. >> >> == Known Risks == >> >> === Orphaned Products === >> >> The current product developers are all salaried developers at a small >> number of companies and thus there is a risk of becoming an orphaned >> product. However, the companies view Metron as very important to their >> product offering and plan to ramp up their work in the space. The >>project >> is unique in the product space and thus has strong potential to become a >> sustainable community. >> >> === Inexperience with Open Source === >> The vast majority of the developers are inexperienced with open source >> development and the Apache Way. One of the major hurdles to graduation >>from >> the Apache Incubator will be demonstrating that they have learned the >> Apache Way and are applying it to how the project is managed. Vinod >>Kumar >> Vavilapalli is an Apache Member and plans on actively working as a >> committer in the project. They also have the other mentors to help them >> learn as they progress. >> >> === Homogenous Developers === >> The developers are employed by four diverse companies (B23, Hortonworks, >> Mantech, and Rackspace), They are distributed across the United States. >>We >> hope to attract additional diversity as an Apache project. >> >> === Reliance on Salaried Developers === >> Metron is currently being developed exclusively by salaried developers, >>but >> the goal of coming to Apache is to form a community of users and >>developers >> that is much more diverse including non-salaried developers. >> >> === Relationships with Other Apache Products === >> Metron has a strong relationship and dependency with Apache Flume, >>Hadoop, >> HBase, Hive, Kafka, Spark, and Storm. Being part of Apache¹s Incubation >> community could help with a closer collaboration among these projects >>and >> as well as others. >> >> We note that although there is a superficial resemblance to Apache >>Eagle, >> which does security analysis of Hadoop audit events, the projects are >> significantly different. In particular, Metron is focused on analyzing >> network packet traffic and thus has a very different scope and scale of >> events than Eagle. >> >> === An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === >> >> While the Apache brand is important, we are much more interested in >>finding >> a home for the project that encourages open development and open >> governance. We want to form the new community using the Apache Way with >>its >> strong focus on meritocracy, organizational independence, and open >> development. >> >> == Documentation == >> The current information on the OpenSOC project is here: >> http://opensoc.github.io/ >> A slide deck presenting background material is here: >> http://www.slideshare.net/JamesSirota/cisco-opensoc >> >> == Initial Source == >> The initial code is on github: http://opensoc.github.io/ >> >> == External Dependencies == >> Metron has the following external dependencies: >> * Apache Flume >> * Apache Hadoop >> * Apache HBase >> * Apache Hive >> * Apache Kafka >> * Apache Spark >> * Apache Storm >> * ElasticSearch >> * MySQL >> >> The project understands that it will need to support alternatives for >>MySQL >> that are licensed under a ALv2 compatible license. >> >> == Cryptography == >> Metron will eventually support encryption on the wire, but this is not >>one >> of the initial goals, and we do not expect Metron to be a controlled >>export >> item due to the use of encryption. Metron supports but does not require >>the >> Kerberos authentication mechanism to access secured Hadoop services. >> >> == Required Resources == >> >> === Mailing List === >> >> * metron-private for private PMC discussions >> * metron-dev for developers >> * metron-commits for all commits >> * metron-users for all users >> >> === Version Control === >> Git is the preferred source control system. >> >> === Issue Tracking === >> >> * JIRA (METRON) >> >> === Other Resources === >> The existing code already has unit tests so we will make use of existing >> Apache continuous testing infrastructure. The resulting load should not >>be >> very large. >> >> == Initial Committers == >> * Jim Baker < jim.baker at rackspace dot com > >> * Mark Bittmann < mark at b23 dot io > >> * Sheetal Dolas < sheetal at hortonworks dot com > >> * Discovery Gerdes < discovery.gerdes at rackspace dot com > >> * P. Taylor Goetz < ptgoetz at apache dot org > >> * Andrew Hartnett < andrew.hartnett at rackspace dot com > >> * Dave Hirko < dave at b23 dot io > >> * Paul Kehrer < paul.kehrer at rackspace dot com > >> * Brad Kolarov < brad at b23 dot io > >> * Kiran Komaravolu <kkomaravolu at hortonworks dot com > >> * Larry McCay < lmccay at appache.org > >> * Ryan Merriman < rmerriman at hortonworks dot com > >> * Michael Perez < michael.perez at hortonworks dot com> >> * Charles Porter < Charles.Porter at mcs dot mantech dot com > >> * Phillip Rhodes < motley.crue.fan at gmail dot com > >> * Sean Schulte < sean.schulte at rackspace dot com > >> * James Sirota < jsirota at hortonworks dot com > >> * Casey Stella < cstella at hortonworks dot com > >> * Bryan Taylor < bryan.taylor at rackspace dot com > >> * Ray Urciuoli < Ray.Urciuoli at mcs dot mantech dot com > >> * Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli < vinodkv at apache dot org > >> * George Vetticaden < gvetticaden at hortonworks dot com > >> * Oskar Zabik < oskar.zabik at rackspace dot com > >> >> == Affiliations == >> The initial committers are employees of: >> * Jim Baker - Rackspace >> * Mark Bittmann - B23 >> * Sheetal Dolas - Hortonworks >> * Discovery Gerdes - Rackspace >> * P. Taylor Goetz - Hortonworks >> * Andrew Hartnett - Rackspace >> * Dave Hirko - B23 >> * Paul Kehrer - Rackspace >> * Brad Kolarov - B23 >> * Kiran Komaravolu - Hortonworks >> * Larry McCay - Hortonworks >> * Ryan Merriman - Hortonworks >> * Michael Perez - Hortonworks >> * Charles Porter - Mantech >> * Phillip Rhodes - Fogbeam Labs >> * Sean Schulte - Rackspace >> * James Sirota - Hortonworks >> * Casey Stella - Hortonworks >> * Bryan Taylor - Rackspace >> * Ray Urciuoli - Mantech >> * Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli - Hortonworks >> * George Vetticaden - Hortonworks >> * Oskar Zabik - Rackspace >> >> == Sponsors == >> >> === Champion === >> * Owen O¹Malley - Apache IPMC member >> >> === Nominated Mentors === >> * P. Taylor Goetz < ptgoetz at apache dot org > - Apache IPMC member, >> Hortonworks >> * Chris Mattmann < mattmann at apache dot org > - Apache IPMC member, >> NASA >> * Owen O¹Malley < omalley at apache dot org > - Apache IPMC member, >> Hortonworks >> * Billie Rinaldi < billie at apache dot org > - Apache IPMC member, >> Hortonworks >> * Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli < vinodkv at apache dot org > - Apache IPMC >> member, Hortonworks >> >> === Sponsoring Entity === >> We are requesting the Incubator to sponsor this project. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
