The Evolution of Anomali: How Anomali's ThreatStream has evolved into delivering a differentiated approach to XDR

Joe Ariganello

Published on

July 11, 2022

Table of Contents

As a cybersecurity innovator, Anomali’s founder, Hugh Njemanze, looks at an unsolved problem through the combined lens of technical, business and end user requirements.

When he founded Anomali, then called ThreatStream, he saw a critical need to make threat intelligence relevant and ultimately actionable. Hugh has continued to apply his entrepreneurial approach, now delivering a big data solution that helps security teams quickly understand threats, determine the impact, and respond quickly to solve for the extended detection and response needs of the business.

Hugh recently joined Mitch Ashley at RSA 2022 to discuss Anomali’s intelligence-driven extended detection and response (XDR) cybersecurity solutions.

Listen as Hugh discusses how the early days of SIEMs and Anomali’s ThreatStream has culminated in an offering that is now focused on delivering a differentiated approach to XDR.

You’ll hear more about:

Why threat intelligence is a key component of an in-depth security program
Why organization's need to gain a better understanding of what adversaries are doing and their intent
Hugh’s thoughts on what XDR is and should be
How XDR breaks down silos and ties information about attacks and attackers together

Before XDR was XDR, we were extending the ability to collect and manage unlimited levels of threat data, making it available for investigations, enabling internal threat detection by matching it against all telemetry, and ultimately helping to power faster response by operationalizing intelligence across security infrastructures. Hugh Njemanze

Today - Anchored by big data management and refined by artificial intelligence, The Anomali Platform, a differentiated XDR solution, delivers unique proprietary capabilities that correlates the largest repository of global intelligence with telemetry from customer-deployed security solutions. This combination empowers security operations teams to detect threats with precision, optimize response, achieve resiliency and ultimately stop attackers and breaches.

Listen to the interview and read Hugh’s blog to learn more.

FEATURED RESOURCES

January 27, 2026

Anomali Cyber Watch

Anomali Cyber Watch: Evelyn Stealer Abuses, PDFSider Malware, Open-Source Tools Deploy RAT and more

Evelyn Stealer Abuses Developer Tooling to Harvest Credentials. Stealthy Backdoor Abuse: PDFSider Malware Evades Detection and Enables Persistent Access. Social Media Phishing Campaign Leverages Open-Source Tools to Deploy RAT. And More..

January 20, 2026

Anomali Cyber Watch

Anomali Cyber Watch: Remcos RAT, BitB phishing, Linux Malware Framework, Supply Chain Intrusion and more

New Malware Campaign Delivers Remcos RAT Through Text-Only Staging and Living-Off-the-Land Execution. Browser-in-the-Browser Phishing Evolves into a High-Fidelity Credential Trap. Cloud-Aware Linux Malware Framework Poised for Future Threats. And More..

January 13, 2026

Anomali Cyber Watch

Anomali Cyber Watch: Cisco ISE Flaw, Ni8mare, N8scape, Zero-Click Prompt Injection and more

Anomali Cyber Watch: Cisco ISE Flaw Enables Arbitrary File Read via Administrative Access. Ni8mare and N8scape Vulnerabilities Expose n8n Automation Platforms to Full Compromise. Zero-Click Prompt Injection Abuse Enables Silent Data Exfiltration via AI Agents. Phishing Attacks Exploit Misconfigured Email Routing to Spoof Internal Domains. Ransomware Activity in the U.S. Continued to Rise in 2025. Android Ghost Tap Malware Drives Remote NFC Payment Fraud Campaigns. Black Cat SEO Poisoning Malware Campaign Exploits Software Search Results. MuddyWater Upgrades Espionage Arsenal with RustyWater RAT in Middle East Spear-Phishing. China-Linked ESXi VM Escape Exploit Observed in the Wild. Instagram Denies Data Breach Despite Claims of 17.5 Million Account Data Leak

Explore All