The power of a single view: Unifying security and observability in banking

Financial institutions lose millions during system downtime and customer trust with security breaches. In 2025, banks realize system monitoring and security are intertwined challenges. Siloed performance monitoring and security teams are inadequate against modern, rapid threats. Bank Leumi unified its system visibility and security using Elastic's Search AI Platform. This consolidation led to a 60% faster threat detection rate for the bank. Issue remediation was also improved by 50% due to the unified approach. Security monitoring costs saw a significant 40% reduction after the platform integration. Ken Exner suggests GenAI can fulfill both security and observability demands. He believes LLMs can contain expert knowledge, compensating for a shortage of experienced professionals. Pattern matching, a core function of DevOps and security analysts, can be efficiently handled by machines.