
Databricks pitches Lakewatch as a cheaper SIEM — but is it really?
Databricks has previewed a new open agentic Security Information and Event Management software (SIEM) named Lakewatch that signals its first deliberate step beyond data warehousing into security analytics. The data warehouse-provider is pitching Lakewatch as a lower-cost alternative to traditional security tools, arguing that consolidating security analytics into its data platform can reduce overall spend. “Right now, existing solutions’ (rival SIEMs) ingestion costs force teams to discard up to 75% of their data, so while attackers can use AI to attack anywhere, defenders only see a fraction of their own data. Our goal with Lakewatch is to close this gap… because our lakehouse architecture ...