Existing monolithic security analytics tools are no match for advanced malware, stealthy attack techniques. Moores law and open source are helping to accelerate innovation. Security analysts will need to be sold on new types of analytics tools. Big data security analytics is a solution, not a product. Security analysts working in the SOC are a quirky crew. They tend to base security analysis on an asymmetric investigation process that involves open source tools, Excel scripts and scripts. On balance, expect strong interest and growing revenue for big data security solutions in 2014.”]