Introduction: The Genesis of Invinsense
As the lead Software Engineer at Infopercept Consulting, I’ve had the privilege of architecting and developing Invinsense, our flagship XDR/OXDR cybersecurity platform. This post shares the technical journey, challenges, and innovations that went into creating an enterprise-grade security platform that now protects organizations across multiple industries.
The Vision Behind Invinsense
When we started the Invinsense project at Infopercept Consulting in July 2024, the cybersecurity landscape was crying out for a solution that could:
- Break vendor lock-in while maintaining enterprise-grade capabilities
- Unify disparate security tools into a cohesive defense strategy
- Scale seamlessly from single-tenant to multi-tenant deployments
- Provide actionable intelligence rather than just alerts
- Automate response without sacrificing control
Architecture Deep Dive
Multi-Tenancy by Design
One of the core challenges was building a platform that could serve both single-tenant enterprise deployments and multi-tenant SaaS offerings:
// Multi-tenant data isolation architecturepub struct TenantIsolation { tenant_id: Uuid, data_boundaries: DataBoundary, encryption_keys: TenantKeyStore, resource_quotas: ResourceLimits,}
impl TenantIsolation { pub fn enforce_isolation(&self, request: &Request) -> Result<(), IsolationError> { // Cryptographic isolation at the data layer self.verify_tenant_context(request)?; self.apply_encryption_boundary()?; self.enforce_resource_limits()?; Ok(()) }}
Custom OpenSearch Dashboard Plugins
A significant part of my work involved creating custom visualization plugins for OpenSearch Dashboards:
// Custom threat visualization pluginexport class ThreatVisualizationPlugin implements Plugin { private threatDataService: ThreatDataService; private correlationEngine: CorrelationEngine;
public setup(core: CoreSetup): void { // Register custom visualization types expressions.registerFunction(threatMapVisualization); expressions.registerFunction(attackChainTimeline); expressions.registerFunction(riskScoreMatrix);
// Enhanced security analytics this.registerSecurityDashboards(core); }
private async renderThreatLandscape(data: SecurityEvents[]): Promise<Visualization> { const correlated = await this.correlationEngine.correlate(data); const enriched = await this.enrichWithThreatIntel(correlated); return this.visualizationRenderer.render(enriched); }}
Rust-Powered System Monitoring
Leveraging Rust’s performance and safety guarantees, I developed cross-platform monitoring agents:
use tokio::time::{interval, Duration};use sysinfo::{System, SystemExt, ProcessExt};
pub struct InvinsenseAgent { system: System, collectors: Vec<Box<dyn DataCollector>>, transmitter: SecureTransmitter,}
impl InvinsenseAgent { pub async fn monitor(&mut self) -> Result<(), MonitorError> { let mut interval = interval(Duration::from_secs(5));
loop { interval.tick().await;
// Collect system metrics self.system.refresh_all();
// Gather security events let events = self.collect_security_events().await?;
// Apply local correlation let correlated = self.local_correlation(&events)?;
// Secure transmission to platform self.transmitter.send_encrypted(correlated).await?; } }
async fn collect_security_events(&self) -> Result<Vec<SecurityEvent>, CollectionError> { let mut events = Vec::new();
for collector in &self.collectors { let collected = collector.collect().await?; events.extend(collected); }
Ok(events) }}
Technical Challenges and Solutions
1. Real-time Processing at Scale
Challenge: Processing millions of events per second while maintaining sub-second detection times.
Solution: Implemented a multi-tier processing architecture:
// Event processing pipelinepub struct EventPipeline { // Layer 1: High-speed ingestion ingestion: KafkaConsumer,
// Layer 2: Stream processing stream_processor: FlinkProcessor,
// Layer 3: Complex event correlation correlation: CorrelationEngine,
// Layer 4: ML-based analysis ml_analyzer: TensorFlowModel,}
2. Cross-Platform Agent Deployment
Challenge: Deploying monitoring agents across Windows, Linux, and containerized environments.
Solution: Created a unified Rust codebase with platform-specific implementations:
#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]mod windows_collector { use windows::Win32::System::EventLog;
pub fn collect_events() -> Vec<Event> { // Windows-specific event collection }}
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]mod linux_collector { use inotify::{Inotify, WatchMask};
pub fn collect_events() -> Vec<Event> { // Linux-specific event collection using inotify }}
3. Automated Security Testing in CI/CD
Challenge: Integrating comprehensive security testing without slowing down development.
Solution: Parallel security scanning pipeline:
# GitLab CI/CD pipeline for Invinsensesecurity-scan: parallel: matrix: - SCAN_TYPE: [sast, dast, dependency, container] script: - | case $SCAN_TYPE in sast) semgrep --config=auto --json -o sast-report.json . ;; dast) zap-full-scan.py -t $TARGET_URL -r dast-report.html ;; dependency) cargo audit safety check ;; container) trivy image $IMAGE_NAME ;; esac artifacts: reports: security: "*-report.*"
Innovation Highlights
1. Adaptive Threat Intelligence
Invinsense doesn’t just consume threat intelligence; it learns and adapts:
pub struct AdaptiveThreatIntel { base_models: Vec<ThreatModel>, environment_profile: EnvironmentProfile, learning_rate: f64,}
impl AdaptiveThreatIntel { pub fn adapt(&mut self, observed_threats: &[Threat]) { // Learn from local environment for threat in observed_threats { self.update_models(threat); self.adjust_detection_thresholds(threat); }
// Generate custom IoCs let custom_iocs = self.generate_environment_specific_iocs(); self.distribute_to_agents(custom_iocs); }}
2. Zero-Trust Integration
Built-in zero-trust capabilities that go beyond traditional perimeter security:
pub struct ZeroTrustEngine { identity_verifier: IdentityVerifier, device_trust: DeviceTrustEvaluator, context_analyzer: ContextAnalyzer,
pub fn evaluate_access(&self, request: &AccessRequest) -> AccessDecision { let identity_score = self.identity_verifier.verify(&request.identity); let device_score = self.device_trust.evaluate(&request.device); let context_score = self.context_analyzer.analyze(&request.context);
// Continuous verification match (identity_score, device_score, context_score) { (score, _, _) if score < 0.5 => AccessDecision::Deny, (_, _, context) if context.is_anomalous() => AccessDecision::Challenge, _ => AccessDecision::AllowWithMonitoring, } }}
3. Automated Remediation Framework
Invinsense doesn’t just detect; it acts:
pub struct RemediationOrchestrator { playbooks: HashMap<ThreatType, RemediationPlaybook>, executors: Vec<Box<dyn RemediationExecutor>>,
pub async fn remediate(&self, threat: &Threat) -> RemediationResult { let playbook = self.select_playbook(threat);
// Pre-remediation snapshot let snapshot = self.create_system_snapshot().await?;
// Execute remediation let result = self.execute_playbook(playbook, threat).await?;
// Verify success if !self.verify_remediation(&result).await? { self.rollback(snapshot).await?; return RemediationResult::Failed; }
RemediationResult::Success(result) }}
Deployment Strategies
Container Orchestration with Kubernetes
Invinsense leverages Kubernetes for scalable deployments:
apiVersion: apps/v1kind: Deploymentmetadata: name: invinsense-core namespace: invinsensespec: replicas: 3 selector: matchLabels: app: invinsense-core template: metadata: labels: app: invinsense-core spec: containers: - name: correlation-engine image: infopercept/invinsense-correlation:latest resources: requests: memory: "4Gi" cpu: "2" limits: memory: "8Gi" cpu: "4" - name: detection-engine image: infopercept/invinsense-detection:latest env: - name: ML_MODEL_PATH value: "/models/latest" - name: response-orchestrator image: infopercept/invinsense-response:latest
Docker Compose for Development
Simplified development environment:
version: '3.8'services: opensearch: image: opensearchproject/opensearch:2.11.0 environment: - discovery.type=single-node - OPENSEARCH_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m volumes: - opensearch-data:/usr/share/opensearch/data
invinsense-api: build: ./api environment: - OPENSEARCH_URL=http://opensearch:9200 - RUST_LOG=debug depends_on: - opensearch
invinsense-ui: build: ./ui ports: - "3000:3000" depends_on: - invinsense-api
volumes: opensearch-data:
Performance Metrics in Production
After deploying Invinsense across multiple enterprise clients:
Processing Capabilities
- Event Ingestion: 2M+ events/second sustained
- Detection Latency: < 500ms for known patterns
- Correlation Window: 30-day sliding window for behavioral analysis
- Storage Efficiency: 10:1 compression ratio with intelligent archiving
Operational Metrics
- False Positive Rate: < 1.5% after tuning
- Mean Time to Detect (MTTD): 3 minutes average
- Mean Time to Respond (MTTR): 8 minutes with automation
- Platform Availability: 99.99% SLA achieved
Lessons Learned
1. Performance Optimization is Continuous
// Example: Optimizing correlation engine// Before: O(n²) correlationpub fn correlate_naive(events: &[Event]) -> Vec<Correlation> { let mut correlations = Vec::new(); for i in 0..events.len() { for j in i+1..events.len() { if events[i].correlates_with(&events[j]) { correlations.push(Correlation::new(&events[i], &events[j])); } } } correlations}
// After: O(n log n) with intelligent indexingpub fn correlate_optimized(events: &[Event]) -> Vec<Correlation> { let index = build_correlation_index(events); index.find_correlations()}
2. Customer Feedback Drives Innovation
Features like custom dashboard plugins and automated remediation came directly from customer needs during early deployments.
3. Security is Never “Done”
Continuous security testing, regular penetration testing, and constant updates are essential for a security platform.
Future Roadmap
Near Term (Q1-Q2 2025)
- AI-Powered Threat Hunting: GPT-4 integration for natural language threat queries
- Extended IoT/OT Support: Specialized collectors for industrial control systems
- Cloud-Native SIEM: Fully serverless deployment option
Long Term (2025-2026)
- Quantum-Resistant Cryptography: Preparing for post-quantum threats
- Autonomous Security Operations: Self-healing security infrastructure
- Federated Learning: Privacy-preserving threat intelligence sharing
Open Source Contributions
While Invinsense is a commercial platform, we’ve open-sourced several components:
- rust-siem-parser: High-performance log parsing library
- opensearch-security-analytics: Enhanced analytics plugins
- kubernetes-security-operator: Automated security policy enforcement
Conclusion
Building Invinsense has been an incredible journey of technical challenges, innovative solutions, and continuous learning. From designing multi-tenant architectures to implementing real-time correlation engines, every aspect pushed the boundaries of what’s possible in enterprise security platforms.
The platform now protects thousands of endpoints across multiple organizations, processing billions of events daily and preventing countless security incidents. But we’re just getting started.
Get Involved
If you’re interested in:
- Learning more about Invinsense
- Contributing to our open-source components
- Joining the team at Infopercept Consulting
- Implementing XDR/OXDR in your organization
Reach out through LinkedIn or explore our work at Infopercept Consulting.
“Building the future of cybersecurity, one line of code at a time.”
Anubhav Gain
Software Engineer, Infopercept Consulting
Architect of Invinsense XDR/OXDR Platform