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Figure 3-11 shows an overview of the major blocks of the IBM Cloud Pak for Security 
architecture.
Figure 3-11   Major components of the IBM Cloud Pak for Security
IBM Cloud Pak for Security data sources consist of several components. The threats 
investigating capabilities are bound to the IBM Cloud Pak for Security through special 
components called connectors. The data explores orchestration and automation capability 
can be alerted by various connectors, as listed in Table 3-1.
Table 3-1   Examples of data sources and connectors
Although IBM Cloud Pak for Security includes a library of connectors, connectors can be 
created by using an Open Toolkit.
Data source Connectors
SIEM IBM QRadar®, Splunk
Data Lake Elasticsearch
EDR Carbon Black Response
IBM Guardium® Guardium Data Protection
Big Fix Big Fix Compliance
AWS Cloud Watch, Guard Duty
Azure Azure Monitor
IBM Cloud IBM Cloud Advisor