# Cisco Talos empowers threat researchers while reducing TCO by 75% with ClickHouse Cloud

DevFeed: [Cisco Talos empowers threat researchers while reducing TCO by 75% with ClickHouse Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cisco-talos-empowers-threat-researchers-while-reducing-tco-by-75-with-clickhouse-cloud-5043.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/cisco>)

Author: ClickHouse

Published: 2026-06-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>), [Cisco Talos](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cisco-talos.md>), [Threat Research](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/threat-research.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databricks.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>), [parquet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/parquet.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [cisco-talos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cisco-talos.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databricks.md>), [event-driven](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event-driven.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [parquet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parquet.md>), [s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/s3.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>)

## AI overview

Cisco Talos migrated a nearly 2-trillion-row, 2 PB threat-intelligence dataset from self-managed ClickHouse to ClickHouse Cloud on AWS with zero downtime and a complete data match. The move reduced storage costs by about 90% and total cost of ownership by about 75%.

## Source excerpt

Cisco Talos runs a threat intelligence reputation service on ClickHouse Cloud, classifying file hashes so researchers can make fast, accurate security decisions.