# Security Events Filters vs. Ingest Node Pipelines

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-events-filters-vs-ingest-node-pipelines/306447>\
**Category:** SIEM\
**Tags:** ingest-pipeline\
**Created:** [June 6, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-events-filters-vs-ingest-node-pipelines/306447 "2022-06-06T12:33:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![AndreiRD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AndreiRD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndreiRD)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-events-filters-vs-ingest-node-pipelines/306447/1 "2022-06-06T12:33:31Z")

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Hi,

What are the pros and cons of using Security Event Filters over the Ingest Node Pipelines for dropping unwanted log data? Ingest Pipelines seem to allow more granularity.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-events-filters-vs-ingest-node-pipelines/306447/2 "2022-07-04T12:34:04Z")

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