This document discusses the evolution of security from perimeter controls pre-2005 to cognitive, cloud, and collaborative security approaches from 2015 onward. It introduces IBM's QRadar security intelligence solution and how IBM's Watson for Cyber Security can be used with QRadar Advisor to accelerate security investigations. Watson uses cognitive capabilities like machine learning to identify threats and relationships between entities faster than human analysts alone. The document reviews the types of observables that may be sent to Watson to aid its analysis while maintaining privacy, security and control over the data.