Can Your SIEM Do This?

Frost & Sullivan seeks to assess SIEM performance as research shows increasing security threats demand a modern approach

SANTA CLARA, California, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- With today's security threats graver and more voluminous than they've ever been, the biggest problem facing analysts in almost any enterprise Security Operation Center (SOC) is clear: protecting an ever-expanding attack surface. The professionalism of cyber tradecraft, growing use of big data and advanced analytics techniques, and a burgeoning black market consisting of attack tools, techniques and even services-for-hire all contribute to a larger and more sinister threat landscape.

Frost & Sullivan has developed an assessment tool to evaluate the current security posture and security information and event management (SIEM) suite of an organization to help fight back against security threats.

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According to Melanie Turek, fellow and VP at Frost & Sullivan, the distributed nature of IT resources and end-user devices and the accelerating pace of digital transformation further leaves enterprises exposed more than ever before.

"In some ways, companies have brought the challenge on themselves," said Turek. "To improve employee efficiency and customer service, most enterprises have embraced a hybrid approach to IT that comprises premises-based networks, public and private clouds and wireless access. But that makes everything a potential attack vector."

To combat these attacks and improve protection, a successful SIEM solution must achieve four important outcomes:

1. Complete visibility: You cannot protect what you cannot see.
2. Mean-time-to-detect: Quickly determining indicators of compromise prevents damage.
3. Mean-time-to-respond: A cybersecurity strategy must strike a balance between detection and response.
4. Root-cause analysis: In the event of a security alert, a SOC team must determine exactly when and where the breach occurred.

SIEM is one of the oldest cybersecurity technologies still in use today. However, the much-needed evolution to the modern SIEM suite can make all the difference in detecting and responding to radical threats.

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