We were right… SIEM is Dead!
At the end of last year we announced our belief that SIEM, as an effective tool for protecting large distributed networks against cyber or insider attack, was dead. We cited the growing complexity of attacks, driven in part by: - …
For SIEM 2.0 Read SIEM 1.0 [with some shiny new marketing]
Wandering the show floor at RSA I was intrigued by a demo of what was billed as ‘SIEM 2.0′. I was intrigued… does SIEM have a new pretender to its crown? Sadly, it appears that SIEM 2.0 is just a…
It’s not about adding another data source…
…it’s what you do with it that counts! The New York Times Bits blog devoted 700 words to IBM’s announcement earlier this week that it has now managed to connect its newly acquired QRadar SIEM platform to its X-Force database….
Everything you ever wanted to know about Situational Awareness… [but were afraid to ask!]
Most security professionals will, by now, be aware of the term Situational Awareness – but how many understand what it actually is? How many understand how to deliver it within their organization? Situational Awareness has become one of the big…
If Containment is the New Prevention…
A couple of weeks ago, Websense published its cybersecurity predictions for 2012. One in particular prediction caught our eye: that containment will become the new prevention. We’re assuming that Websense’ prediction is that the focus for many organizations will shift…
Get Situational Awareness Today… No Strings Attached!
Today we are pleased to make available SecureVue Express, a no-cost version of our award-winning SecureVue, the industry’s first unified situational awareness platform. SecureVue Express is available as a
Put up, or shut up!
Vijay Basani, President and CEO of eIQnetworks, challenges both McAfee and IBM to prove they can deliver what they claim. He says empty marketing claims and misinformation won’t help it when it comes to convincing the industry. Following the announcements that IBM and…
SIEM or Situational Awareness: crash avoidance or crash investigation!
You’re piloting a 747 cruising at 35,000ft and travelling at 555 mph. Suddenly your TCAS [traffic collision avoidance system] warns you that you’re on a collision course with another aircraft. There are the two questions you need to answer –…
File Under “Mergers & Acquisitions”
Well, this week two more SIEM vendors have been snatched up. bringing the total number of acquired SIEM technologies to… let’s see here… Network Intelligence (bought by RSA/EMC), Arcsight (acquired by HP), Q1 Labs (to IBM), and Nitro (bought by…
Hindsight is a wonderful thing!
The 2012 edition of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report was published last week and makes interesting reading for anyone working in or associated with information security. A couple of statistics stand out: 97% of breaches in 2011 were avoidable…