What is SIEM?
SIEM stands for Security Information and Event Management and is a security solution that enables and empowers organizations to detect, analyze and respond to vulnerabilities and security threats before they harm or impact or have a chance to disrupt any business operations across the organization. The principle for any SIEM system in an organization is to aggregate the data which is relevant from multiple sources and then to identify the norms and then take the appropriate actions so to make sure there is no impact on the business operations in the organization.
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Advanced SIEM system includes user and entity behavior as well as the capability of SOAR - Security Orchestration Automation and Response.
The benefits of SIEM
Its worth understanding every time that taking proactive measures enables any organization to mitigate security risk in the lowest turnaround time and reduces any time to react to potential threats and vulnerabilities. There are benefits of SIEM and some of them are as follows:
AI-enabled Automation
Advanced SIEM solutions have SOAR capability which saves time and resources as they use deep machine learning which simply adapts the network behavior.
Reduced MTTI
Reduces Mean Time to Identify i.e, it reduces the time to identify threat significantly.
Detecting Advanced and Unknown Threats
Acknowledging how the cybersecurity landscape changes SIEM solutions can successfully mitigate against breaches such as:
- DDoS Attacks
- SQL Injections
- Phishing Attacks
- Data Exfiltration
- Insider threats
Forensic Analysis
SIEM solutions even empower with detailed forensic analysis in the threat of major security breaches.
Holistic View
SIEM solutions enable a holistic view of an organization's information security environment, making it easier t analyze the security information.
Basic Features of SIEM Solution
- Network Visibility
- Threat Intelligence
- Realtime Alerting
- Analytics
- IT Integration
- Security Integration
- IT Compliance
- Automation
- Forensic Capabilities
Network Visibility
The SIEM solution can get us additional insights into assets, and protocols by inspecting packet capture in network flows.
Threat Intelligence
The ability to incorporate either proprietary or open source intelligence in SIEM solutions empowers to combat modern-day vulnerabilities and attack signatures. Thus an added threat intelligence capability adds a whole new dimension to the usability of SIEM solutions.
Realtime Alerting
The ability to have an alert and notification enables experience and might address regular business and operation insights.
Analytics
SIEM solutions with machine learning and AI-enabled analytics help investigate more sophisticated and complex attacks.
IT Integration
SIEM solutions help in better visibility with the ability to integrate with other IT solutions that exist in the infrastructure. Thus the added ability of IT Integration is a huge benefit.
Security Integration
SIEM solutions with the ability to integrate with Security solutions that are present in the infrastructure enable more in-depth investigation.
IT Compliance
SIEM solutions that enable IT Compliance are in huge demand as they assist in on-demand internal security audits.
Automation
SIEM solutions that offer automation enable automated security analysis and incident responses.
Forensic Capabilities
SIEM solutions empower the organization with Forensic Capabilities by capturing additional information from the header and contents of packets of interest.
An improved orchestration with better collaboration with MDR (Managed Detection and Response) tools and enhanced SOAR capability with cloud management and monitoring is what the future of SIEM solutions is about to do. SIEM solutions make a proactive approach which makes the best experience for the organization thus profit-centric. SIEM solutions have evolved from log management solutions to such an incredible proactive solution in such a short period of time and the possibilities are endless.
Summary
In this article, we have learned about SIEM solutions, their benefits, and their basic features of SIEM solutions. Hope you enjoyed the article and feel free to share it with your friends and family.