The Two-Headed SIEM Monster - by Omer Singer

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The government defines SIEM as “a single system to improve the detection and remediation of security issues,” but what happens when you have more than one? The SIEM’s role as the place where security events get centralized has eroded as security data exploded simultaneously as analytics requirements for large SOCs became more sophisticated. Now, emerging trends are transforming the problem from too many silos to too many SIEMs. This spells trouble for security operations, where two heads are not at all better than one. Let’s unpack the trends pushing SOCs to rely on multiple SIEMs. We’ll see that these powerful currents will likely shape security operations for years to come. First, what do all the Gartner EDR MQ leaders have in common? Under the banner of XDR, they’ve all started selling SIEM. CrowdStrike says we’ve got Next-Gen SIEM and Log Management Microsoft will sell you An easy and powerful SIEM solution Palo Alto didn’t like that others copied “XDR” so they called their SIEM by

The Two-Headed SIEM Monster Industry trends point to multiple SIEMs becoming a wider problem for security operations Omer Singer Feb 08, 2024 4 Share The government defines SIEM as “a single system to improve the detection and remediation of security issues,” but what happens when you have more than one? The SIEM’s role as the place where security events get centralized has eroded as security data exploded simultaneously as analytics requirements for large SOCs became more sophisticated. Now, emerging trends are transforming the problem from too many silos to too many SIEMs. This spells troubl

The Two-Headed SIEM Monster - by Omer Singer

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