Is Traditional SIEM good enough for Protecting your Business?

Forrester’s research, in a November 2014 report, uncovered a market in which Device Management and Continuous Monitoring can no longer rely on traditional SIEM solutions to detect and stop cyberbreach.  Security analytics and threat intelligence are required weapons needed in today’s fight against the persistent threat landscape.

Cybersecurity is about reducing and managing risk. The generally accepted approach for measuring risk is Probability multiplied by Impact.  As risk levels mature along with the increase of threats and vulnerabilities, traditional SIEM tools simply cannot keep up.  Most of the press focuses in on threats and attacks, however business changes and business-driven technology are major changes that also expose new Security risks:

• Choose your own IT (CYOIT and BYOD)
• Increased virtualization and use of cloud and software-as a-service (SaaS)
• Concerns with Supply chain integrity
• The Internet of Things/Everything

Each one of these examples provides new attack channels and targets for increasingly-sophisticated hackers, intensifying the risk that organizations will be breached. The common denominator for these trends are they cause breakage in the ability to control and monitor the flow of sensitive information traversing in and out of the organization.

Where do we find the time, expertise, money, and resources needed to help keep with today’s threat landscape and business demand?

The market is trending towards partnering with MSSP’s to provide critical foundational services such as security device management and continuous threat and breach monitoring.  The market is demanding the business of security services partners with the expertise and skillsets to help them identify security gaps, prepare for audits, and implement on-going security and compliance programs.