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With the increasing sophistication of hackers, and the rising black market price of sensitive data IT has a huge target on its back. Data breaches are expected to cost the global economy $2 trillion by 2019. Therefore, the need for a SIEM – Security Information and Event Management – solution is critical for detecting attacks as early as possible.
At the same time, IT has to support more and more devices, both in and outside of their organization. Technologies such as virtualization and SaaS solutions bring much-needed efficiencies to business, but further strain limited IT resources. Therefore, the SIEM solution needs to be easy-to-use and intelligent.
And then there is compliance. No matter what industry you’re in, you are touched by compliance requirements whether it’s PCI, HIPAA, SOX or FISMA. A SIEM solution can help with compliance in two ways:
Are you prepared? Unlike internal IT programs, where the risk is controlled by the organization, compliance programs carry external risk, whether contractual or regulatory. Here are some examples of cases where companies have failed to meet their compliance requirements:
Fines are only one negative consequence of improperly managed programs. Reputational damage, lost customers, and decreased morale are others. However, if starting a compliance program appears overwhelming, keep in mind that there are many vendors willing to offer services to assist.
SolarWinds Log & Event Manager is a powerful SIEM that helps prevent data loss internally & externally, track access to sensitive files & systems, and ensure change management controls are in place. The easy to deploy virtual appliance provides real-time, in-memory event correlation, active responses, threat intelligence, and USB device monitoring.
In addition, it provides out-of-the-box compliance reports/rules, pre-configured filters, and file integrity monitoring to detect file and registry changes so you can rapidly identify compliance policy violations. Other key features include:
Over 3500 resource-constrained security pros rely on SolarWinds Log & Event Manager for powerful, affordable, and efficient security information and event management (SIEM).
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Author Bio: Karthik Ramachandran is a Senior Product Marketing Specialist at SolarWinds who has extensive IT management expertise in systems management including application, server and remote IT management.