IT environments are growing ever more distributed, complex and difficult to manage. The role of Security Information and Event Management technologies is more important than ever.
Compliance
Almost every business is bound by some form of regulation.The Privacy Act Notifiable Data Breach Scheme 2018 and APRA CPS 234 are very relevant examples. Attaining and maintaining compliance with these regulations and avoid the heavy penalties can be a daunting task.
SIEM technologies can address these requirements both directly and indirectly.
Compliance requires log management to maintain an audit trail of activity. SIEM technology provides a mechanism to quickly deploy a log collection infrastructure that directly delivers on this requirement and allows both instant analysis and access to recent operations data as well as the archival and retrieval of old data.
PRACSEC SIEM offering supplies packaged reports that directly map to specific compliance regulations. These can be run with minimal configuration, will aggregate and generate reports from across the enterprise to meet audit requirements.
Operations Enhancement
One of the greatest benefits reported by our customers is the unprecedented visibility of their operations that is gained. The numerous sensors that can be deployed instantly allow business owners to identify problems and vulnerabilities as well as gaining insight to their operations.
A SIEM can pull data from disparate systems into a single pane of glass, allowing for efficient and proactive action towards a resilient operation.
Threat Detection
New attack vectors and vulnerabilities are discovered every day. Firewalls, IDS/IPS and AV solutions all look for malicious activity at various points within the IT infrastructure, from the perimeter to endpoints. However, many of these solutions are not equipped to detect zero-day attacks. A SIEM can detect activity associated with an attack rather than the attack itself.
A SIEM can be configured to detect activity surrounding such an attack.
PRACSEC hosted SIEM technology offers enhanced endpoint monitoring capabilities out of the box, that keep track of processes starting and stopping and network connections opening and closing. By correlating process activity and network connections from host machines a SIEM can detect attacks, without ever having to inspect packets or payloads.
Incident Forensics
SIEM technology, with its ability to automate log monitoring, correlation, pattern recognition, alerting and forensic investigations, is emerging as a central nervous system for gathering and generating IT intelligence.
By storing and protecting historical logs, and providing tools to quickly navigate and correlate the data, SIEM technologies allow for rapid, thorough and court-admissible forensics investigations. A vital component to be in a position to report on any Notifiable Data Breach.
Please call us on 1300 23 20 20 or email us at info@pracsec.com.au to learn more about PRACSEC's SIEM technology subscription service.