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Check out the latest happenings in the world of IT from our Locknet® experts. In this issue, we highlight some topics your organization should be aware of to minimize risks. Specifically, mitigating insider threats to your security and the risks of hanging on to legacy data.
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SIEM, not to be confused with Seim the language of Papua New Guinea, or a river in Ukraine, is an acronym for Security Information and Event Management.
SIEM is a complex set of technologies that form a big eye in your technical infrastructure watching for every subtle sleight of hand being played by cybercriminals. It’s the big brother to your firewall and antivirus—that provides real-time analysis of security alerts generated by network hardware and applications. It really is complex.
It’s SIEM’s complexity that sends the crooks off to find easier jobs. As big banks continue to harden their security—small to midsize banks have become cybercrime’s new sweet spot. As the threats rise, bank examiners are suggesting SIEM. Many smaller banks have been told about SIEM but don’t know how to use it. SIEM is not a simple box that can be dropped in and incidents pop out like a neon sign.
Banks are not in the security business, nor can they afford to test out the many SIEM technologies available. Without care and feeding, SIEM is just a log manager.
“Complexity is a big issue, as are issues with the cost of ownership. It’s not just an issue of acquiring and installing SIEM. You have to do quite a bit of integration, configuration, and ongoing maintenance. And you’ve got to have dedicated resources for it if you want it to be responsive,” says Dean Francis, author of IT Pro Ranking: SIEM.
Some customer-focused MSSPs are doing the research. They’re making the investment to test the technologies and find the best SIEM option for their customers. A managed security partner can also add the human expertise needed to interpret SIEM’s core log correlation talent to provide threat information in real-time—as it’s happening.
It’s difficult for small to midsize banks to keep up with SIEMS logs, catch the irregularities and respond to them appropriately. Looking at the depth of its capabilities, it’s easy to see why.
SIEM logging capabilities include:
Logs need analysis. A security partner has quick access to a wealth of historical data, network, and user activities for anomalies and patterns that raise red flags in your network - including discovering the root cause of the threat, breach, failure, or activity that appears to be non-compliant.
Automated quick response actions in SIEM software contain the threats and have even expanded beyond security to cover IT troubleshooting and issue remediation.
Logging analysis software can:
One of the key values SIEM brings to banking is regulatory compliance and reporting capability. Be aware that not all SEIM products ensure compliance reporting such as:
SIEM is the big eye watching over your infrastructure. Based on the success of large bank use of SIEM to thwart breaches, it’s time small to midsize banks had the same protection. Partnering with a managed service security provider can be an affordable path to security and peace of mind.
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