For many enterprises, SIEM has evolved into a ubiquitous and useful tool. It is meant to detect, correlate and alert users to potential threats. In fact, it is an excellent tool to collect and aggregate information in real-time from across the enterprise and present an actionable review of security issues... HOWEVER there are several mission critical aspects of the current generation of SIEM that don't meet modern security needs.

1. 7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

2. For many enterprises, SIEM has evolved into a
ubiquitous and useful tool. It is meant to detect,
correlate and alert users to potential threats. In
fact, it is an excellent tool to collect and
aggregate information in real-time from across
the enterprise and present an actionable review
of security-critical issues...
HOWEVER…
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH
THE CHALLENGES
ARE CLEAR

3. …Current SIEM deployments struggle with
• Bottlenecks of information
• Lack of headcount or expertise to properly
investigate all the data in a timely manner
• Inability to centrally analyze all the silos of
security data
• Detection of usage patterns from a multiplicity
of changing and varied devices, sources
• Escalation cost of maintenance and fine
tuning
Let’s take a more detailed look…
THE CHALLENGES
ARE CLEAR
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

4. 1.
FIXED
DEPLOYMENT
FORM FACTOR
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

5. Current generation SIEMs offer fixed forms; You
get an appliance or software. However, for
most enterprise environments, one size does
not fit all. You need the flexibility to mix and
match form factors based on your organization’s
requirements and enterprise logistics. You
should be able to run software on an existing
server or deploy an appliance based on your
specific problem. In today’s security- conscious
world, you shouldn’t have to be locked into on-
premise or cloud if policies and situations
dictate the need for adaptability.
1.
FIXED
DEPLOYMENT
FORM FACTOR
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

6. HOW CLOUDACCESS IS DIFFERENT
Deployment models shouldn't be a distraction.
We provide either an on premise or cloud-based
solution. CloudAccess recognizes the continued
de-perimeterization of corporate networks and
the emergence of varied communication
channels that require more than traditional
blocking. Our SIEM solution provides the
flexibility to deploy in any configuration and
unlocks SIEM’s true potential with on-demand
scalability.
1.
FIXED
DEPLOYMENT
FORM FACTOR
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

7. 2.
TOO MANY
FALSE POSITIVES
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

8. SIEM systems are notorious for issuing false
alarms. The potential torrent of alerts forces
security teams to deal with an overwhelming
amount of unnecessary information. This often
leads to The Boy Who Cried Wolf syndrome
whereby incidents needing investigation are
ignored as insignificant events. Obviously, current
correlation and anomaly detection algorithms are
not efficient enough. Whether signature-based or
anomaly-based, existing SIEMs are not designed to
correlate behavior patterns and the fine tuning of
an IDS is resource draining.
2.
TOO MANY
FALSE POSITIVES
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

9. HOW CLOUDACCESS IS DIFFERENT
SIEM’s full potential can be unlocked when it
incorporates data beyond NetSec events...when it
can correlate identities, access rights, user and
application activities, audit logs, geo-location,
and NetSec events to prevent and control suspect
behavior based on discovered patterns. This
proactive focus is automated and does not
require hours of fine tuning or script writing. It
leverages the function of each data source to
triage an event in order to determine its threat
level and create true actionable events.
2.
TOO MANY
FALSE POSITIVES
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

10. 3.
BLIND TO
NETWORK
FLOWS
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

11. The network never lies. Attackers always leave a
network trail, and flow data (if collected) can
provide you with another clue that an attack is
happening. By analyzing flow data you can
develop a baseline for network traffic with which
you can compare suspect behavior.
Unfortunately, most of today’s SIEMs don’t pay
attention to network flows.
3.
BLIND TO
NETWORK
FLOWS
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

12. HOW CLOUDACCESS IS DIFFERENT
Our SIEM solution focuses more on detection
and prevention by correlating with other security
tools and seeing their part in the entire network
flow schema. No existing SIEM solution (except
CloudSIEM) analyzes network flow out of the box
to better recognize patterns of behavior.
3.
BLIND TO
NETWORK
FLOWS
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

13. 4.
DIFFICULT TO
SCALE
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

14. Many existing SIEM products are built on
relational databases, which significantly limits
their scalability in an enterprise environment.
Based on an enterprise’s exponential need to
capture and analyze events, it won’t work
without expensive equipment for a distributed
architecture. Additionally, this also needs
complicated rule sets which require a dedicated
database administrator to manage them.
4.
DIFFICULT TO
SCALE
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

15. HOW CLOUDACCESS IS DIFFERENT
Part of CloudSIEM’s differentiation is can be a
cloud-based service. It can quickly and effectively
right size to any organization’s need without
investing in any more architecture or expensive
hardware like servers. Using natural economies of
scale, these costs are already absorbed and
changes are more fluid and immediate. And, as a
service, we provide the additional live analysts to
analyze, respond, alert, and administrate
24/7/365 .
4.
DIFFICULT TO
SCALE
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

16. 5.
LACK OF
BIG DATA
ANALYTICS
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

17. The reality is that traditional SIEM tools are just
not able to capture unstructured data from
across an organization that is relevant to
enterprise security. The collection of logs is
what current SIEM deployments do best.
Therefore, since output is log-based, no matter
how often they are reviewed, these events have
already occurred. Without the input of multiple
parallel silos (i.e. Active Directory, application
activity, device location, etc…, ), SIEM doesn’t
provide Big Data context.
5.
LACK OF
BIG DATA
ANALYTICS
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

18. HOW CLOUDACCESS IS DIFFERENT
The key to CloudSIEM is the provision of wider
context through integration with other security
silos. It can correlate multiple levels of
intelligence looking for behavioral anomalies that
might otherwise get overlooked. Because
CloudSIEM (via CloudAccess REACT) adapts to Big
Data, its analytics put businesses in a better
position to predict attacks in advance by
comparing network states before and after
attacks. It’s not that it correlates all the data, but
offers a clearer picture of how it all fits together.
5.
LACK OF
BIG DATA
ANALYTICS
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

19. 6.
DOESN’T
INTEGRATE WITH
OTHER TOOLS
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

20. Traditional network perimeters no longer exist.
The nature of attacks aren’t standard and grow
more sophisticated every day. Today’s SIEM is
simply not equipped to keep up unless it
communicates with other security assets.
However, to incorporate and integrate all the
various point solution tools, comprehensive
policies, cover all the devices, endpoints and
applications, network activity and devise all the
configurations, collaborations and compliance
requirements might take years and millions of
dollars.
6.
DOESN’T
INTEGRATE WITH
OTHER TOOLS
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

21. HOW CLOUDACCESS IS DIFFERENT
CloudSIEM is an integrated solution (REACT) that
collects, correlates, and analyzes log data plus
configuration, system, asset, and flow data. It
serves as the processing hub for a fully functional
unified security program. Together with REACT, it
can integrate with any security asset such as
single sign on, IDM, IDS, log management, etc.
But, more than sounding alerts, this seamless
integration enables efficient root-cause analysis.
Because everything is interlinked, you can get to
the bottom of an issue in minutes or seconds.
6.
DOESN’T
INTEGRATE WITH
OTHER TOOLS
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

22. 7.
TIME TO VALUE
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

23. The higher the cost of a product, the more time
it takes to realize a return on investment. A 7 or
8-figure investment requires a huge value for
payback. It is also a challenge to realize a return
when the investment itself continues to grow. In
the end, value is a risk versus reward sum.
Whether dealing with the hard and soft costs of
compliance, a breach, reputation, current SIEM
deployments time to value are especially long;
and often times, impossible to recover.
7.
TIME TO VALUE
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

24. HOW CLOUDACCESS IS DIFFERENT
If security is weighted by a risk versus reward
investment, CloudSIEM offers the most
comprehensive, feature-rich, and proven-
effective option for any company looking to
increase organizational control, identify and close
vulnerability gaps, maintain compliance, and
protect its most valuable assets. SIEM-as-a-
Service is no longer an alternative, but a means
to create a proactive advantage without
sacrificing resources.
7.
TIME TO VALUE
7 REASONS EXISTING SIEM
IS NOT ENOUGH

25. LET US SHOW YOU SIEM-AS-A-SERVICE:
CloudSIEM from CloudAccess provides SIEM-as-
a-Service with the same level of protection as the
top SIEM solutions, and includes enterprise log
management at no extra cost. You get all the
standard SIEM and Log features PLUS:
• Vulnerability scanning
• Asset discovery and management
• NetFlow analytics
• Live 24/7 analysis and escalation
• Seamless integration with REACT (pattern
recognition engine)
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