This solution overview discusses solving Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) challenges with RSA Security Analytics, which enables security analysts to be effective in protecting an organization’s digital assets and IT systems.
LTS SECURE SECURITY INFORMATION AND EVENT MANAGEMENT (SIEM)rver21
LTS Secure Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), is a technology that provides real-time analysis of security alerts generated by network hardware and applications.
LTS SECURE SECURITY INFORMATION AND EVENT MANAGEMENT (SIEM)rver21
LTS Secure Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), is a technology that provides real-time analysis of security alerts generated by network hardware and applications.
Security information and event management (SIEMS) tools provide a robust collection of data sources that can help companies take a more proactive approach to preventing threats and breaches.
However, implementing a SIEM often brings the challenges of a lengthy implementation, costly investment and the need for skilled security analysts to maintain it. Also, many SIEMs have been used in on-premise data centers, so what steps will you need to take if you want your SIEM to move with your data into the cloud?
Security Incident Event Management
Real time monitoring of Servers, Network Devices.
Correlation of Events
Analysis and reporting of Security Incidents.
Threat Intelligence
Long term storage
SIEM is an abbreviation of “Security Information and Event Management”. It comprises of two parts:
Security Information Management
Security Event Management
Security operations center 5 security controlsAlienVault
An effective Security Operation Center provides the information necessary for organizations to efficiently detect threats and subsequently contain them. While eliminating the threats we face is an impossible goal, reducing the time it takes to respond and contain them is certainly achievable. Learn 5 security controls for an effective security operations center.
Top Cybersecurity Threats and How SIEM Protects Against ThemSBWebinars
Everyone has become increasingly aware of the danger hackers pose—they can steal data, dismantle systems, and cause damage that can take years to recover from. However, organizations often have a false sense of safety when it comes to their security environments. There are countless ways that businesses are making it easier for a threat actor to find their way in undetected.
Join cybersecurity expert Bob Erdman, senior security product manager, as he outlines the most common ways organizations unintentionally put themselves at risk against threats like:
Insider attacks
Alert and console fatigue
Shortage of security staff
Misconfigurations
Excessive access
By better understanding what and where the challenges are, organizations can be better equipped to find solutions. This webinar will also highlight different strategies for mitigating risk, from specific Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to employee education.
Optimizing Security Operations: 5 Keys to SuccessSirius
Organizations are suffering from cyber fatigue, with too many alerts, too many technologies, and not enough people. Many security operations center (SOC) teams are underskilled and overworked, making it extremely difficult to streamline operations and decrease the time it takes to detect and remediate security incidents.
Addressing these challenges requires a shift in the tactics and strategies deployed in SOCs. But building an effective SOC is hard; many companies struggle first with implementation and then with figuring out how to take their security operations to the next level.
Read to learn:
--Advantages and disadvantages of different SOC models
--Tips for leveraging advanced analytics tools
--Best practices for incorporating automation and orchestration
--How to boost incident response capabilities, and measure your efforts
--How the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and CIS Controls can help you establish a strong foundation
Start building your roadmap to a next-generation SOC.
Optimize IT security management and simplify compliance with SIEM tools.
Your Challenge
In the face of increasing regulatory pressures and headline-grabbing hacking activities, enterprises are deploying an ever increasing volume of dedicated security tools. As a result they are drowning in log and alert data to the point where the tools inhibit their own value.
Implementing SIEM allows enterprises to manage and respond to an ever-widening range of threats and compliance requirements by consolidating, aggregating, correlating, and reporting on security events. Taking action based on correlated data is accelerated, and detailed reporting supports obligations to demonstrate the specific measures the enterprise is taking to be compliant.
Getting a strong product evaluation allows organizations to enhance enterprise security at a manageable cost. Making the wrong choice could mean higher costs, lower security, or both.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
The SIEM market is undergoing rapid developments. In existence for just over a decade, the market is still maturing and product sets continue to be rationalized. Market consolidation is constantly occurring with large security vendors purchasing smaller dedicated SIEM vendors. The threat and regulatory landscape is making SIEM a more and more attractive technology for security firms and customers. Major leaps are being made in advanced capabilities as specialized correlation and analytic features are commercialized.
At first glance a SIEM may cause a panic attack. It will highlight various threats, risks, and vulnerabilities you may have not known about. Stay calm and realize the technology is providing a greater visibility into your organization’s security standing.
Various deployment and management options are making SIEM technology available to all levels of security organizations. Near full out-of-the-box solutions are being used by smaller organizations. Managed security service provider (MSSP) offerings are appearing, and can reduce the ongoing costs to a manageable level. High-demand organizations are using SIEM to augment their security operations command with as many as five full-time equivalents (FTEs) monitoring and managing the system to responds to threats in real time.
Impact and Result
Understand what’s new in the SIEM market and where it’s heading.
Develop a strong understanding of the top SIEM vendors and their offerings to identify a best-fit product for your organization.
Cultivate vendor management tactics through a tailored request for proposal and a demo script in order to get the features and functionality you need for either security management, compliance adherence, or overall risk reduction.
Data Security Solutions @ISACA LV Chapter Meeting 15.05.2013 SIEM based …Andris Soroka
World's #1 SIEM technology in GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance). QRadar Risk Manager provides organizations with a pre-exploit solution that allows network security professionals to assess what risks exist during and after an attack, while also answering many "What if?" questions ahead of time, which can greatly improve operational efficiency and reduce network security risks.
Identity intelligence: Threat-aware Identity and Access ManagementProlifics
Presentation at Pulse 2014 as part of the session, "Enhance Your Identity and Access Management Solution with Integrations from Key IBM Technology Partners"
Speaker:
Russell Tait, Prolifics
Join a panel of IBM technology partners to learn about new and exciting Identity and Access Management (IAM) integrations that have been validated through the Ready for IBM Security Intelligence program. In this slide deck, IBM technology partner, Prolifics, discusses how their integrations with key areas of the IBM Security portfolio increase solution value for customers. The panel discussion will cover strong authentication, mobile, cloud, and security intelligence use cases.
Rethink Storage: Transform the Data Center with EMC ViPR Software-Defined Sto...EMC
This white paper discusses the evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center and the challenges of heterogeneous storage silos in making the SDDC a reality.
Security information and event management (SIEMS) tools provide a robust collection of data sources that can help companies take a more proactive approach to preventing threats and breaches.
However, implementing a SIEM often brings the challenges of a lengthy implementation, costly investment and the need for skilled security analysts to maintain it. Also, many SIEMs have been used in on-premise data centers, so what steps will you need to take if you want your SIEM to move with your data into the cloud?
Security Incident Event Management
Real time monitoring of Servers, Network Devices.
Correlation of Events
Analysis and reporting of Security Incidents.
Threat Intelligence
Long term storage
SIEM is an abbreviation of “Security Information and Event Management”. It comprises of two parts:
Security Information Management
Security Event Management
Security operations center 5 security controlsAlienVault
An effective Security Operation Center provides the information necessary for organizations to efficiently detect threats and subsequently contain them. While eliminating the threats we face is an impossible goal, reducing the time it takes to respond and contain them is certainly achievable. Learn 5 security controls for an effective security operations center.
Top Cybersecurity Threats and How SIEM Protects Against ThemSBWebinars
Everyone has become increasingly aware of the danger hackers pose—they can steal data, dismantle systems, and cause damage that can take years to recover from. However, organizations often have a false sense of safety when it comes to their security environments. There are countless ways that businesses are making it easier for a threat actor to find their way in undetected.
Join cybersecurity expert Bob Erdman, senior security product manager, as he outlines the most common ways organizations unintentionally put themselves at risk against threats like:
Insider attacks
Alert and console fatigue
Shortage of security staff
Misconfigurations
Excessive access
By better understanding what and where the challenges are, organizations can be better equipped to find solutions. This webinar will also highlight different strategies for mitigating risk, from specific Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to employee education.
Optimizing Security Operations: 5 Keys to SuccessSirius
Organizations are suffering from cyber fatigue, with too many alerts, too many technologies, and not enough people. Many security operations center (SOC) teams are underskilled and overworked, making it extremely difficult to streamline operations and decrease the time it takes to detect and remediate security incidents.
Addressing these challenges requires a shift in the tactics and strategies deployed in SOCs. But building an effective SOC is hard; many companies struggle first with implementation and then with figuring out how to take their security operations to the next level.
Read to learn:
--Advantages and disadvantages of different SOC models
--Tips for leveraging advanced analytics tools
--Best practices for incorporating automation and orchestration
--How to boost incident response capabilities, and measure your efforts
--How the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and CIS Controls can help you establish a strong foundation
Start building your roadmap to a next-generation SOC.
Optimize IT security management and simplify compliance with SIEM tools.
Your Challenge
In the face of increasing regulatory pressures and headline-grabbing hacking activities, enterprises are deploying an ever increasing volume of dedicated security tools. As a result they are drowning in log and alert data to the point where the tools inhibit their own value.
Implementing SIEM allows enterprises to manage and respond to an ever-widening range of threats and compliance requirements by consolidating, aggregating, correlating, and reporting on security events. Taking action based on correlated data is accelerated, and detailed reporting supports obligations to demonstrate the specific measures the enterprise is taking to be compliant.
Getting a strong product evaluation allows organizations to enhance enterprise security at a manageable cost. Making the wrong choice could mean higher costs, lower security, or both.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
The SIEM market is undergoing rapid developments. In existence for just over a decade, the market is still maturing and product sets continue to be rationalized. Market consolidation is constantly occurring with large security vendors purchasing smaller dedicated SIEM vendors. The threat and regulatory landscape is making SIEM a more and more attractive technology for security firms and customers. Major leaps are being made in advanced capabilities as specialized correlation and analytic features are commercialized.
At first glance a SIEM may cause a panic attack. It will highlight various threats, risks, and vulnerabilities you may have not known about. Stay calm and realize the technology is providing a greater visibility into your organization’s security standing.
Various deployment and management options are making SIEM technology available to all levels of security organizations. Near full out-of-the-box solutions are being used by smaller organizations. Managed security service provider (MSSP) offerings are appearing, and can reduce the ongoing costs to a manageable level. High-demand organizations are using SIEM to augment their security operations command with as many as five full-time equivalents (FTEs) monitoring and managing the system to responds to threats in real time.
Impact and Result
Understand what’s new in the SIEM market and where it’s heading.
Develop a strong understanding of the top SIEM vendors and their offerings to identify a best-fit product for your organization.
Cultivate vendor management tactics through a tailored request for proposal and a demo script in order to get the features and functionality you need for either security management, compliance adherence, or overall risk reduction.
Data Security Solutions @ISACA LV Chapter Meeting 15.05.2013 SIEM based …Andris Soroka
World's #1 SIEM technology in GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance). QRadar Risk Manager provides organizations with a pre-exploit solution that allows network security professionals to assess what risks exist during and after an attack, while also answering many "What if?" questions ahead of time, which can greatly improve operational efficiency and reduce network security risks.
Identity intelligence: Threat-aware Identity and Access ManagementProlifics
Presentation at Pulse 2014 as part of the session, "Enhance Your Identity and Access Management Solution with Integrations from Key IBM Technology Partners"
Speaker:
Russell Tait, Prolifics
Join a panel of IBM technology partners to learn about new and exciting Identity and Access Management (IAM) integrations that have been validated through the Ready for IBM Security Intelligence program. In this slide deck, IBM technology partner, Prolifics, discusses how their integrations with key areas of the IBM Security portfolio increase solution value for customers. The panel discussion will cover strong authentication, mobile, cloud, and security intelligence use cases.
Rethink Storage: Transform the Data Center with EMC ViPR Software-Defined Sto...EMC
This white paper discusses the evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center and the challenges of heterogeneous storage silos in making the SDDC a reality.
White Paper: Configuring a Customized Session Identifier in Documentum Web De...EMC
This document explains the process of configuring an application-based custom session identifier for Documentum Web Development Kit-based applications.
GDDR Solution Design and Implementation Techniques EMC
This EMC Engineering TechBook draws on GDDR field expertise, highlighting best practices relating to both technology and project management disciplines required to achieve success during GDDR implementations.
A Pragmatic Approach to SIEM: Buy for Compliance, Use for SecurityTripwire
Too often, organizations purchase SIEM and log management solutions to check a compliance checkbox. These organizations miss a huge opportunity to improve security while meeting compliance requirements. In this white paper, security and compliance eWPxpert Dr. Anton Chuvakin explains how to take advantage of this opportunity.
Whitepaper here: http://www.tripwire.com/register/a-pragmatic-approach-to-siem-buy-for-compliance-use-for-security/
Use Exabeam Smart Timelines to improve your SOC efficiencyJonathanPritchard12
Exabeam uses common log sources to stitch together events in plain text to easily answer the important question: What happened before, during and after?
Overall Security Process Review CISC 6621Agend.docxkarlhennesey
Overall Security Process Review
CISC 662
1
Agenda
Review of the following technologies and current products:
SIEM
CASB
EDR (Enterprise Detection and Response)
NGFW (Next Generation Firewalls)
Threat Intelligence
Summary of Term
SANS Technology Institute - Candidate for Master of Science Degree
What is a SIEM?
SIEM - Security Information Event Management
Logging and Event Aggregation
Network (router,switch,firewall,etc)
System (Server,workstation,etc)
Application (Web, DB )
Correlation Engine
2+ related events = higher alarm (1+1=3)
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At first glance SIEM's appliances and software look like an event aggregator. While a SIEM has the advantage of aggregating logs what puts them apart from the event aggregator market are the correlation engines.
The correlation engines allow the ability to uncover threats/attacks across multiple related events which by themselves would not be a cause for alarm.
SIEM
4
What is a SIEM?
5
Security information and event management (SIEM) is the technology that can tie all your systems together and give you a comprehensive view of IT security.
IT security is typically a patchwork of technologies – firewalls, intrusion prevention, endpoint protection, threat intelligence and the like – that work together to protect an organization’s network and data from hackers and other threats. Tying all those disparate systems together is another challenge, however, and that’s where SIEM can help.
SIEM systems manage and make sense of security logs from all kinds of devices and carry out a range of functions, including spotting threats, preventing breaches before they occur, detecting breaches, and providing forensic information to determine how a security incident occurred as well as its possible impact.
Using SIEM
How do SIEM Products help the following Security concerns?
Countermeasures to detect attempts to infect internal system
Identification of infected systems trying to exfiltrate information
Mitigation of the impact of infected systems
Detection of outbound sensitive information ( DLP)
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These questions are a core part of a companies overall security architecture. If a SIEM isn't providing answers or solutions to these questions what is it doing?
If you aren't using your SIEM to solve issues like these it may just be an expensive log aggregator/collection system sitting in your network collecting dust.
SIEM Advantages
Correlation of data from multiple systems and from different events detecting security and operational conditions
Anomaly detection by using a baseline of events over time to find deviations from expected or normal behavior
Comprehensive view into an environment based on event types, protocols, log sources, etc
APT (advanced persistent threat) protection through detection of protocol and application anomalies
Prioritization based on risk of threat to assets, staff can triage the most vulnerable targets
Alerting and monitoring on events of interest to escalate pri ...
Modern SIEMs support many different business and technical use cases, including security, compliance, big data analytics, IT operations, and others. However, this does not mean that any SIEM solution will satisfy your unique business and technical needs. Not all SIEMs are built equally or optimally to support all use cases, so it’s important to begin your SIEM evaluation by defining your specific use cases or goals.
In this presentation we will look at the cause and effect of the problem, analyze preparedness and learn how you can better prepare, detect, respond and recover from cyber-attacks.
LTS Secure Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), is a technology that provides real-time analysis of security alerts generated by network hardware and applications.
Talking about Next-Gen Security Operation Center for IDNIC+APJII as representative from IDSECCONF. People-Centric SOC requires lot of investment on human in terms of quantity and quality, unfortunately, (good) IT security people are getting rare these days. Organisation need to put their investments more on technology, as in Industry 4.0, machines are getting more advanced to support Human on doing continuous and repetitive task.
Moving from “traditional” to next-gen SOC require proper plan, thats what this talk was about.
Cyber-Espionage: Understanding the Advanced Threat LandscapeAaron White
Cutting through the APT hype to help businesses prevent, detect and mitigate advanced threats.
Sophisticated cyber-espionage operations aimed at pilfering
trade secrets and other sensitive data from corporate networks currently present the biggest threat to businesses. Advanced threat actors ranging from nation-state adversaries to organized cyber-crime gangs are using zero-day exploits, customized malware toolkits and clever social engineering tricks to break into corporate networks, avoid detection,
and steal valuable information over an extended period
of time.
In this presentation, we will cut through some of the hype
surrounding Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), explain the
intricacies of these attacks and present recommendations to
help you improve your security posture through prevention,
detection and mitigation.
Is SIEM really Dead ? OR Can it evolve into a Platform ?Aujas
The challenges with SIEM and How it can become an integrated security platform, to provide a framework for managing next generation SOC, and mitigate advanced attacks
Digitalization has transformed the way business’s function. With the evolution of technologies, attackers are also evolving. They are finding innovative and more invasive ways to attack organizations. Due to this, the organization's security operations center (SOC) is expected to be
more agile and dynamic in detecting and responding to attacks. Most organizations' security operations and incident response teams are overworked due to high volumes of security threats and alerts that they need to manage every day.
Today’s networks are larger and more complex than ever before, and
protecting them against malicious activity is a never-ending task.
Organizations seeking to safeguard their intellectual property, protect
their customer identities and avoid business disruptions need to do more
than monitor logs and network flow data; they need to leverage advanced
tools to detect these activities in a consumable manner.
The Fundamentals and Significance of Security Orchestration Toolssecuraa
Did you know, security orchestration and analytics are essential parts of creating a cyber security program? Security orchestration tools allow companies to protect their data and information from cyber threats.
Similar to Changing the Security Monitoring Status Quo (20)
INDUSTRY-LEADING TECHNOLOGY FOR LONG TERM RETENTION OF BACKUPS IN THE CLOUDEMC
CloudBoost is a cloud-enabling solution from EMC
Facilitates secure, automatic, efficient data transfer to private and public clouds for Long-Term Retention (LTR) of backups. Seamlessly extends existing data protection solutions to elastic, resilient, scale-out cloud storage
Transforming Desktop Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop and EMC XtremIOEMC
With EMC XtremIO all-flash array, improve
1) your competitive agility with real-time analytics & development
2) your infrastructure agility with elastic provisioning for performance & capacity
3) your TCO with 50% lower capex and opex and double the storage lifecycle.
• Citrix & EMC XtremIO: Better Together
• XtremIO Design Fundamentals for VDI
• Citrix XenDesktop & XtremIO
-- Image Management & Storage
-- Demonstrations
-- XtremIO XenDesktop Integration
EMC FORUM RESEARCH GLOBAL RESULTS - 10,451 RESPONSES ACROSS 33 COUNTRIES EMC
Explore findings from the EMC Forum IT Study and learn how cloud computing, social, mobile, and big data megatrends are shaping IT as a business driver globally.
Reference architecture with MIRANTIS OPENSTACK PLATFORM.The changes that are going on in IT with disruptions from technology, business and culture and so IT to solve the issues has to change from moving from traditional models to broker provider model.
Force Cyber Criminals to Shop Elsewhere
Learn the value of having an Identity Management and Governance solution and how retailers today are benefiting by strengthening their defenses and bolstering their Identity Management capabilities.
Container-based technology has experienced a recent revival and is becoming adopted at an explosive rate. For those that are new to the conversation, containers offer a way to virtualize an operating system. This virtualization isolates processes, providing limited visibility and resource utilization to each, such that the processes appear to be running on separate machines. In short, allowing more applications to run on a single machine. Here is a brief timeline of key moments in container history.
This white paper provides an overview of EMC's data protection solutions for the data lake - an active repository to manage varied and complex Big Data workloads
This infographic highlights key stats and messages from the analyst report from J.Gold Associates that addresses the growing economic impact of mobile cybercrime and fraud.
This white paper describes how an intelligence-driven governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) model can create an efficient, collaborative enterprise GRC strategy across IT, Finance, Operations, and Legal areas.
The Trust Paradox: Access Management and Trust in an Insecure AgeEMC
This white paper discusses the results of a CIO UK survey on a“Trust Paradox,” defined as employees and business partners being both the weakest link in an organization’s security as well as trusted agents in achieving the company’s goals.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
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GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
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How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
FIDO Alliance Osaka Seminar: The WebAuthn API and Discoverable Credentials.pdf
Changing the Security Monitoring Status Quo
1. CHANGING THE SECURITY
MONITORING STATUS QUO
Solving SIEM problems with RSA Security Analytics
RSA Security Analytics is a new way
of looking at SIEM
Brings together traditional SIEM,
Network Security Monitoring, Big Data
Management & Analytics
Next generation unified platform for:
Security monitoring
Incident investigations
Compliance reporting
TRADITIONAL SIEMS ARE SHOWING THEIR AGE
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools have been a staple tool of
security analysts and Security Operations Centers for over ten years. They have been
essential in satisfying log related compliance requirements, correlating and prioritizing
alerts, and making diverse and distributed system logs centrally available to security
analysts to speed up incident investigations. Security teams generally have had
considerable success implementing SIEMs to gain visibility where they previously had
none, and to automate the previously highly manual process of generating compliance
reports.
However, traditional SIEMs have limitations, and many security teams have become
frustrated when they try to get more value, particularly security value, from their
current SIEM solutions. There are multiple reasons for this:
Today’s threats are much more multifaceted and more dynamic and
stealthy than in the past. Much more advanced tools and techniques are
now needed to detect and investigate them
The most dangerous attacks, almost by definition, have never been seen
before – that means exclusively looking for “known bad” sequences of
events won't work.
The status quo approach of collecting more and more logs from more and
more sources won’t help in detecting and responding to advanced
threats. Logs are inherently limited in the level of security visibility that
they provide.
SIEM tools need Innovation
To remain relevant to security analysts, SIEM tools need to be able to detect today’s
threats. This means being able to detect and investigate the most effective current
attack techniques, including:
Lateral movement of threats across an organization’s network. Today's
threats often use general user workstations to gain a foothold in the
organization rather than doing so on heavily monitored, critical systems
which would create log events. Attackers use these workstations to gain
information about more privileged users and systems, such as IT
administrators or highly privileged employees. Since SIEMs are not
focused on monitoring these non-critical systems, they are ineffective
against threats that use this approach.
2. Covert characteristics of attack tactics, techniques & procedures. Modern
threats often make themselves difficult to detect by masquerading as
innocent traffic – like standard web traffic - or by hiding zero-day malware
payloads in common files like pdfs or jpgs. These techniques are generally
not recorded in systems logs or in NetFlow and therefore will easily evade
current SIEM solutions which depend on those data sources.
Exfiltration or sabotage of critical data. In the event of an attack, to
respond appropriately security analysts must be able to determine the
impact of the attack, and be able to see exactly the information that the
attacker stole.
Today’s IT environments are much more complex than they were just a few years ago.
They are larger, more diverse and continually use new technologies to build and deploy
applications. Security monitoring tools need to be able to scale to cope with the today’s
data realities, namely:
The volume and variety of data that need to be captured has increased
exponentially. Although logs are still highly useful for an effective
compliance and security monitoring program, it is no longer sufficient to
rely solely on log information to understand what is going on in the
environment. In addition to capturing logs we also need much more
detailed information and context about the users or systems that are
being monitored.
Navigating larger and vastly more diverse datasets requires purpose built
security analytic tools to provide fast, accurate and unified support of
security detection and investigations, including alert prioritization and
response, report generation, incident investigation, and malware analysis.
In a breach situation, the time taken to respond is critical. Executives and IT personnel
alike need answers to very specific questions to determine the right course of action.
They need fast, accurate and detailed information – and today’s SIEMs often fall short
– since analysts often cannot get the response times they need out of these systems.
RSA SECURITY ANALYTICS PROVIDES A
DIFFERENT APPROACH
RSA Security Analytics is the security solution that enables comprehensive security
monitoring, incident detection and investigation, long term archiving and analytics, Big
Data analytics, malware analytics, and compliance reporting via a unified, browser-
based interface. It enables security analysts to be more effective and efficient in their
job of protecting the organization's digital assets and IT systems. RSA Security
Analytics provides:
A single platform for capturing and analyzing large amounts of log data
alongside full network sessions and other data
Up-to-the-minute threat intelligence, including rules, views, parsers,
reports and watchlists, automatically distributed to customer installations
Capture time data enrichment providing efficient indexing, storage,
search-ability, and indications of compromise
Big Data architecture for archiving and analysis of long term security data,
delivering high performance and scalability.
3. Compliance reporting through its data management infrastructure
incorporating both data parsing and full text search.
RSA Security Analytics addresses common SIEM use
cases better than traditional SIEM tools
Security Analytics satisfies common SIEM security oriented use cases, by collecting and
analyzing log and network packet information. These use cases include the following:
Use case RSA Security Analytics Alert/Report
example
Unauthorized privileged access Administrative commands (e.g. su,
useradd) from a username not in a list of
administrators
Unusual commands being executed on a
critical system
Unusual protocol use Unexpected protocol hitting a
firewall/gateway
Large file transfers across a gateway
Virus outbreak High # of alerts from the
organization’sAV systems
Trojan Backdoor use Specific event classes from an IDS
Abnormal system access High # of failed logons from a given IP
address
Access from an unexpected geography
Unauthorized account administration Account enable from list of locked
accounts
Access policies Access from an unauthorized location
When detecting threats or policy violations, RSA Security Analytics can generate
notifications, provide interactive alerts, and provide context as part of a scheduled
alert. Security analysts can personalize how they want to consume specific types of
information based upon its security and business impact.
In addition to detecting threats or policy violations, RSA Security Analytics also
provides a wide range of out-of-the-box compliance reports, aligned to common
regulations across several legal jurisdictions.
4. Geography Compliance Reports
Global ISO27002, Basel II, PCI
US SOX, HIPAA, FISMA, FERPA, FFIEC,
GLBA, NISPOM, NERC, SSAE 16
Canada Bill 198
UK GPG13
SECURITY ANALYTICS TAKES NEW APPROACH
TO SOLVING SIEM USE CASES
There are several common SIEM use cases where Security Analytics takes a different,
more effective approach to detecting threats.
Example: Account takeover
Account takeover commonly occurs when an attacker uses brute force or other means
to take over a legitimate account and thus be able to execute the attack using a
legitimate user’s account. This gives the attacker a useful platform to launch the next
stage of the attack.
The traditional SIEM approach to detecting account takeover is to create an alert for
very obvious signs of account compromise - like creating a correlated alert for several
failed logons followed by a successful logon. The problem with this approach is that it
creates a large amount of noise – as legitimate users often have problems
remembering and typing their password. Also, a determined attacker can easily evade
detection by adopting a “low and slow” approach - spreading out access attempts over
a long period of time.
RSA Security Analytics takes a different approach to detecting this attack by flagging
log or network sessions with common signs of attack activity. For example:
High # of failed logons originating from a particular IP address
Host or user accessing critical assets
Common bot protocols being used
Nonstandard user tools being used (i.e. not IE, Outlook, Chrome, Mozilla,
Safari etc)
Unexpected source geography
A single instance of or a combination of these indicators is a much better way to detect
account takeover than trying to use a rules based approach. Some of these indicators
require full network session collection and reconstruction, but others can be detected
through more effective log analysis alone.
5. Example: Known attack pattern
Security teams often use SIEMs (via correlation rules) to look for specific attack
patterns that that they or peer organizations have experienced before. They often
create correlated alerts for specific sequences – e.g. a series of failed logons, followed
by a successful logon, followed by a connection to a database, followed by a connection
to a specific geography.
The problem with this approach is that any slight variation of the attack will “fool” the
SIEM. The rule outlined above is too rigid given today’s targeted attacks. Also, in a
traditional SIEM any rule can only rely on indicators found in logs, whereas many
indicators leave no log footprint. Finally, using a SIEM to look at the universe of
possible attack vectors and variations will easily overwhelm the SIEM with data and
calculations, and thus stop it from functioning normally.
RSA Security Analytics approach takes a new approach to threat detection which not
only provides the speed and smarts to be effective, but it also has the ability to detect
unknown attacks as opposed to only known attacks and attack methods. The RSA
Security Analytics approach allows analysts to detect more insightful indicators, such
as the ability to:
Flag the log or session with known attack indicators - e.g. high # of failed
logons, use of nonstandard protocols, unexpected use of scripting
languages, unexpected source or destination IP addresses
Scope the traffic from IP addresses or users that are also communicating
with critical assets
Replay entire sessions to give comprehensive investigative context
Example: Beaconing host
The term “beaconing” is used to describe the regular communication of a host with a
Command and Control (C2) host on the Internet. Most beaconing happens on a regular
schedule – say every three hours - and is easy to spot visually when you isolate the
traffic between the two hosts, either through firewall or router logs, or through
monitoring at an egress point.
Traditional SIEMs are generally only be able rely on a list of known C2 hosts, but could
not detect beaconing to an unknown C2 host. This is important since C2 sites come and
go frequently
RSA Security Analytics uses the flexibility and processing power of the Security
Analytics Warehouse to discover beaconing by identifying all hosts that:
Communicate with the same host out on the Internet more than 6 times
in a 24 hour period, AND
The interval between consecutive communications has a low standard
deviation i.e. happens on a regular cadence rather than in a more
random, human behavior
6. RSA SECURITY ANALYTICS ARCHITECTURE
RSA Security Analytics is a distributed and modular system that enables highly flexible
deployment architectures that scales with the needs of the organization.
Key components of the architecture include:
DECODER - Captures, parses, and reconstructs, all network traffic from
Layers 2-7 or log and event data from hundreds of devices.
CONCENTRATOR - Indexes metadata extracted from network or log data
and makes it available for enterprise-wide querying and real-time
analytics while also facilitating reporting and alerting.
ANALYTIC SERVER/BROKER - Hosts the web server for reporting,
investigation, administration, and other aspects of the analyst’s interface.
Bridges the multiple real-time data stores held in the various
decoder/concentrator pairs throughout the infrastructure. Also enables
reporting on data held in the Warehouse and in archived storage.
EVENT STREAM ANALYSIS ENGINE - Processes large volumes of disparate
event data and brings meaning through correlation to the events flowing
through your enterprise.
ARCHIVER - Indexes and compresses log data and sends to archiving
storage. The archiving storage is then optimized for long term data
retention through compression, forensic analysis, and compliance
reporting.
WAREHOUSE - Hadoop based distributed computing system which
collects, manages, and enables advanced analytics and reporting on
longer term sets of various security data. The Warehouse can be made
up of 3 or more nodes depending on the organization's analytic, and
resiliency requirements.
CAPACITY - RSA Security Analytics has a modular-capacity architecture,
enabled with direct-attached capacity (DACs) or storage area networks
(SANs), that adapt to the organization's short-term investigation and
longer-term analytic and data-retention needs.