The History of SIEM Tools and Their Integration with Log Storage

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and log management tools have been complementary for years. But now the technologies are expected to merge. This change will be able to help online business owners run an even more successful, more productive website thanks to analysis of data.

SIEM began as businesses and companies found themselves spending tons of money on Firewalls, Malware and other intrusion detection software. These systems were helpful in detecting external attacks; however,they were not always accurate since the information was generated from search engines.

SIEM technology was designed to reduce this “signal-to-noise ratio” to help show the most critical external viruses and threats. Using rule-based correlation, SIEM helps IT teams discover real attacks by focusing on a set of firewall and IPS events that are unwanted. Traditionally, SIEM solutions have been expensive and time-consuming to maintain. But they solve the big headache of sorting through excessive false alerts and effectively protect companies from external threats.

These updates with SIEM tools was another step in the right direction; however when the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) mandated stricter internal IT controls and assessment, it became harder for SIEM tools to monitor information and events.
To help improve SIEM tools to now comply with the PCI, professionals have integrated them with log storage tools. This merge not only detects external threats like viruses, but it also providesdaily reports and data logs of user activities and create forensics reports surrounding any given incident.

Though SIEM technologies already collected logs, they weren't designed to handle the sheer volume of log data generated from IT components such as applications, switches, routers, databases, firewalls, operating systems, IDS/IPS and web proxies.  Now that SIEM tools have integrated with Log Storage, this is all done with ease.

With this great integration of SIEM tools and Log Storage, data analyses are easier than ever. They can help your online businesses track needed data to increase traffic generation, block unwanted viruses, and overtime, increase your productivity.