In today’s digital age, businesses are becoming increasingly dependent on evolving technology, highlighting the growing importance of robust cybersecurity. As organizations navigate through the complexities of the modern digital ecosystem, preserving the integrity of their systems has become imperative.
The potential consequences of a security breach for businesses extend beyond financial losses to include damage to reputation, various penalties, and operational disruptions. This is where SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) solutions emerge as a crucial component in cybersecurity. SIEM systems are designed to collect, analyze, and interpret data from various sources within a company’s environment, providing real-time visibility into potential security incidents.
SIEM also needs to be a proactive system. In many organizations, IT staff frequently change positions due to insufficient security team resources, limited resources, and the challenges of managed systems. This often leads to frequent turnover in SIEM management among employees, making manageability significantly difficult for traditional SIEM architectures.
The primary purpose of traditional SIEM systems is to provide organizations with a centralized platform for monitoring security events and incidents and responding to them. The core functions of traditional SIEM include:
- Log Management: Collecting and indexing log data from various sources, including network devices, servers, applications, and security devices.
- Event Correlation: Identifying patterns and relationships among different security events to detect potential threats and security incidents.
- Alerting and Notification: Generating real-time alerts and notifications when suspicious activities or security events are detected, facilitating immediate response.
- Olay İnceleme: Providing tools for security analysts to investigate and analyze security events to understand the scope and impact of potential threats.
- Forensic Analysis: Supporting detailed forensic analysis of security events to conduct post-incident investigations and compliance reporting.
- Compliance Management: Assisting organizations in meeting legal compliance requirements by monitoring and reporting security-related activities.
However, as mentioned earlier, traditional SIEM solutions do not necessarily make it easier for IT managers to monitor security events. Processes such as editing and rewriting correlation rules, manual incident investigation and response stages, tracking regulatory processes, and reorganizing rules accordingly are not straightforward for managers.
Integrated Structure with Next-Generation SIEM LogRhythm
LogRhythm SIEM, Automatic Response and Orchestration (SOAR), User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), and Network Threat Detection and Response (NDR) features into a comprehensive security platform. Unlike traditional SIEM solutions, management is provided from a single management interface rather than separate management panels. If included in the licensing content as “Out of the box” solutions, it is provided ready for use. LogRhythm SIEM, in addition to providing this integrated architecture on a single platform, is easy to manage. Components comprising the integrated architecture include:
- SOAR: A platform used to automate and respond to security operations. LogRhythm SOAR automates repetitive tasks and responds quickly to security incidents. It is integrated with SIEM and does not have a separate management domain. It allows analysts to create their own custom response procedures and actions with embedded playbooks, which can be monitored through the web interface.
- UEBA: A technology that monitors user behavior and detects abnormal activities. LogRhythm UEBA analyzes user behaviors and detects insider threats. Embedded within the LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform, it provides comprehensive visibility into potentially unnoticed insider threats, compromised securities, and misuse of privileges. UEBA helps reduce the Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) of organizations, preventing this threat from turning into a damaging breach. LogRhythm UEBA is powered by an artificial intelligence engine.
- FIM: Allows organizations to monitor changes in specific files and folders and determine exactly when, where, and by whom these changes were made. This system generates an event and records these changes when files or folders being monitored on the file system are modified.
- NDR: LogRhythm NDR enables you to understand what is happening in your environment through a holistic analytic approach and a patented network architecture. LogRhythm NDR provides higher accuracy alarms by using both signature-based and machine learning (ML) focused network threat detection techniques and a built-in MITRE ATT&CK™ engine to eliminate blind spots and monitor your organization’s network in real-time.
LogRhythm’s NextGen SIEM can come integrated with all these features. It comes ready for use as “Out of the box,” compliant with regulations. It includes compliance automation modules that are updated daily, automating and facilitating security operations. UEBA and NDR features are supported by AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning) engines. Thanks to the artificial intelligence engine, it can detect anomalies and turn them into events even if no correlation rule is found. The Smart Response feature has the capability to respond intelligently, just like managing a SOC operation.
As SIEM software evolves over time, its core components continue to provide value, but innovative technologies in the competitive landscape have paved the way for more comprehensive and advanced approaches to risk reduction within an organization. This has led SIEM providers to eventually release these advanced products with new features referred to as “next-generation SIEM” solutions. LogRhythm SIEM continues to facilitate security operations for organizations with its innovative integrated architecture. It continues to add value to technology and organizations with features that behave just like SOC operations.
LogRhythm SIEM with all its innovative and competitive features is now available at Secreto. Contact Secreto to experience it and learn more.