Vendor Landscape Plus: Security Information & Event Management

Simplify compliance and IT risk management with Security Information & Event Management tools.

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Security Information Manager

QRadar SIEM

Event Data Warehouse

NitroView ESM

LX, ST, SEM appliances

Express

enVision

Tivoli SIEM

nFX Cinxi One

Security Information Manager

What is a Value Score?

The Value Score indexes each vendor’s product offering and business strength relative to their price point. It does not indicate vendor ranking.

Vendors that score high offer more bang for the buck (e.g. features, usability, stability, etc.) than the average vendor, while the inverse is true for those that score lower.

Price-conscious enterprises may wish to give the Value Score more consideration than those who are more focused on specific vendor/product attributes.

Weight: You can adjust the weight to what is more important to you.

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When both vendor and product weightings are equal to exactly 100%, your custom shortlist will be generated.

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Vendor

Product

Viability

Vendor is profitable, knowledgeable, and will be around for the long-term.

Strategy

Vendor is committed to the space and has a future product and portfolio roadmap.

Reach

Vendor offers global coverage and is able to sell and provide post-sales support.

Channel

Vendor channel strategy is appropriate and the channels themselves are strong.

Total

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Features

The solution provides basic and advanced feature/functionality.

Usability

The solutions dashboard and reporting tool are intuitive and easy to use.

Affordability

The five year TCO of the solution is economical.

Architecture

The delivery method of the solution aligns with what is expected within the space.

Total

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What matters more, the vendor score or the product score? As you weigh the importance, we will generate the vendor shortlist to match your needs.

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Symantec

Security Information Manager
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Q1 Labs

QRadar SIEM
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SenSage

Event Data Warehouse
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NitroSecurity

NitroView ESM
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LogLogic

LX, ST, SEM appliances
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ArcSight

Express
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RSA Security

enVision
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IBM

Tivoli SIEM
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netForensics

nFX Cinxi One
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TriGeo

Security Information Manager
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What is a shortlist?
A shortlist is a personalized list of vendors based on the criteria above.

Your shortlist offers more information about vendor's strengths, weaknesses, price-points, etc, and ranks them according to your needs.

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Your Challenge

Enterprises are deploying an ever increasing volume of dedicated security tools, and as a result are drowning in log and alert data to the point where the tools inhibit their own value. Additionally, regulatory and industry compliance initiatives are springing up frequently, each with additional and differential monitoring and reporting requirements.
Implementing Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) allows enterprises to address both of these issues by consolidating, aggregating, correlating, and reporting on security events. Acting on correlated data is quick and efficient, and the reporting indicates just what measures the enterprise is taking to be compliant.
Getting the strategy, architecture, and product selection right means enhanced enterprise security at a manageable cost; making the wrong choice could mean higher cost, lower security, or both.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

At ten years old, the SIEM market is still in its infancy and product sets continue to be rationalized. However, market consolidation is starting to occur and the landscape is ripe for radically increased adoption.
Implementing SIEM is not a panacea; the first thing the tool will do is highlight all the vulnerabilities, threats, and other risks that the enterprise has been missing. The initial impression will be that SIEM made the situation worse. If the organization is not prepared to deal with this reality, then it’s not ready for SIEM.
Whether the organization chooses a hardware or software delivery mechanism, costs are not limited to the SIEM platform itself; implementation costs will be higher due to the broad-scale integration needed and operations could require as many as five FTE if the organization wishes to respond to threats in real time.

Impact and Result

Understand the spend cycle associated with SIEM (acquire SIEM tools, invest in SIEM management, acquire additional tools to address threats that SIEM identifies) and be able to build future-looking budgetary estimates appropriately.
Review the market and identify a best-fit vendor & product from the broad and diverse market-space; whether the organization targets security, compliance, or overall risk reduction, there’s a solution for every need.

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Get a crash course on SIEM
Understand SIEM strategy, solutions, and operational best practices.
- Vendor Landscape Plus Storyboard: Security Information & Event Management
Review SIEM solutions
Build a shortlist of best-fit SIEM tools for the enterprise.
- Security Information & Event Management Vendor Shortlist Tool
Issue an RFP
Solicit responses from shortlisted vendors to find optimal enterprise fit.
- Security Information & Event Management RFP Template
Evaluate RFP responses
Keep vendors honest, and select the best SIEM for enterprise needs.
- Security Information & Event Management RFP Scoring Tool
Review RFP winners
Ensure that selected proponents can deliver when it counts.
- Security Information & Event Management Vendor Demo Script

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