SIEM Platform: The Heart of SOC Operations and Security Information Management
Organizational workflows, tasks might be scheduled affairs but attacks are not. With planned and unplanned attacks rising exponentially, not a single second is safe. An organization’s Security Operations Center Team must be on their toes analyzing telemetry and data from multiple sources, integrate advanced threat hunting and incident investigation, and launch immediate responses. Amidst this ‘mess’ that’s far easier to document than engage in, SIEM comes as a necessary bedrock to successfully shield an organization’s IT environments end-to-end.
The global security information and event management (SIEM) market is expected to grow at 14.5% from 2023 to 2030.
2024 is seeing a steady growth in hack-and-hire services
Simply put, SIEM or Security Information and Event Management is a congregation of cutting-edge solutions-platforms, processes/security frameworks, and people concerned with two distinctive functionalities: SIM (Security Information Monitoring) and Security Event Management (SEM). As a core segment (subset) of SOC operations, this entitles 24/7 engagement in real-time logs/information and threat monitoring across a firm’s networks, applications, data, IT infra, and cloud environments. Once a breach is detected by the deployed SIEM tools or software, the SIEM team is automatically alerted, orchestrating intelligent analysis and response protocols. Modern SIEM tools and architectures deliver even greater capabilities such as deep security analytics, intuitive reporting, and self-automated healing via integration with advanced SOAR, threat remediation solutions.
Managed SIEM: What and Why?
Most IT teams of the 200 million+ SMEs worldwide are short-handed. While they tire every day to keep the landscapes and workflows running, assets security monitoring gets hampered. On the flip side, developing a dedicated SOC or SIEM team to monitor security events 24/7 and detect threats is excruciatingly expensive that stresses the already-stretched IT budgets.
Cloud4C’s end-to-end Managed SIEM solutions and services come as the necessary aid. A certified, world-class cybersecurity team extends 24/7 threats monitoring via seamless SIEM solution integration, logs/information analysis, and event management of the entire IT and cloud stack. Acting as a necessary extension to the client’s IT department, the Cloud4C SOC and SIEM team and security analysts deploys advanced SIEM software and SIEM tools such as IBM QRadar with custom capabilities, delivers real-time threat visibility and detection-prioritization support, intuitive user activity dashboards and data reports, high-end security analysis for actionable plans, and a master console to integrate added intelligent security solutions. Upgrade organizational security with modernized, up-to-date frameworks and stringent adherence to local-national-international compliance standards.
SIEM Capabilities: Administer, Automate, and Modernize Events Monitoring and Management
Vital Parameters
Benefits
Intelligent Security Analytics
Combines security information feeds and User Behaviour Analytics (UEBA) from multiple sources and connected third-party architectures to deliver deep analytical security reports. Utilizes statistical models and Machine learning to predict threats, vulnerabilities, and infra risks
Security Monitoring
Based on collated data 24/7 and logs management, SIEM tools or software link status to incident possibilities and actively monitors across the entire IT and cloud stack to look for threats beyond signature analysis and detections
Alert Management
In-house IT teams could well be over-boggled with alerts without an additional supervision layer. Alerts generated by the embraced threat monitoring solutions are carefully analyzed by SOC services teams to decide the proper course of action, granting peace of mind to the IT department.
Reporting
Intuitive dashboards and security reports filled with visualizations, patterns, and anomaly analyses to help the SIEM team upgrade security strategies and actions
Compliance Management
SIEM tools Collect logs and audit information from adhered compliance frameworks ensuring all systems are fully compliant with national-international regulations
Threat Detection
Engages in deep threat hunting, detection capabilities for known, unknown threats, and planned attacks. Assists threat investigation procedures with advanced analytical reports
Incident Response
Helps initiate rapid threat response and remediation actions through deep analytical reports, forensics, threat detection, and monitoring capabilities
Threat Management Automation
Threat Management Automation: Advanced SIEM solutions integrate with SOAR and proprietary automation platforms to ensure even deeper threat monitoring-investigation and analysis, immediate auto-response orchestration, and fail-proof applications-data-assets recovery post threat remediation
Security Modernization
Upgrade log collection with advanced SIEM tools asset monitoring, threat investigation and hunting, intrusion reporting, anomaly prediction capabilities with modernized technology integrations, up-to-date frameworks, and current trends
Vital Parameters
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Intelligent Security Analytics
Benefits
Intelligent Security Analytics
Combines security information feeds and User Behaviour Analytics (UEBA) from multiple sources and connected third-party architectures to deliver deep analytical security reports. Utilizes statistical models and Machine learning to predict threats, vulnerabilities, and infra risks
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Security Monitoring
Benefits
Security Monitoring
Based on collated data 24/7 and logs management, SIEM tools or software link status to incident possibilities and actively monitors across the entire IT and cloud stack to look for threats beyond signature analysis and detections
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Alert Management
Benefits
Alert Management
In-house IT teams could well be over-boggled with alerts without an additional supervision layer. Alerts generated by the embraced threat monitoring solutions are carefully analyzed by SOC services teams to decide the proper course of action, granting peace of mind to the IT department.
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Reporting
Benefits
Reporting
Intuitive dashboards and security reports filled with visualizations, patterns, and anomaly analyses to help the SIEM team upgrade security strategies and actions
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Compliance Management
Benefits
Compliance Management
SIEM tools Collect logs and audit information from adhered compliance frameworks ensuring all systems are fully compliant with national-international regulations
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Threat Detection
Benefits
Threat Detection
Engages in deep threat hunting, detection capabilities for known, unknown threats, and planned attacks. Assists threat investigation procedures with advanced analytical reports
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Incident Response
Benefits
Incident Response
Helps initiate rapid threat response and remediation actions through deep analytical reports, forensics, threat detection, and monitoring capabilities
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Threat Management Automation
Benefits
Threat Management Automation
Threat Management Automation: Advanced SIEM solutions integrate with SOAR and proprietary automation platforms to ensure even deeper threat monitoring-investigation and analysis, immediate auto-response orchestration, and fail-proof applications-data-assets recovery post threat remediation
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Security Modernization
Benefits
Security Modernization
Upgrade log collection with advanced SIEM tools asset monitoring, threat investigation and hunting, intrusion reporting, anomaly prediction capabilities with modernized technology integrations, up-to-date frameworks, and current trends
Connect with our Managed SIEM Solution Experts
Exploring the SIEM Connectivity and Integration Map
Security Events and Incidents
Cloud4C End-to-end Managed SIEM Solutions and Services
The SIEM technology deploys robust tools and processes to collect all security data flows, logs, attack histories, and relevant other critical data from the entire IT and cloud stack end-to-end: applications, systems, platforms, architectures, Operating systems-middleware, network devices, web servers, libraries and protocols, VMs, servers, networks, endpoint environments, IoT landscapes, and more. Most SIEM systems connect with generalized sources while aggregating log data from event logs. However, Cloud4C's deployed SIEM solutions ensure that deeper data collection and analysis are done with advanced entity behavior analytics. The data is automatically (or via team supervision) analyzed to detect or predict lurking threats. Ensure complete data security for sensitive data and general data workflows.
Upon reception of logs and workflow information from all assets in real-time, the SIEM technology performs event, risk, anomaly, or Historical pattern-based analysis to correlate the data footprints with breach possibilities. Once an event/incident happens, the same is instantly notified via security alerts for investigation and remediation actions. Advanced SIEM solutions also analyze the generated alerts based on general user activity patterns, correlation rules, and filter false positives. This greatly reduces the stress for security, administrator, and IT teams.
The SIEM tools and platform in collaboration with the SIEM team performs 24/7 monitoring over the IT environment end-to-end: data, applications, networks, enterprise systems, critical systems and devices, VMs, cloud architectures, and more. Usage of cutting-edge behavioural analytics from multiple data sources, event correlation and event data, threat investigation, and intelligent security analytics tools ensure instant detection of the unknown, difficult-to-find threats from any source. Prioritize outsider and insider threats basis impact capabilities to implement a proper, agile action framework and state-of-the-art event management solutions.
SIEM tools and platforms are often integrated with Deep Outsider and Insider Threats hunting, investigation, and Threat research-discovery platforms to conduct stringent assessment and deep monitoring of the entire IT infra and cloud stack. This enables easy detection of hidden threats, malicious codes, suspicious activities, and even seemingly harmless foreign files that might sum up to conjure a planned attack in the future.
Cloud4C deployed SIEM solutions that leverage advanced AI to perform deep-level security analytics. Commonly used security features and frameworks for end-to-end analytics include User Behaviour Analytics (UEBA), MITRE ATT&CK methodologies, modern policies, etc. Upon thorough investigation and analysis, the solution presents intuitive security reports and facilitates intelligent overview dashboards. This empowers clients with state-of-the-art risk visualization for informed decision-making, alleviating extreme security concerns.
Ensures military-grade data security analysis on the administered logs and dataflows. Runs comprehensive, advanced checks basis the most modern security standards to examine deep-level threats, non-signature risks, and predictable vulnerabilities. Empowers Data obfuscation so that all critical information is duly masked. Advanced incident forensics ensures all attacks (occurred or predicted) are duly traced back step-by-step to the root cause, enabling fast remediation and infra updates for uninterrupted shielding in the future.
Traditional SIEM solutions, processes, and the associated SIEM teams are only concerned with threat monitoring, investigation and alerting, analysis when a breach has occurred. However, modern SIEM solutions harbour due connectors to sync with infra endpoints and architectures responsible for threat remediation initiation, namely SOAR (Security Orchestration and Automation Response). With this extended SIEM, SOC teams can initiate automated threat response protocols with greater agility and efficiency thereby achieving a near end-to-end automated, intelligent threat management lifecycle
Sync up the embraced SIEM solution, SIEM tool, processes, and resources with private, public, hybrid, and multicloud environments for leading cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, IBM Cloud, etc. Shield your SaaS applications, PaaS architectures, or IaaS solutions with the advanced SIEM solution to gain unflinching threat/incident investigation, monitoring, analysis, and response functionalities for cloud workloads. Connect SIEM tools and workflows with cloud log management portals, monitoring, and native security tools to achieve a more agile, end-to-end, and advanced cloud security solution.
Adopt SIEM-integrated Managed Security Center Operations or SOC services to integrate cutting-edge threat intelligence and automation solutions within organizational workflows or as part of CSIRT, SIEM operations. Embed advanced threat intelligence feeds - a continuous stream of threat data from the IT landscape end-to-end fed into the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform. Consolidate cybersecurity management for IP/Domain Reputation, File Reputation, CWPP, CSPM, CASB, Phishing-malware-ransomware feeds, IT assets. Avail the proprietary Self Healing or Preventive Maintenance Platform to not only reduce Meantime to Detect and Meantime to Repair but do away with threats via advanced risk prediction and automated risk healing processes. Modernize cybersecurity administration with advanced AI-driven platforms under the supervision of a world-class SIEM team.
Leverage in-depth expertise and modern SIEM tools to perform deep-level Security Operations analysis, auditing, and Compliance Reporting. Compliance-related complications and lack of expertise for security teams often result in major loopholes in an organization’s IT workflows. This might be an inviting proposition to cybercriminals. Cloud4C’s compliant-ready offerings as part of the extended SOC-as-a-service suite ensure client facilities are duly compliant with data localization-residency laws, national regulations, local compliances, and international certifications. Compliance adherences, not limited to are:
- IRAP
- Bank Negara
- Central Bank of Oman
- SAMA
- FINMA
- UAE Compliances
- RBI
- MAS
- OJK
- GDPR
- CSA
- PCI-DSS
- HIPAA
- GXP
- International Standards: ISO-27001, ISO-27017, ISO-27018, ISO-22301, ISO-20000, AICPA SOC, AICPA SOC2
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Log Data and information Collection
The SIEM technology deploys robust tools and processes to collect all security data flows, logs, attack histories, and relevant other critical data from the entire IT and cloud stack end-to-end: applications, systems, platforms, architectures, Operating systems-middleware, network devices, web servers, libraries and protocols, VMs, servers, networks, endpoint environments, IoT landscapes, and more. Most SIEM systems connect with generalized sources while aggregating log data from event logs. However, Cloud4C's deployed SIEM solutions ensure that deeper data collection and analysis are done with advanced entity behavior analytics. The data is automatically (or via team supervision) analyzed to detect or predict lurking threats. Ensure complete data security for sensitive data and general data workflows.
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Security Event Correlation and Alerting
Upon reception of logs and workflow information from all assets in real-time, the SIEM technology performs event, risk, anomaly, or Historical pattern-based analysis to correlate the data footprints with breach possibilities. Once an event/incident happens, the same is instantly notified via security alerts for investigation and remediation actions. Advanced SIEM solutions also analyze the generated alerts based on general user activity patterns, correlation rules, and filter false positives. This greatly reduces the stress for security, administrator, and IT teams.
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Real-time Cyber Threats Monitoring and Incident Analysis
The SIEM tools and platform in collaboration with the SIEM team performs 24/7 monitoring over the IT environment end-to-end: data, applications, networks, enterprise systems, critical systems and devices, VMs, cloud architectures, and more. Usage of cutting-edge behavioural analytics from multiple data sources, event correlation and event data, threat investigation, and intelligent security analytics tools ensure instant detection of the unknown, difficult-to-find threats from any source. Prioritize outsider and insider threats basis impact capabilities to implement a proper, agile action framework and state-of-the-art event management solutions.
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Deep Threat Investigation
SIEM tools and platforms are often integrated with Deep Outsider and Insider Threats hunting, investigation, and Threat research-discovery platforms to conduct stringent assessment and deep monitoring of the entire IT infra and cloud stack. This enables easy detection of hidden threats, malicious codes, suspicious activities, and even seemingly harmless foreign files that might sum up to conjure a planned attack in the future.
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Advanced Security Incidents Analytics and Reporting
Cloud4C deployed SIEM solutions that leverage advanced AI to perform deep-level security analytics. Commonly used security features and frameworks for end-to-end analytics include User Behaviour Analytics (UEBA), MITRE ATT&CK methodologies, modern policies, etc. Upon thorough investigation and analysis, the solution presents intuitive security reports and facilitates intelligent overview dashboards. This empowers clients with state-of-the-art risk visualization for informed decision-making, alleviating extreme security concerns.
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Security Data Examination and Forensics
Ensures military-grade data security analysis on the administered logs and dataflows. Runs comprehensive, advanced checks basis the most modern security standards to examine deep-level threats, non-signature risks, and predictable vulnerabilities. Empowers Data obfuscation so that all critical information is duly masked. Advanced incident forensics ensures all attacks (occurred or predicted) are duly traced back step-by-step to the root cause, enabling fast remediation and infra updates for uninterrupted shielding in the future.
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Threat Response Management and SOAR integration
Traditional SIEM solutions, processes, and the associated SIEM teams are only concerned with threat monitoring, investigation and alerting, analysis when a breach has occurred. However, modern SIEM solutions harbour due connectors to sync with infra endpoints and architectures responsible for threat remediation initiation, namely SOAR (Security Orchestration and Automation Response). With this extended SIEM, SOC teams can initiate automated threat response protocols with greater agility and efficiency thereby achieving a near end-to-end automated, intelligent threat management lifecycle
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Cloud Security Incidents Management via SIEM System
Sync up the embraced SIEM solution, SIEM tool, processes, and resources with private, public, hybrid, and multicloud environments for leading cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, IBM Cloud, etc. Shield your SaaS applications, PaaS architectures, or IaaS solutions with the advanced SIEM solution to gain unflinching threat/incident investigation, monitoring, analysis, and response functionalities for cloud workloads. Connect SIEM tools and workflows with cloud log management portals, monitoring, and native security tools to achieve a more agile, end-to-end, and advanced cloud security solution.
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Threat Intelligence and Automation Integration
Adopt SIEM-integrated Managed Security Center Operations or SOC services to integrate cutting-edge threat intelligence and automation solutions within organizational workflows or as part of CSIRT, SIEM operations. Embed advanced threat intelligence feeds - a continuous stream of threat data from the IT landscape end-to-end fed into the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform. Consolidate cybersecurity management for IP/Domain Reputation, File Reputation, CWPP, CSPM, CASB, Phishing-malware-ransomware feeds, IT assets. Avail the proprietary Self Healing or Preventive Maintenance Platform to not only reduce Meantime to Detect and Meantime to Repair but do away with threats via advanced risk prediction and automated risk healing processes. Modernize cybersecurity administration with advanced AI-driven platforms under the supervision of a world-class SIEM team.
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SOC Audit and Compliance Management
Leverage in-depth expertise and modern SIEM tools to perform deep-level Security Operations analysis, auditing, and Compliance Reporting. Compliance-related complications and lack of expertise for security teams often result in major loopholes in an organization’s IT workflows. This might be an inviting proposition to cybercriminals. Cloud4C’s compliant-ready offerings as part of the extended SOC-as-a-service suite ensure client facilities are duly compliant with data localization-residency laws, national regulations, local compliances, and international certifications. Compliance adherences, not limited to are:
- IRAP
- Bank Negara
- Central Bank of Oman
- SAMA
- FINMA
- UAE Compliances
- RBI
- MAS
- OJK
- GDPR
- CSA
- PCI-DSS
- HIPAA
- GXP
- International Standards: ISO-27001, ISO-27017, ISO-27018, ISO-22301, ISO-20000, AICPA SOC, AICPA SOC2
Connect with our Managed SIEM Solution Experts
SIEM Solution Deployment Models
Legacy deployment model wherein the SIEM solution is deployed within the client’s data center and integrated with the firm’s IT processes. The SIEM and SOC team utilizes the deployed SIEM solution to garner log insights and threat monitoring, investigation, and reporting capabilities in addition to the platform maintenance.
In this deployment model, the client is in charge of incident coorelation, analysis, alerting, dashboards, and other security workflows based on dataflows. The Managed Service Provider collates dataflows and logs information received from the client to aggregate, analyze, and predict threats. The provider team also assists in threat investigation, monitoring, and response orchestration.
Here, the client is in charge of the hosting hardware and the deployed SIEM software. The SIEM managed service provider or SIEM MSSP is in charge of end-to-end data collation, aggregation, event correlation, incident/alert management, intrusion analysis, and reports management. The team also assists in swift response orchestration and recovery during breach incidents
Under the SIEM-as-a-service model, The managed service provider is in complete charge of the SIEM software, hosted SIEM hardware, and all security processes along with it: threat visibility, monitoring, alerts management, reporting, response initiation, and more. The client oversees the security processes and manages the information flow occurring via the system.
Microsoft Azure Sentinel: Cloud-native Intelligent SIEM-SOAR Solution for end-to-end Threat Management
Azure Sentinel embellishes the crown of Microsoft’s advanced cloud security solutions in addition to Windows Defender, Microsoft Cloud App Security, and more. Microsoft Azure Sentinel is a cloud-native, intelligent Security Information Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration Automation Response (SOAR) solution for end-to-end IT security administration.
The platform extends a universal security monitoring, threat/alert detection and proactive remediation, and intelligent security analytics solution applicable to all IT assets and resources: computing assets, devices, servers, databases, datacenters, platforms, architectures, applications, networks, Edge-IoT environments, and more.
Integrating with a full stack of security solutions, Azure Sentinel seamlessly connects to other security tools such as Windows Defender, Azure Cloud Apps Security, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Logic Apps, Azure AD, MITRE Frameworks for powerful threat hunting, automation tools, third-party enterprise applications, and more.
Features of Azure Sentinel
Data Collection
Seamless collection of data from IT devices and resources including users, applications, infra, networks both on-premises and multiple other cloud platforms connected to Azure. Integrate Azure-native and non-Microsoft security solutions with ease to establish a greater IT security ecosystem powered by Sentinel.
Universal Visibility and Analytics
Extend real-time, cutting-edge security visibility and analytics over the entire IT landscape. Correlate alerts into incidents to kickstart automated actions, adopt Machine Learning-based Anomaly Detection, map network and user behavior information, and make informed cybersecurity management decisions.
Advanced Threat Investigation and Threat Hunting
Gain interactive, intuitive, and deep threat investigation capabilities across all IT resources and multiple clouds, edge, IoT environments. Prepare custom alert rules, detect risk alerts and threats previously missed, go into advanced threat hunting mode with the Artificial Intelligence capabilities of Azure Sentinel. Utilize Azure Sentinel’s powerful hunting search and query tools backed on the MITRE framework to proactively look for threats within the organization’s IT landscape.
Threat Remediation with Security Automation and Orchestration
Built-in intelligent security automation and orchestration capabilities of Azure Sentinel digitizes common threat management functions across the organization. Integrate Sentinel with Logic Apps, Logic Analytics, Azure Functions, 200+ connectors for other Azure services, and adopted enterprise tools such as Jira, Zendesk, Slack, Microsoft Teams, etc unleash end-to-end automated security management.
Cloud4C Azure Sentinel Managed Services
Azure Sentinel Deployment
Perform a full investigation of the client’s IT landscape, process, and dataflows, including customizations and alerts
Gather client requirements and provide upfront cost savings of embracing Sentinel
Use Case development to optimize client’s visibility into the cloud environment
Review log types and devices, both on-premises and in Cloud, and identify the right data sources necessary to support use cases and to move to the cloud
Assist with the log onboarding activities
Creating and Configuring Sentinel and onboarding of log data using both native and custom Sentinel connectors
Setting up dashboards and alerts
Development of Threat Hunting templates and alerting scenarios
Creation of playbooks that execute automatically when an alert is triggered
Knowledge transfer, detection and response training, and creation of documents for customers’ use.
Azure Sentinel Management
Continuous Fine-tuning of complete ATT&CK based rules specific to Infrastructure and compliance policies
Perform Incident management with detailed Root cause analysis and Mitigation.
Provide weekly and monthly walkthroughs on Security posture and developments with actionable intelligence to improvise security posture.
Dedicated Technical account manager from SOC with a complete understanding of client infrastructure. Incident Auto remediation in minutes without human intervention saves overall manpower cost and reduces incident response SLA.
Detailed forensics offered an on-demand Team of cyber Threat intelligence experts performing threat hunting.
Threat modeling-based recommendations with a complete understanding of infra. Custom data collection even for the applications which cannot forward logs. Developing custom parsers even for unstructured logs.
Continuous discovery of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in tandem with real-time business processes and functionalities
Detection and Response (EDR) alerts to expose overall breach insights. Correlation of vulnerabilities with Endpoint assets
Identify the Machine-level vulnerabilities during in-depth incident investigations
Prioritize remediation based on the business context & the ever-evolving threat landscape. Built-in remediation processes through a unique integration with Microsoft Intune and Microsoft
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An Impact with Difference: Why Deploy SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) with Cloud4C?
World’s largest application-focused managed service provider with dedicated Managed Security Services and advanced managed SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) Offerings
10+ years expertise, 4000 transformation stories across 25+ nations
800,000 EPS, 1400 HBS, 1200 UTMs, 7 Reg-tech Frameworks, 40+ Security Controls
2000+ cloud experts and security teams with industry-leading certifications: Hyperscaler Security, Hyperscaler Platform, CISSP, OSCP, CEH, CHFI, Comp TIA Security
Leading SIEM Solutions managed service provider with Proprietary, intelligent automation powered cybersecurity tools such as the Cloud4C Self Healing Operations Platform
Specialized SOC audit, compliance management expertise ensuring stringent, fail-proof governance and compliance with local, national, and international regulations
Integration of updated Security frameworks and tools utilizing the MITRE ATT&CK, CIS Critical Security Controls, and more. Supports authentication bind for LDAP integration.
Comprehensive 24/7 threat monitoring across the entire IT and cloud stack. Deploy advanced security systems for in-depth intrusion detection and response
Delivers detailed analytical security reporting and intuitive reports for informed decision-making. Established group sharing and collaboration of reports within the SIEM solution
Dedicated Cyber Security Incident Response Team and Security Analysts along with SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) experts for any time, anywhere support and issue solving
Threat Intelligence powered by industry-leading platforms such as Microsoft, OSINT, STIX&TAXI, MISP, etc
Specialized expertise in deploying robust SIEM-SOAR for proactive threat monitoring, risk prediction, logs management, vulnerability assessment, and automated-accelerated incident response
SIEM integrated with the public, private, hybrid, multicloud architectures and IaaS, PaaS, SaaS models for leading cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle, IBM Cloud, etc
Seamless event correlation support across multi-variant architectures for historical events and data flows
Supports patch management enhancement to minimize patch failures, user roll-back functionalities, and patch success optimization
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) - FAQs
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What is SIEM and how it works?
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SIEM stands for Security Incident and Event Management. It’s a congregation of tools, systems, and processes associated with advanced threat hunting, threat discovery, incident detection, deep security analytics, and alerting. Occasionally, the SIEM solution is deployed in tandem with SOAR (Security Orchestration and Response) for automated risk response and threat mediation.
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What is SIEM and SOC?
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SIEM stands for Security Incident and Event Management. As the name suggests, it is a platform combined to auto-detect advanced level threats, alert security analysts, and ensure proactive threat event management response. SOC or Security Operations Center is a full-scale security team of an organization deploying an end-to-end threat management platform well synced with cloud-native security tools, SIEM-SOAR solutions, and other enterprise security platforms. The SOC team is responsible for supervising an organization’s entire risk management lifecycle across all IT assets.
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What is the purpose of SIEM?
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SIEM solutions offers unprecedented security management returns in three aspects: Threat Hunting, Threat Detection, Alerting and Security Analytics. As a security automation platform addressing the primary steps of a threat management lifecycle, SIEM solutions addresses risk monitoring and detection across the entire IT and cloud environment. It also syncs up with threat response solutions such as SOAR for automated threat mediation.
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What is the SIEM process?
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SIEM or Security Incident and Event Management integrates deep threat hunting, investigation, detection, and analytics solutions along with a dedicated team. Automated security workflows monitor logs and telemetry of all processes to detect lurking threats. Once done, the threats are grouped into risk categories and classified as incidents. If the same requires immediate attention, root cause analysis is done followed by threat response with an integrated SOAR solution or via the SIEM team.
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