Design Correlation Rules to Get the Most Out of Your SIEM

Every networked environment generates thousands of logs from disparate systems. Individually, many of these events may seem worthless. But when looking for a specific needle in the haystack, these logs can be very valuable. To gain this level of visibility, many organizations deploy a SIEM (Security Information Event Management) solution.

A SIEM performs several tasks that, combined, make it a great analytics tool. SIEM is big data analytics for security events. The functionality genera...