Is the Current Generation of SIEM Tools Up to the Task?

P. Musich

Summary Bullets:

• Enterprises are evolving their expectations of SIEM technology from a compliance check box item to security operations management.
• Enterprises should ask their SIEM suppliers hard questions about their ability to scale cost effectively and provide meaningful analytics without requiring a new and expensive expert well versed in both security and big data.

Despite the maturity of the security information and event management (SIEM) market and some consolidation in recent years, there are still a large number of vendors.  At the same time, the market continues to grow at double-digit rates, with the most current growth rates projected at about 15% annually.