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  RSA: IT security managers skeptical on Big Data Security proposition

  While "Big Data Security" is now the industry buzzword and defines a way to get enterprise customers into a new method of threat detection based on mining massive amounts of security-event and business data to pinpoint threats, the response from a few IT shops seems to be"thanks, but no thanks."

  By Ellen Messmer | 28 February, 2013 17:19

  Tags: HP, security, Wide Area Network, SIEM

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  Do enterprise security teams want Big Data Security?

  A big theme at the RSA Conference this year is a concept known as Big Data Security -- the idea that massive amounts of data related to both network security and of business context should be stockpiled to be analyzed to pinpoint malware, rogue insiders and stealthy attacks aimed at stealing sensitive data.

  By Ellen Messmer | 27 February, 2013 17:35

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, IBM, security, hardware systems, software, Data Center, Wide Area Network, SIEM, emc, HP

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  Evolving security standards a challenge for cloud computing, expert says

  Any enterprise looking to use cloud computing services will also be digging into what laws and regulations might hold in terms of security and privacy of data stored in the cloud. At the Cloud Security Alliance Congress in Orlando this week, discussion centered on two important regulatory frameworks now being put in place in Europe and the U.S.

  By Ellen Messmer | 08 November, 2012 15:53

  Tags: security, european union, cloud security alliance, IPS, cloud computing, internet, SIEM, European Parliament, privacy, Cloud Security Alliance; security; privacy, IDS

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  IBM anoints Q1 Labs technology as centerpiece of security portfolio

  IBM intends to make the security information and event management (SIEM) technology gained through the acquisition of Q1 Labs, which was officially closed yesterday, the centerpiece of IBM's broad security product portfolio.

  By Ellen Messmer | 28 October, 2011 05:34

  Tags: BigFix, Guardium, Q1 Labs, IBM, security, Access control and authentication, SIEM

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  Guidance forensics tool now working with SIEM

  Guidance Software today said its computer forensics tool is now capable of automated collection of data on endpoint devices, including computers and smartphones, based on a security information and event management (SIEM) alert.

  By Ellen Messmer | 19 October, 2011 08:47

  Tags: Guidance Software, security, endpoint security, arcsight, SIEM

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  12 hybrid security products to watch

  Securing a hybrid cloud is not the same thing as deploying hybrid security products.

  By Christine Burns | 11 February, 2013 06:19

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, identity management, Networking, infrastructure management, hardware systems, Data Center, cloud computing, internet, SIEM, management, virtualization, Gartner, IDC, security, Cloud, Access control and authentication

Whitepapers about SIEM

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