{"id":198,"date":"2015-10-08T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T15:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/?p=198"},"modified":"2016-10-25T10:37:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T14:37:26","slug":"five-best-and-worst-practices-for-using-siem-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/five-best-and-worst-practices-for-using-siem-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Best (and Worst) Practices for Using SIEM Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Five Best and Five Worst Practices for SIEM by Dr. Anton Chuvakin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/1ZfIHrn6Y9OIV\" width=\"427\" height=\"356\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/anton_chuvakin\/five-best-and-five-worst-practices-for-siem-by-dr-anton-chuvakin\" title=\"Five Best and Five Worst Practices for SIEM by Dr. Anton Chuvakin\" target=\"_blank\">Five Best and Five Worst Practices for SIEM by Dr. Anton Chuvakin<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/anton_chuvakin\" target=\"_blank\">Anton Chuvakin<\/a><\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>To the uninitiated, deploying and implementing SIEM solutions may seem like a straightforward task, but reality begs to differ. SIEM are complex, often unwieldy\u00a0technologies, and they require careful implementation or your organization may end up with a flawed or failed deployment.<\/p>\n<p>In this 29-slide SlideShare presentation, Dr. Anton Chuvakin,\u00a0Research Director for Gartner\u2019s Security and Risk Management Strategies team and Solutions Review featured <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/2015\/09\/22\/are-you-following-these-top-infosec-influencers\/\" target=\"_blank\">InfoSec Influencer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/2015\/09\/24\/top-6-books-on-siem\/\" target=\"_blank\">author<\/a> breaks down the five best and worst practices for\u00a0implementing SIEM as part of security monitoring and intelligence.<\/p>\n<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/>\n<div class=\"half alignright custom-bg\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>This presentation may be a few years old, but the macro-focused advice inside is still highly relevant for security pros and organizations looking to avoid common pitfalls and create a successful SIEM<br \/>\nimplementation will help maximize security and compliance value, and avoid costly obstacles,<br \/>\ninefficiencies, and risks.<\/p>\n<p>If you find this presentation helpful, you may also be interested in the recently released 2016 SIEM and Security Analytics Buyer&#8217;s Guide, which features the 24 top SIEM vendors for comparison, as well as advice on choosing and implementing SIEM solutions. A complimentary copy of the report is available <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/siem-buyers-guide-security-information-and-event-management\/\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/>\n<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the uninitiated, deploying and implementing SIEM solutions may seem like a straightforward task, but reality begs to differ. SIEM are complex, often unwieldy\u00a0technologies, and they require careful implementation or your organization may end up with a flawed or failed deployment. In this 29-slide SlideShare presentation, Dr. Anton Chuvakin,\u00a0Research Director for Gartner\u2019s Security and Risk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[46,42,19],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Five Best (and Worst) Practices for Using SIEM Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Implementing SIEM sounds straightforward, but reality sometimes begs to differ.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/five-best-and-worst-practices-for-using-siem-solutions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five Best (and Worst) Practices for Using SIEM Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Implementing SIEM sounds straightforward, but reality sometimes begs to differ.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/five-best-and-worst-practices-for-using-siem-solutions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SIEM Tools &amp; 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