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What's Missing from
Security Event
Management?
White Paper January 2007
Contents
Introduction ........................... 1 Security requirements have undergone constant growth during the past decade. At the same time, regulatory and general Misunderstanding of Products business requirements are broadening the territory that must be and Functions......................... 3 secured. This white paper addresses some of the most important issues Challenges for Enterprise- creating impediments to a comprehensive security management Level Monitoring ................... 5 solution.
SIEM Components: A Closer In today's environment, it is necessary to evaluate security Look at the Comprehensive arrangements from the point of contribution to an overall Solution................................... 6 solution rather than as individual components. A centralized philosophy of management needs to be adopted that combines Who Is Responsible for Security Event Management (SEM) with Security Information Security Anyway?.................. 7 Management (SIM) to create a comprehensive Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution.Expanding SIEM Through Integration.............................. 8
Critical Questions To Ask of Your Security Management System..................................... 9
NetIQ Solutions.................... 10
Conclusion............................ 13
About NetIQ Corporation .. 13
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