Re: Event Log Monitoring - Recommendations

[Matt Pasiewicz <autodidactic.one () GMAIL COM>]

For any of you that have rich search interfaces, are you exposing slices of
the data to your devops crews?  You've got a wealth of information there.
 When I was in the private sector, our goals for systems like these
encompassed more than security ... depending on what log information you
capture, they can provide great insight into defects and performance tuning
(which can reduce costs).  My current thinking is that by enlarging the
circle of participation, you get lots of intangible benefits ... developers
are encouraged to make logs more meaningful (reducing the signal-to-noise
ratio) and the the team as a whole realizes economies of scale across silos
of security, development, operations, etc.  It creates the conditions for
many reciprocal benefits.

Thoughts?


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:53 AM, William C. Moore <wcmoore () valdosta edu>wrote:

>  Allow me to throw another name into the mix for comment.  I have been
> checking on Q1Labs also but I am also interested in Logrhythm as a viable
> SIEM.  We too used Splunk for several years but we found that it was not
> providing the reports and trending data we require.  I have yet to go
> through an on-campus demo so if anyone has a recommendation I too am very
> interested in their experience.****
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] *On Behalf Of *Greg Williams
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:20
> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Event Log Monitoring - Recommendations****
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> Greg, for strictly log management I would recommend Splunk.   We put our
> Splunk deployment in place last year.  The goal wasn’t event correlation,
> it was log management so we weren’t really looking at a SIEM, such as
> QRadar, Nitro, ArcSight, etc.****
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> I put together a log management policy and matrix before I started looking
> at products.  It helped narrow down the products before we started getting
> bids.  I can email it to you if you are interested.  ****
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> Website: http://www.uccs.edu/itsecure
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> mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>] *On
> Behalf Of *Greg Schmalhofer
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:11 AM
> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* [SECURITY] Event Log Monitoring - Recommendations****
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> We do not currently have any product for event log and/or system log
> monitoring, reporting, and alerting, but are about to begin the process of
> reviewing various products to see what might be the best fit for our
> environment, needs, and budget(small). We are a mix of Windows (AD), HP
> Unix, and Linux servers with Exchange and Oracle. Please let me know if you
> are able to recommend any product or solution for monitoring logs and
> providing various reporting and alerting. At the recent Educause Security
> Professionals Conference several individuals had recommended QRadar. Any
> thoughts or feedback on these products and/or any others would be greatly
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> **-          **StealthWatch (Lancope)****
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