Monthly Blog Round-Up – February 2017
Here is my next monthly "Security Warrior" blog round-up of top 5 popular posts/topics this month: “New SIEM Whitepaper on Use Cases In-Depth OUT!” (dated 2010, so I have no idea why it tops the charts now!) presents a whitepaper on select SIEM use cases described in depth with rules and reports [using now-defunct SIEM product]; also see this SIEM use case in depth and this for a more current list of popular SIEM use cases. Finally, see our 2016 research on developing security monitoring use cases here ! “ Why No Open Source SIEM, EVER? ” contains some of my SIEM thinking from 2009. Is it relevant now? You be the judge. Succeeding with SIEM requires a lot of work, whether you paid for the software, or not. BTW, this post has an amazing “staying power” that is hard to explain – I suspect it has to do with people wanting “free stuff” and googling for “open source SIEM ” … “ Simple Log Review Checklist Released! ” is often at the top of this list – this aging chec...