SIEM Product Comparison

SIEM Product Comparison

SIEM Technology Space SIEM market analysis of the last 3 years suggest: Market consolidation of SIEM players (25 vendors in 2011 to 16 vendors in 2013) Only products with technology maturity and a strong road map have featured in leaders quadrant. HP ArcSight & IBM Q1 Labs have maintained leadership in SIEM industry with continued technology upgrade McAfee Nitro has strong product features & road map to challenge HP & IBM for leadership 2011 2012 2013

HP ArcSight The ArcSight Enterprise Threat and Risk Management (ETRM) Platform is an integrated set of products for collecting, analysing, and managing enterprise Security Event information. ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM): Correlation and analysis engine used to identify security threat in real-time ArcSight Logger: Log storage and Search solution ArcSight IdentityView: User Identity tracking/user activity monitoring ArcSight Connectors: for data collection from a variety of data sources ArcSight Auditor Applications: automated continuous controls monitoring for both mobile & virtual environments Extensive Log collection support for commercial IT products & applications Advanced support for Threat Management, Fraud Management & Behavior Analysis Mature Event Correlation, Categorization & Reporting Tight integration with Big data Analytics platform like Hadoop Highly customizable based on organization s requirements Highly Available & Scalable Architecture supporting Multi-tier & Multi-tenancy Complex deployment & configuration Mostly suited for Medium to Large Scale deployment Requires skilled resources to manage the solution Steep learning curve for Analysts & Operators

IBM QRadar The QRadar Integrated Security Solutions (QRadar) Platform is an integrated set of products for collecting, analysing, and managing enterprise Security Event information. QRadar Log Manager turn key log management solution for Event log collection & storage QRadar SIEM Integrated Log, Threat & Risk Management solution QRadar Risk Manager Predictive threat & risk modelling, impact analysis & simulation QRadar QFlow Network Behaviour Analysis & Anomaly detection using network flow data QRadar vflow Application Layer monitoring for both Physical & Virtual environment Very simple deployment & configuration Integrated view of the threat environment using Netflow data, IDS/IPS data & Event logs from the environment Behavior & Anomaly Detection capabilities for both Netflow & Log data Suited for small, medium & large enterprises Limited customizations capabilities Limited Multi-tenancy support Limited capability to perform Advanced Use Case development & analytics Highly Scalable & Available architecture

McAfee Nitro The McAfee Enterprise Security Management (formerly Nitro Security) Platform is an integrated set of products for collecting, analysing, and managing enterprise Security Event information. McAfee Enterprise Log Manager turn key log management solution for Event log collection & storage McAfee Event Receiver collecting log data & native flow data McAfee Database Event Monitor database transaction & Log monitoring McAfee Application data Monitor application layer event monitoring McAfee Advanced Correlation Engine advanced correlation engine for correlating events both historical & real time Integrated Application Data monitoring & Deep Packet Inspection Integrated Database monitoring without dependence on native audit functions High event collection rate suited for very large scale deployment Efficient query performance in spite of high event collection rate Very basic correlation capabilities when compared with HP & IBM Limitations in user interface when it concerns navigation Requires a lot of agent installs for Application & database monitoring thereby increasing management complexity No Analytics capability both Big Data & Risk based Limited customization capabilities Limited support for multi-tier & multi-tenancy architecture

Splunk Splunk Enterprise is an integrated set of products that provide Log Collection, management & reporting capabilities using Splunk Indexer used to collect and index logs from IT environment Splunk Search Heads used to search & report on IT logs Splunk App for Enterprise Security - used to collect external threat intelligence feeds, parse log sources and provide basic analytics for session monitoring (VPN, Netflow etc.) Extensive Log collection capabilities across the IT environment Log search is highly intuitive like Google search Flexible dash boarding & analytics capability improves Log visualization capabilities Built-in support for external threat intelligence feeds both open source & commercial App Store based architecture allowing development of Splunk Plugins to suit monitoring & analytics requirements Pre-SIEM solution with very limited correlation capabilities Even though easy to deploy, increasingly difficult to configure for SIEM related functions

RSA Security Analytics RSA Security Analytics is an integrated set of products that provide Network Forensics, Log Collection, management & reporting capabilities using Capture Infrastructure RSA Security Analytics Decoder Real time capture of Network Packet and log data with Analysis and filtering capabilities RSA Security Analytics Concentrator Aggregates metadata from the Decoder RSA Security Analytics Broker Server For reporting, management and administration of capture data Analysis & Retention Infrastructure Event Stream Analysis Correlation Engine Archiver Long term retention, storage, security & compliance reporting RSA Security Analytics Warehouse Big Data Infrastructure for Advanced Analytics Great Analytics using Event Log Data & Network Packet Capture Network forensics, Big Data (Parallel Computing) are cornerstones in SIEM world Tightly Integrates with RSA ecosystem for Threat Intelligence, Fraud Detection, Malware Analysis etc. (each requires separate RSA Tools) New Product release from RSA, hence advanced Security correlation support is poor Security Analytics Warehouse is a new capability with very little real world use cases Suited only for large enterprises with need for complex deployment and management resources. Poor deployment options for small and midsize customers

LogRhythm The LogRhythm SIEM 2.0 Security Intelligence Platform is an integrated set of products for collecting, analysing, and managing enterprise Security Event information. Log Manager high performance, distributed and redundant log collection and management appliance Event Manager provide centralized event management and administration for a LogRhythm deployment Network Monitor provide full visibility into network traffic, identifying applications via deep packet inspection, providing real-time unstructured search access to all metadata and packet captures Well balanced log management, reporting, event management, privileged user monitoring and File integrity monitoring capabilities Fast deployment with minimal configuration because of appliance form factor Quarterly Health Check programs post-deployment offers great After sales-service experience Suitable for Security event data only, as Operational data sets cause slowing performance for searches and reports No Support for Active Directory integration for Role- Based Access Control Suited best for small and mid size companies with basic security, regulatory compliance and reporting needs. Not scalable for very large deployments.

SIEM Vendors Critical Capabilities Score Card A Summary scoring sheet for SIEM Vendors based on their Core capabilities is given below: Capability RSA Security Analytics Log Rhythm Splunk McAfee Nitro IBM QRadar HP ArcSight Real-time Security Monitoring 3.1 3.2 2.5 3.9 4.2 4.4 Threat Intelligence 3.7 2.5 3.0 2.8 3.5 4.5 Behavior Profiling 2.5 2.3 3.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 Data & End User Monitoring 3.6 3.5 1.7 3.6 3.5 4.0 Application Monitoring 3.8 3.5 1.8 3.7 3.3 3.8 Analytics 2.5 2.5 3.8 4.5 3.5 4.0 Log Management & Reporting 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.8 3.9 4.0 Deployment & Support Simplicity 3.0 4.0 2.5 3.5 3.5 3.0 Total (Weighted Score) 25.7 25.3 21.8 28.8 30.4 31.7 1.0 Low level of Capability 5.0 High Level of Capability

SIEM Vendors Use Cases Score Card Use Cases RSA Security Analytics Log Rhythm Splunk McAfee Nitro IBM QRadar HP ArcSight Overall Use Cases 3.2 3.2 2.7 3.6 3.8 4.0 Compliance Use Cases 3.3 3.7 3.0 3.7 3.8 3.8 Threat Monitoring 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.8 3.7 4.0 SIEM 3.2 3.4 2.8 3.6 3.8 3.9 Total (Weighted Score) 12.8 13.4 11.7 14.7 15.1 15.7 1.0 Low level of Capability 5.0 High Level of Capability