Monthly Blog Round-Up – June 2012

Here is my next monthly "Security Warrior" blog round-up of top 5 popular posts/topics this month:

1. “Simple Log Review Checklist Released!” is often at the top – the checklist is still a very useful tool for many people. “On Free Log Management Tools” is a companion to the checklist (updated version)
2. My PCI DSS Log Review series is popular as well.
3. “On Choosing SIEM” is about the least wrong way of choosing a SIEM tool – as well as why the right way is so unpopular.
4. “Top 10 Criteria for a SIEM?” came from one of my last projects I did when running my SIEM consulting firm.
5. “Log Management at $0 and 1hr/week?” is where a lot of companies still are, thus this post became popular again.

In addition, I’d like to draw your attention to a few posts from my Gartner blog:

Denial of Service research:

• More on DoS and Shared Security
• On DoS Detection
• Wanted Dead or Alive: Application DoS Attack
• Availability, Security and Why is DoS Fun?
• Quick DoS Attack Taxonomy
• More on DoS and Shared Security

Other fun posts:

• How Are We Doing Compared To Peers?
• On Stuxnet Revelations

Also see my past monthly and annual “Top Posts” – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.

Disclaimer: all this content was written before I joined Gartner on Aug 1, 2011 and is solely my personal view at the time of writing. For my current security blogging, go here.

• Monthly Blog Round-Up – May 2012