Monthly Blog Round-Up – September 2014

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 of this list – 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. “New SIEM Whitepaper on Use Cases In-Depth OUT!” (dated 2010) 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.
3. “Top 10 Criteria for a SIEM?” came from one of my last projects I did when running my SIEM consulting firm in 2009-2011 (for my recent work on evaluating SIEM, see this document)
4. My classic PCI DSS Log Review series is popular as well. The series of 18 posts cover a comprehensive log review approach (OK for PCI DSS 3.0 as well), useful for building log review processes and procedures , whether regulatory or not. It is also described in more detail in our Log Management book.
5. “SIEM Resourcing or How Much the Friggin’ Thing Would REALLY Cost Me?” is a quick framework for assessing the SIEM project (well, a program, really) costs at an organization (much more details on this here).

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

Current research on MSSPs:

• Find Security That Outsources Badly!
• Challenges with MSSPs?
• How To Work With An MSSP Effectively?

Previous research on SIEM:

• My UPDATED “SIEM Technology Assessment and Select Vendor Profiles” Publishes
• My UPDATED “Security Information and Event Management Architecture and Operational Processes” Publishes
• My Evaluation Criteria for Security Information and Event Management Publishes
• My Blueprint for Designing a SIEM Deployment Publishes
• SIEM Real-time and Historical Analytics Collide?
• SIEM and Badness Detection
• “Stop The Pain” Thinking vs the Use Case Thinking
• More on SIEM Maturity – And Request for Feedback!
• On SIEM Tool and Operation Metrics
• SIEM Analytics Histories and Lessons
• Popular SIEM Starter Use Cases and Detailed SIEM Use Case Example
• Back to SIEM Research!
• SIEM Webinar Questions – Answered
• How to Use Threat Intelligence with Your SIEM?

Miscellaneous fun posts:

• Why No Security Analytics Market?
• On “Defender’s Advantage”
• Security Essentials? Basics? Fundamentals? Bare Minimum?

(see all my published Gartner research here)

Also see my past monthly and annual “Top Popular Blog Posts” – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.

Disclaimer: most content at SecurityWarrior blog 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.

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• Monthly Blog Round-Up – August 2014
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