Monthly Blog Round-Up – November 2013

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

1. “Why No Open Source SIEM, EVER?” contains some of my SIEM thinking from 2009. Is it relevant now? Well, you be the judge.
2. “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)
3. My classic PCI DSS Log Review series is popular as well. The series of 18 posts cover a comprehensive log review approach, useful for building log review processes and procedures, whether regulatory or not. It is also described in more detail in our Log Management book.
4. “Top 10 Criteria for a SIEM?” came from one of my last projects I did when running my SIEM consulting firm in 2009-2011.
5. “New SIEM Whitepaper on Use Cases In-Depth OUT!” (dated 2010) presents a whitepaper on select SIEM use cases in depth (the paper link is now RESTORED!)

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

Current research on using big data approaches for security:

• Big Data Analytics Mindset – What Is It?
• Big Data for Security Realities – Case 3: Elastic Search or Similar
• Big Data for Security Realities – Case 2 Variety Explosion
• Big Data for Security Realities - Case 1 Too Much Volume To Store aka “Big Data Collection”
• More On Big Data Security Analytics Readiness
• Broadening Big Data Definition Leads to Security Idiotics!
• Next Research Project: From Big Data Analytics to … Patching
• 9 Reasons Why Building A Big Data Security Analytics Tool Is Like Building a Flying Car
• “Big Analytics” for Security: A Harbinger or An Outlier?
• All posts tagged big data

 

Current research on security patch management:

• Cannot Patch? Compensate, Mitigate, Terminate!
• What is Your Minimum Time To Patch or “Patch Sound Barrier”

• Patch Management – NOT A Solved Problem!
• Next Research Project: From Big Data Analytics to … Patching
• On Nebulous Security Policies
• All posts related to patching

 

(see my published Gartner research here)

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

Disclaimer: all 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 – October 2013
• All posts tagged monthly