Monthly Blog Round-Up – May 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. “Why No Open Source SIEM, EVER?” contains some of my SIEM thinking from 2009. Is it relevant now? Well, you be the judge.
4. 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 (OK for PCI DSS 3.0 as well), whether regulatory or not. It is also described in more detail in our Log Management book.
5. “Top 10 Criteria for a SIEM?” came from one of my last projects I did when running my SIEM consulting firm in 2009-2011.

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

Current research on SIEM:

• 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?

Previous research on threat intelligence (TI):

• My Threat Intelligence and Threat Assessment Research Papers Publish
• Threat Assessment – A Tough Subject (And Sharks with Fricking Lasers!)
• On Threat Intelligence Management Platforms
• How to Use Threat Intelligence with Your SIEM?
• On Internally-sourced Threat Intelligence
• Delving into Threat Actor Profiles
• On Threat Intelligence Sources
• How to Make Better Threat Intelligence Out of Threat Intelligence Data?
• On Threat Intelligence Use Cases
• On Broad Types of Threat Intelligence
• Threat Intelligence is NOT Signatures!
• The Conundrum of Two Intelligences!
• On Comparing Threat Intelligence Feeds
• Consumption of Shared Security Data
• From IPs to TTPs

Miscellaneous fun posts:

• On “Defender’s Advantage”
• Security And/Or/Vs/Not Compliance?

(see 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 – April 2014
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