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The $2500 SIEM

This isn't a misprint - for as little as $2500 per month you can take the first step that all companies with effective security have taken to comply with standards and protect critical information. Intellitactics and Quest have put together a great program - security as a service -  to get you to take the first step. 

There are many reasons that companies and agencies have deferred their SIEM projects: the budget got smaller, the project was cut, we lost the headcount, we had to cut the SIEM project to save jobs in our group, we like maintaining the log collector we built, the dog ate it (the budget that is).

How did your project get stalled, postponed or shelved indefinitely? Every project requires human capital and sometimes you're just short one set of hands. Sometimes the best person, most qualified person is engaged in another high priority project. Budgets do change. Dollars shift to other projects, budgets get smaller in one area to compensate for unavoidable increases in other areas and revenue projections that fund the budget fall short of  expectations.Unfortunately the need for effective logging and event management doesn't shift and what the company expects from you - the security team - doesn't get put on hold. 

For $2500 you get Intellitactics SAFE- the only SIEM appliance with all the capabilities on one appliance sitting right where you are. Then you decide how much you can do with your SIEM - some of the work, all the work or none of the work at night or weekends. You get a trusted partnership with Quest,a full service managed security service provider. With Quest's security as a service you can do as little or as much work as you choose by augmenting your staff with Quest - using Quest to add the most value. 

SIEM is established by SANS as an important first stepin developing an efficient and effective security startegy. It reduces the cost of compliance, mitigates risk by automating monitoring of controls that enforce policy. 

For more information on security as a service  visit www.intellitactics.com or your virtual security team visit www.questsys.com   

Intellitactics SAFE Powers Up for NERC Compliance

An online publication reported that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has approved a set of revised cyber-security standards for the North American bulk power system. NERC is an international self-regulatory authority for ensuring the reliability of the bulk electric power system in North America. It develops and enforces reliability standards, and under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, it has the power to fine violators for standards violations.

The 88% majority approval by the electric industry indicates strong support in the industry for the more stringent standards. "The approval of these revisions is evidence that NERC's industry-driven standards development process is producing results, with the aim of developing a strong foundation for the cyber security of the electric grid," said Michael Assante, Vice President and Chief Security Officer at NERC, in a statement.  “The standards, if properly implemented, will develop the capabilities needed to secure critical infrastructure from cyber security threats," the statement noted.

The revised standards define 40 requirements that, when implemented, will provide a solid foundation of sound security practices. Audits for compliance with these comprehensive requirements will begin on July 1, 2009. Entities that fail to comply can be fined up to $1 million per day, per violation in the U.S., with other enforcement provisions in place throughout much of Canada, said NERC.

Being audit ready requires automated log collection and reporting. Intellitactics SAFE offers one fully capable appliance that not only provides audit worthy NERC reports to demonstrate compliance but also automates event monitoring to sustain compliance between audits. Monitoring is a proven strategy for mitigating risk and protecting against costly breaches in security. See SAFE every Tuesday and decide is SAFE is right for you.

Intellitactics Poised for Mid Market Success

This week Gartner published their annual research on security information and event management (SIEM)vendors. The research covers the high number of vendors (21) in this space and it also underscores the many different ways companies are building, packaging and selling SIM and SEM and a combined solution for companies that want and can handle both.

So what about Intellitactics? Well, we have two distinct product lines that we've developed. The first is a software solution, Intellitactics Security Manager, that in Gartner's estimation is "optimal for large enterprises" with the need to customize and configure their SIEM to adapt to sophisticated and complex requirements.the second is Intellitactics SAFE - a fully capable SIEM appliance that is uniquely designed for mid market companies. SAFE is simple to deploy and easy to use. So if a company just wants to do better during an audit or is large enough to face complex security threats but too small for dedicated security operations centers  then SAFE is perfect. Lots of capability on ONE appliance - the ultimate in simple and a fast path to value.

Our packaging is simple. Buy what you need now from Intellitactics or from a select number of VARs that all have unique capabilties and areas of expertise. We're also proud of the MSSPs that offer security services in the traditional way or co-opt SIEM with a SAFE appliance on premise with remote management by the MSSP. No matter what your budget, there is an affordable way to get the benefits of SAFE: improved understanding of logs and events and accelerated investigation of security incidents. We aren't bundled with your storage solution or your NOC solution or thrown into your maintenance bill. Everyone of our customers conducted a thorough investigation and selection process and chose Intellitactics.

Finally, we like what we do. Everyone in the company takes a lot of pride in the success our customers in 21 countries and many industries are having with our product. We are just as excited today after 11 years of providing security solutions as we were when we the first customer bought a product that in those days was an elaborate toolkit.

So if you're an independent thinker and you're looking for a vendor partner highly invested in your success - we're the company you're looking for! Take a look -  any Tuesday and see for yourself how simple SIEM can be.

Intellitactics Explains the Value of ONE

21 - the number of vendors offering security information and event management (SIEM) products including Intellitactics. These products offer a variety of features and functions and just as many architectural approaches to providing these product capabilities. So what is so important about ONE?

ONE is the number of appliances you'll need to enjoy a FULLY CAPABLE SIEM from Intellitactics. That means you buy and implement ONE appliance that provides TWO key capabilities: log management which is essential for compliance with regulatory standards and real time event management which is essential for threat management and security operations.

Another number to consider: 1400! That's the number of packaged reports you get with the Intellitactics SIEM products.1400 audit ready reports for every regulatory standard:  NERC, PCI, HIPAA, SOX, FISMA, GLB and for best practice control sets like CoBit, NIST and ISO.

Finally - 0 - yes ZERO is the number of DBA's you'll need and the amount of SAN storage you will need to get full value from your Intellitactics SIEM. It's also the number of times you'll wish you had bought another product and the number of calls you'll have to make complaining that you've run out of storage or connected to a device your SIEM doesn't support.

So get the ONE SIEM appliance that does it all. See the ONE every Tuesday at 2 PM EST.

Intellitactics SAFE is a Winner - Best Security Management

During InfoSec Week in London, SC Magazine Hosted a Gala Event to recognize the best products in multiple categories. Intellitactics SAFE was voted the Best Security Management Product..

Intellitactics Director of International Sales Brent Davidson and Intellitactics Security Specialist Matt Schnarr hosted a table of Intellitactics customers and partners at the SC Magazine Gala and eagerly anticipated the award announcements. "We're proud to accept this award on behalf of all the talented people at Intellitactics who contributed to this complete and affordable security information and event management appliance," Davidson said. "While the Award is great to get, we are rewarded everyday by the customers who choose Intellitactics over dozens of other alternatives. When a customer volunteers to tell prospects about their product and their Intellitactics experience, it makes me so proud of what we do and what we provide to this market." 

Davidson and Schnarr were at InfoSec to leverage the excitement around the SAFE product. Global laws and regulatory standards continue to challenge organizations of all sizes. SAFE provides everyday compliance with policies implemented to reduce risk and protect against insider and external attacks. Intellitactics partners in 22 countries outside North America incorporate SAFE into comprehensive infrastructure management and compliance initiatives.

See SAFE in action every Tuesday at the virtual Open House or learn how one right-sized SAFE appliance enables PCI compliance. 

SANS - What Everyone Was Talking About

Intellitactics sponsored the SANS WhatWorks Log Management Summit in DC last week. Event detection was the topic of many conversations. Based on SANS' recent survey organizations MOST SATISFIED with their logging and event management solution benefit from normalized, parsed logs presented as EVENTS. They use reports to share results with other functions and barter with admins to get the logs they need. Whether the goal is cost effective compliance or efficient security operations, organizations agree that collecting logs just isn't enough. Intellitactics gratefully acknowledges participation by customers in several panel discussions: Royal Bank of Scotland, Lockheed Martin and other federal agencies. You can hear the SANS expert and Sunil Bhargava, CTO of Intellitactics, discuss the survey results and steps companies are taking TO DO MORE with LOGS.

"Just Logs" is SO OVER!

SANS Annual Log Management Survey Results are in!!

And there are a few surprises. SANS will be unveiling the results of the survey at the Annual Log Management Summit taking place in Washington DC April 4-6, 2009. All Intellitactics guests get a 10% discount.

If you can't make the event there will be a webcast on April 7 featuring Sunil Bhargava, CTO for Intellitactics, and other security experts. There are a few surprises so be sure to register for webcast or come to Summit in Washington DC. Be the guest of Intellitactics for LUNCH and LEARN on Monday, the 5th and hear first hand from customers and security engineers how to prevent data loss. Schedule time for the panel discussion where SIEM users like ABN Amro (now Royal Bank of Scotland) shares the secrets of log and event management success. It's going to be a great event!

Remember to register for the webcast to get your free summary of the survey results and see what everyone will be talking about in April!

For more information on getting a 10% discount for the Summit, or free Lunch and Learn at the Summit or registering for the webcast on survey results contact Intellitactics.