Does Your Network And Security Team Really Need A SIEM? Imagine if your organization had the exponential resources to provide every single device on your network its own personal administrator to monitor it. Your new army of employees would work 24/7 to track anomalies, quickly escalate priority events to your Security Operations Center (SOC) and stop ransomware in its tracks. This is exactly the purpose of a Security information and event management (SIEM) tool. It’s an automated collection point of telemetry data from devices like firewalls, switches, servers and more. A good SIEM allows your company to minimize investigation time by correlating threat intelligence in one place without requesting a budget for new staff or adding tasks to the limited security resources you have now. There are over 50 players in this crowded market but let’s examine the honest benefits and drawbacks of one of the most famous SIEM providers in the security industry. Love It or Leave It