sigma - Generic Signature Format for SIEM Systems

Generic Signature Format for SIEM Systems. What is Sigma? Sigma is a generic and open signature format that allows you to describe relevant log events in a straight forward manner. The rule format is very flexible, easy to write and applicable to any type of log file. The main purpose of this...

Building an incident response program: creating the framework

In part one of our series, our overview of Building an incident response plan, we discussed what regulations organizations will need to meet in order to address incident/breach response protocols laid out in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation GDPR. This week, we’ll talk to you about step...

Security Glue Between the Silos of Endpoint, Server, Cloud and Network Security Gets More Critical

Endpoint and Host security techniques have diverged. There used to be considerable similarity between the techniques and tools used to secure desktops, servers, and even networks. Desktops evolved to become Endpoints, as mobile devices proliferated and they were assembled into a collective of bei...

Generic Signature Format for SIEM Systems: Sigma

Sigma is a generic and open signature format that allows you to describe relevant log events in a straight forward manner. The rule format is very flexible, easy to write and applicable to any type of log file. The main purpose of this project is to provide a structured form in which researchers ...

ACE - Automated, Collection, and Enrichment Platform

The Automated Collection and Enrichment ACE platform is a suite of tools for threat hunters to collect data from many endpoints in a network and automatically enrich the data. The data is collected by running scripts on each computer without installing any software on the target. ACE supports...

The Automated Collection and Enrichment Platform: ACE

The Automated Collection and Enrichment ACE platform is a suite of tools for threat hunters to collect data from many endpoints in a network and automatically enrich the data. The data is collected by running scripts on each computer without installing any software on the target. ACE supports...

Microsoft security solutions against ransomware and APT

Last Tuesday I was invited to Microsoft business breakfast "Effective protection against targeted and multilevel attacks". Here I would like to share some of my thoughts on this. Need to mention that the food was delicious and the restaurant of Russian Geographical Society is a very lovely place...

Boost productivity of your DevOps teams and deliver superior digital experiences with Akamai Cloud Delivery Platform - Part 3

In the first and second part of this blog series, we discussed the challenges associated with cloud adoption and how you can leverage Akamai Cloud Delivery Platform, the world's largest and most trusted cloud delivery platform, to achieve the scalability, availability, reliability, security and...

IBM QRadar SIEM and QRadar Incident Forensics Input Validation Vulnerabilities

IBM QRadar SIEM and QRadar Incident Forensics are both products of IBM USA. The former is a suite of solutions that utilize security intelligence to protect assets and information from advanced threats; the latter is a suite of security forensic investigation software. An input validation...

Maximize security insights by integrating threat intelligence data from Akamai with your SIEM

Since 2005, when Gartner coined the term, SIEM Security Information and Event Management solutions have grown in importance for the security industry. SIEM solutions provide a centralized view to easily access and analyze security information from multiple sources, and then prioritize mitigation...

ISACA Moscow Vulnerability Management Meetup 2017

Last Thursday, I attended a very interesting event entirely dedicated to Vulnerability Management - open ISACA Moscow meetup. Me and my former colleague from Mail.Ru Group Dmitry Chernobaj presented there our joint report "Enterprise Vulnerability Management: fancy marketing brochures and the...

Superior and safe user experiences with the Akamai Cloud Delivery Platform

Your customers are unique and they all expect fast, secure, personalized digital experiences. They are spread across the world, in regions of varying network connectivity, utilize a plethora of devices and screen sizes - making it challenging to deliver your experiences. By delivering 95 Exabytes...

SIEM Security Tools: Four Expensive Misconceptions

Why modern SIEM security solutions can save you from data and cost headaches. If you want to reliably detect attacks across your organization, you need to see all of the activity thats happening on your network. More importantly, that activity needs to be filtered and prioritized by risk -- acros...

SIEM Security Tools: Four Expensive Misconceptions

Why modern SIEM security solutions can save you from data and cost headaches. If you want to reliably detect attacks across your organization, you need to see all of the activity thats happening on your network. More importantly, that activity needs to be filtered and prioritized by risk -- acros...

The CIS Critical Security Controls Explained – Control 6: Maintenance, Monitoring and Analysis of Audit Logs

In your organizational environment, Audit Logs are your best friend. Seriously. This is the sixth blog of the series based on the CIS Critical Security Controls. Ill be taking you through Control 6: Maintenance, Monitoring and Analysis of Audit Logs, in helping you to understand the need to nurtu...

InsightVM: Analytics-driven Vulnerability Management, All The Way To The End(point)

In 2015 Rapid7 introduced the Insight platform, built to reduce the complexity inherent in security analytics. This reality was introduced first to our InsightIDR users, who now had the capabilities of a SIEM, powered by user behavior analytics UBA and endpoint detection. Soon we started to roll...

Researcher Warns SIEMs Are Weak Link In Network Security Chain

MIAMI—Security information and event management SIEM solutions are supposed to boost security, but researchers say the network analysis tools are ripe attack targets. The warning comes from security expert John Grigg, lead cyber strategist with Meta Studios. In a talk at the Infiltrate Conference...

Making Splunk searches using REST API

When you have already learned how to make search requests in Splunk GUI, it may be nice to figure out how do the same from your own scripts using the Splunk REST API. It's really easy! Ok, we have a Splunk SIEM account: user="user" pass="Password123" And we want to execute this search request:...

IBM QRadar SIEM and QRadar Incident Forensics Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

IBM QRadar SIEM and QRadar Incident Forensics are both products of IBM USA. The former is a suite of solutions that utilize security intelligence to protect assets and information from advanced threats; the latter is a suite of security forensic investigation software. A cross-site scripting...

IBM QRadar SIEM and QRadar Incident Forensics Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities

IBM QRadar SIEM and QRadar Incident Forensics are both products of IBM USA. The former is a suite of solutions that utilize security intelligence to protect assets and information from advanced threats; the latter is a suite of security forensic investigation software. A cross-site request forger...