Podcast

One of the most ignored benefits of security information and event management technology is using SIEM technology to improve overall IT operations. A. N. Ananth and Steve Lafferty (Prism Microsystems) talk to ETM’s Ali Klaver about how improved operations is seldom given much attention but might well provide the most tangible cost justification.

AK: “Ananth, could you give us a few examples of SIEM in operational use cases?”

AA: “One example that’s clear in these recessionary times is that people have had turnover in staff, particularly in North America, as so-called pink slips. A problem that IT people have everywhere is to verify that the accounts for these departing employees have been properly terminated.”