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Market Overview: Security Information Management (SIM)

PCI Gives The SIM Market Its Second Wind, But The Field Will Thin Out In The Years Ahead

by John Kindervag, Andrew Jaquith, April 30, 2009

The security information management (SIM) market has undergone a dramatic transformation in the past five years. After growing to a respectable size in a short period in the early 2000s, the SIM market stagnated until the Payment Card Industry Data Security . . .

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IT Security Remains An Integral Part Of The Enterprise

The State Of Enterprise IT Security: 2008 To 2009

by Simon Yates, January 29, 2009

Forrester's recent security survey of North American and European enterprises shows hope for the current state of IT security. Thankfully, we found that the IT security organization continues to be a strong and important part of the business, as is demonstrated . . .

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SMBs Struggle To Keep Pace With IT Security

The State Of SMB IT Security: 2008 To 2009

by Simon Yates, January 29, 2009

Forrester's recent security survey of North American and European SMBs provides some insight into the current state of IT security. We found that the IT security organizations for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) are becoming more similar to those . . .

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The State Of SMB IT Security: 2008 To 2009

Business Data Services North America And Europe

by Jonathan Penn, December 24, 2008

This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) via our Enterprise And SMB IT Security Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2008. Hot topics include data security, . . .

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The State Of Enterprise IT Security: 2008 To 2009

Business Data Services North America And Europe

by Jonathan Penn, December 24, 2008

This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European enterprises via our Enterprise And SMB IT Security Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2008. Hot topics include data security, application security, . . .

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PCI X-Ray: Log Management

by John Kindervag, October 20, 2008

To effectively deal with the broad and complex requirements of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, you need to break the elements apart to provide enhanced clarity. We've designed the PCI X-Ray series to provide actionable information to help Forrester . . .

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Case Study: North American Retailer Makes SIM The Basis Of Its Expanding Security Program

by Paul Stamp, November 29, 2007

The North American retailer in this case study saw the writing on the wall. It realized that upcoming regulations would require that it have much greater visibility into what was happening within its environment. At that time, querying its disparate systems . . .

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Case Study: Unisys Combines SIM Solutions To Add Customer Value And Streamline Operations

by Paul Stamp, November 29, 2007

Unisys' managed security services team found that customer requirements for monitoring and reporting on security issues were increasing rapidly. To keep pace with these requirements, Unisys needed tools that would improve its ability to identify security . . .

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Case Study: North American Financial Institution Makes SIM A Win-Win Decision

by Paul Stamp, November 29, 2007

This case study features a North American financial institution that initially deployed a SIM tool to get better visibility from its perimeter security devices. But after deploying Network Intelligence's nVision product, the company found the data so . . .

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Best Practices: Security Information Management

by Paul Stamp, November 29, 2007

Security Information Management (SIM) solutions are no longer the sole domain of the largest organizations. More than one third of enterprises plan to deploy SIM tools by the middle of 2008, and those that have invested the time and effort in the tools . . .

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Security Information Management Market Forecast, 2007 To 2011

Market Size Levels Off Around $1.13 Billion In 2011

by Paul Stamp, August 20, 2007

Security information management (SIM) tools are fast becoming must-haves for security teams wanting more visibility into IT activity within their environment. The market is currently growing at a rate of around 50%, and growth will continue to accelerate . . .

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Security Information Management Trends, Q4 2007  (134 KB PPT)

by Jonathan Penn, January 3, 2007

This data chart surfaces 2007 data on security information management trends.

Scorecard Summary: Consul's InSight Security Manager 5.0

Key Findings From Forrester's Security Event Management TechRankings™

by Steve Hunt, September 15, 2004

In many ways, Consul's InSight Security Manager is more a compliance audit and reporting tool than a security event management (SEM) product. But its standard aggregation, event management, and reporting features make it a viable competitor. Consul was . . .

Scorecard Summary: netForensics 3.1.1

Key Findings From Forrester's Security Event Management TechRankings™

by Steve Hunt, September 15, 2004

netForensics is one of the most recognizable names in the security event management (SEM) market, due to its hundreds of satisfied enterprise customers, excellent support network, and years of experience. Its 3.1.1 product is a powerful SEM package designed . . .

Scorecard Summary: Symantec Incident Manager 3.0

Key Findings From Forrester's Security Event Management TechRankings™

by Steve Hunt, September 15, 2004

Customers of Symantec security products like Symantec Antivirus, Symantec Enterprise Security Manager, or Early Warning Solutions will find that Incident Manager is a compatible tool for discovering malicious code activity around the network. The product . . .

Scorecard Summary: Network Intelligence's Engine Running enVision v.2.003

Key Findings From Forrester's Security Event Management TechRankings™

by Steve Hunt, September 15, 2004

Making the most of an extensive reseller network, Network Intelligence is the most successful security event management (SEM) vendor you've never heard of. The company has been in business eight years making event management software, and now it's enjoying . . .

Scorecard Summary: GuardedNet's neuSECURE 2.0

Key Findings From Forrester's Security Event Management TechRankings™

by Steve Hunt, September 15, 2004

In just over four years, GuardedNet has become a dominant presence in the security event management (SEM) market and ends up on most product selection shortlists. GuardedNet does more than solve the data deluge problem; it reports on network events that . . .

Scorecard Summary: ArcSight 2.5

Key Findings From Forrester's Security Event Management TechRankings™

by Steve Hunt, September 15, 2004

ArcSight has a notable customer list, and its product has extensive capabilities. While the product can be complex to set up and use, it is extremely powerful and flexible and is designed for the most demanding security operations center (SOC) or incident . . .

Security Event Management Cures Data Deluge

by Steve Hunt, March 31, 2004

Intrusion detection system (IDS) products and many other systems on the network generate too many events to make sense of the output. Investments in IDS during the past five years left many customers suffering. Thousands of companies spent millions of . . .

SunGard: Digging Growth From Disaster Recovery

by Laura Koetzle, Bobby Cameron, Ted Schadler, Natalie Lambert, October 15, 2003

SunGard's partnerships with Dell and Guardent let SunGard do two things: Build disaster recovery for the masses and secure a bigger slice of its clients' spending with managed security services.

Developing a Complete Security Event Management Solution

by Michael Rasmussen, May 7, 2003

Varying competitive products have different strengths and the successful security event management solution today involves the integration of several products into the larger intrusion management process.

Few Vendors Go Far Enough in Security Event Management

by Michael Rasmussen, August 28, 2002

Organizations planning to extend security event monitoring to applications and operating systems should consider vendors currently offering support in this area or those that are providing clear road maps for support.