Vendor Landscape: Security Information & Event Management

Getting to a SIEM implementation strategy
Get a handle on overall costs, understand the resource implications, and
develop a plan to realize immediate and long-term benefits of SIEM.
• Hard implementation costs:
◦ Design and size a SIEM solution that meets operational
requirements.
◦ Include the costs of additional hardware components.
• Soft implementation costs:
◦ Identify and track the resources consumed in system
implementation and training.
• Ongoing staffing costs:
◦ Understand the immediate and ongoing impact on existing
compliance and security management staffing.
• Getting approval and moving ahead:
◦ Stay attuned to the decision makers’ requests and grow use
of the SIEM tool methodically.
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