The Evolution Of Siem

In the last several years, a new “category” of log analytics for security has arisen called “User Behavior Analytics.” From my 13-year perspective, UBA is really the evolution of SIEM.

The term “Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)” was defined by Gartner 10 years ago. At the time, some people were arguing between Security Information Management (SIM) and Security Event Management (SEM). Gartner just combined the two and ended that debate.

The focus of SIEM was on consolidating and analyzing log information from disparate sources such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, operating systems, etc. in order to meet compliance requirements, detect security incidents, and provide forensics.