InformationSecurityAsia2007 - Bangkok

If you are in Asia-Pacific next month, please drop me a line. I will be attending InformationSecurityAsia2007 in Bangkok, July 10 - 11th. It is possible I will be asked to present on CEP and SEM, if a speaking slot becomes available. Right now I am on the list as a backup! The good news [...]

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 6) - Realizing SEM with CEP

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 6) - Realizing SEM with CEP

In Part 6 in this series, Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP, we look at how CEP can be used to help security experts meet the 5 principles of SEM. In my earlier tutorial series, What is Complex Event Processing?. we reviewed a [...]

BAM to SOA - Da’ Buzzhype Revisited

Many readers have read the hype, experienced the Orwellian marketspeak, watched the positioning debates, and seen poorly managed software companies play the game of analyst-chasing (similar to ambulance chasing when you think about it). Finally, the up-to-date definitions, and hopefully a bit of wit and humor:
BAM (Business Activity Monitoring) - software that gives [...]

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 5) - SEM Challenges

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 5) - SEM Challenges and Shortfalls
In Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 4), we briefly reviewed the 5 functional principles of SEM. Most, if not all, of the current SEM offerings from security vendors today do not meet the core requirements of a robust SEM architecture.
The graphic [...]

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 4) - The 5 Principles of SEM

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 4) - The 5 Principles of SEM
In Part 2 and Part 3 of Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP, we reviewed trends in cybersecurity and the motivation for SEM and CEP. That introduction leads us to a brief post on the high-level functional requirements of SEM.
In a nutshell, [...]

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 3) - Trends in Cyberspace

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 3) - Trends in Cyber Attacks, Threats and Vulnerabilities
Life in our web browser-based world is more dangerous than first meets the eye.    I don’t mention this to sound the alarm bells.  It is, however, important to understand why organizations need sophisticated event-driven cybertools to catch criminals before they [...]

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 2) - Trends in Cyberspace

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 2) - Trends in Cyber Attacks, Threats and Vulnerabilities
It is no secret that cyberspace has become one of the the most important areas of our daily lives in the modern world. We bank, buy stocks and purchase goods on the net. We book and pay for travel on [...]

Security Event Management (SEM) with CEP (Part 1) - Introduction

Many readers may already know that I have a deep background in network management with an emphasis in computer and network security. My experience in this area, after leading countermeasure efforts for the USAF in the Langley Cyberattack, motivated me to write a CACM paper applying multisensor data fusion techniques to intrusion detection.
If you look further [...]

The CEP Blog Makes the Wordpress Top 100 Growing Blogs

Thank you, all the readers who are kind enough to read this new CEP blog! Today, June 25th GMT, we made number 61 in the top 100 growing Wordpress blogs. Total Views: 4,498 Best Day Ever: 286
Please stay tuned. More CEP posts are coming….

NASA’s SHINE - 30 or 200 Million Rules Per Second?

There has been ongoing, and often controversial, discussions in the event processing community about standardized benchmarks for event processing. Experts tend to agree on at least one point - benchmarks should not be designed by commercial software vendors, but should be independently developed by a neutral third party.
Opher Etzion and I were discussing this point [...]

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