Archive: June, 2007
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 [...]
Read moreSecurity 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 [...]
Read moreBAM 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 you [...]
Read moreSecurity 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. [...]
Read moreSecurity 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 [...]
Read moreSecurity 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 [...]
Read moreSecurity 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 [...]
Read moreSecurity 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 [...]
Read moreThe 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….
Read moreNASA’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 [...]
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