Security Management Systems: An Oversite Layer for Layers of Defense

We'll be discussing ways to make IDS and 'traditional' security solutions more effective by 'rolling up' security event information into an overall view of your organization's security stance. We'll also be discussing systems that take that a step further into providing either automatic prevention capabilities or that put security teams within a few clicks of implementing containment or preventative measures to minimize/mitigate the impact of (potential) attacks. The primary topic will be Security Event Management (SEM) and Security Information Management (SIM) solutions otherwise known as Security Management Systems (SMS) - the next generation of centralized security logging with the addition of powerful filtering highly configurable notification options knowledge of the layers of defense and protected assets and in some cases auto-prevention facilities or automatic suggestions for policy change that human security operators would be implement.