You say SIM, I say SEM

I've been looking at SEM solutions, and have identified four as
possible solutions.

Arcsight, Network Intelligence, Consul, and Intellitactics.

Am I missing the best solution?

Do any of you have real world experience with any of these solutions
and can offer me advice?

Thank in advance for any feedback.
Chris

 

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ArcSight is by far the best, however, it ain't cheap. You will spend a
lot of time learning the intricacies of the console, since there is a
ton of customizable features. Agent/sensor and manager installation is
fairly straightforward, and both the manager and consoles run on Linux,
Solaris and Windows. Their support is excellent as well (so far for me).

I don't know how much data you'll be analyzing, but if it helps - the
company I'm working with now processes millions of events daily from
IPS, proxies, vuln. scanners, firewalls, etc without choking.

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Randal T. Rioux | Procyon Labs
IT Security R&D and Consulting
Virtual: www.procyonlabs.com
Physical: DC / Baltimore
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