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If you’re a public sector organization, security is top of mind. One of the best ways you can secure your data and systems is through a modern SIEM platform, which many government agencies and education institutions are using as a critical piece of their Zero Trust cybersecurity architecture. SIEM technology and strategy is constantly changing, and keeping up with the latest updates and requirements can be challenging.

Log management maturity and cybersecurity maturity often mirror one another. In today’s highly connected world, companies need to live with risk. Organizations need to balance the risks they’re willing to accept and compare that to the amount of money they’re willing to spend. Centralized log management is often a way to get the security monitoring that you need. As you mature your log management strategy, you’ll often find that you mature your security posture as well.

You know that us Splunkers love to go deep into use cases and figure out what helps our customers the most. However in today’s business world, industry recognition goes a long way in proving the value in the products and services we use. For example if you were Munich Airport, then it would speak volumes to others if your airport was named as a “First Five-Star Airport” or if you were Dachser Logistics and went on to win the “One Eaton Supplier Premier Award”.

Today, we’re excited to announce that ManageEngine has been recognized in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), appearing in the report for the sixth time in a row. We are thrilled to be awarded this recognition yet again for our contribution in the SIEM landscape. Get a complimentary copy of Gartner’s latest Magic Quadrant for SIEM here. The shift to cloud computing has accelerated in the last two years.

The Elastic Security Labs team is passionate about securing the world’s data from attack, and strives to raise the bar within the security industry. To this end, Elastic Security Labs has compiled the 2022 Global Threat Report to share trends and tactics adversaries and attack groups use, as observed by our threat research team and broader user community over the past year. Let’s dig into a few of the endpoint related findings.

As organizations continue to shift to multi-cloud environments and increasingly use cloud services for application development, new challenges emerge that require dramatic changes in the delivery and practice of cybersecurity.

Security hygiene is the process of reviewing your current cybersecurity posture and implementing security controls that mitigate data breach risks. As you mature your security hygiene, you create a centralized log management strategy that defines a path to a more robust posture. As part of this, you need to accommodate for the way threats evolve, including those unique to your specific industry or business.

The fourth annual Devo SOC Performance ReportTM shows security professionals believe the SOC is significant to their organization’s cybersecurity strategy. As noted in our last blog, 77% of respondents say their SOC is “very important” or “essential” to their organization. But there’s pain behind the scenes as well. The report notes the majority of security professionals are feeling overwhelmed due to too much work and not enough resources.