Emerging Threats & Counter Measures

Homework Assignment 4

Overview

In order to address emerging threats and provide effective countermeasures, security teams must have visibility into their environment. One way of doing this is reviewing logs and data and making decisions based on the interpreted data.

Assignment

Each student will create a research paper that should provide insight and substantive commentary on the topic of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). The word count for this assignment is between 1000-1200 words (for content only). Please be sure to submit original work only.

This homework assignment will contain a cover page and the following:

1. Introduction – The importance of security teams having awareness and visibility into their environment

2. Define what a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is how and how it helps security teams.

3. Provide two advantages of having a SIEM versus using a basic syslog server

4. Given a brief example of a popular SIEM currently being used today and describe some of its key features.

5. Please include a summary.

• You must use a minimum of six references total (maximum two from textbooks)

• APA formatting including in-text citations are required and written at a scholarly level

Rubric

20% Grammar

50% Content (Quality)

20% Follow Instructions

10% References/citations

Grading This homework assignment will be worth 100 points