IBM brings threat analytics to the cloud
Last week we reported on IBM's decision to open up its threat intelligence data in X-Force Exchange to help fend off cyber attacks.
Today the company is making its threat intelligence system QRadar available as a cloud service, giving companies the ability to quickly prioritize real threats and free up critical resources to fight cyber attacks.
It will be on offer to customers on a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, with optional IBM Security Managed Services plus integration with the cloud-based X-Force Exchange to provide deeper expertise and flexibility for security professionals.
The product comes in two parts, IBM Security Intelligence on Cloud helps organizations determine if security-related events are simple anomalies or potential threats. Built as a cloud service using IBM QRadar, enterprises can quickly match security event data with threat information from over 500 supported data sources for devices, systems, and applications. This is complemented by pre-defined reports for use cases like compliance, vulnerability management and security incident response.
It also offers Intelligent Log Management using analytics and a hosted, multi-tenant technology to deliver compliance with powerful real-time correlation and anomaly detection capabilities. It supports over 400 platforms allowing security teams to gather data from any device in their organization.
"Organizations are facing a security data tsunami that can overwhelm even the most sophisticated enterprise’s security program," says Jason Corbin, Vice President, Product Management and Strategy at IBM Security. "Security leaders are telling us they want increased visibility through the cloud and control throughout their hybrid IT environments. The option of doing predictive analytics via the cloud gives security teams the flexibility to bring in skills, innovation and information on demand across all of their security environments".
By bringing QRadar to the cloud IBM is aiming to offer its customers improved threat response times, while potentially reducing overall security costs by an average of 55 percent. Significantly improved threat detection is promised too, helping clients automatically handle up to 95 percent of their security events.
More information is available on the IBM Security website.