NCUA.

Some PCI but not all yet.  We don't create cards but will in the future
so PCI will be a big hit around here..lol and GLBA...

Doing the best I can with senior management but last August they were
here and recommended a Generator and replication,  WE purchased them
within 2 weeks.  Don't need them but purchased them...

I feel like I am going to have a lot of work ahead of me.

 

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] 
Posted At: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:12 PM
Posted To: [email protected]
Conversation: FW: SIEM
Subject: Re: FW: SIEM

 

You need to speak to your senior mgmt about the auditors.

 

Have them show you some *current* best practices, or some compliance
requirements that mandate this.

 

Or, if the stubborness prevails, convince your management to sign off on
the acceptance on this "legacy" configuration, because they are
increasing your risk profile.


Please tell us the auditors, so we can prepare ourselves to avoid them
at all costs.  I haven't had to have this particular argument with
auditors since 2005 or 6.

 

As for the SEIM, it's not a bad idea, necessarily. But I would highly
recommend opensource to start, so you better manage costs.

 

As for the encryption everywhere, that is just foolhardy for most
businesses.  To solve this particular problem, just research a few
end-to-end security vendors and bring the invoice -- with list prices --
to your management team.  It'll be shot down so fast you might get
dazed.

 

Your auditors are obviously trying to make up for a deficiency in
revenue at their organization...   

 

What industry or government regulations are you subject to?

 




ASB

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On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:21 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:

So far it is their way only no discussion and I should have had this in
place already.  Still not in the discussion phase of the audit so I may
get a chance to talk back but so far it has been you are a bad bad
administrator and should be bound and beaten.  I am working on the bound
part but I may need a good beaten....

Thanks guys.

They want to make sure my way of looking at logs, (SYSLOG and FireGen),
is enough but they also want everything encrypted.

 

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] 
Posted At: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:36 PM
Posted To: [email protected]
Conversation: FW: SIEM
Subject: Re: FW: SIEM

 

You've got some fun auditors.

 

Google will help you here.  (Understanding of the category, rather than
selection of the tool)

 

Why aren't you asking the auditors these questions?




ASB

http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker

Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market...

 

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:14 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:

 

 

This is new to me.  What is SIEM and what do I do with it?

 

 

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