Expanding Splunk® to Monitor & Analyze IBM i Security Data

Read this eBook to explore how:

• Splunk^® turns data into visual insights that can be used for compliance auditing, reporting, analytics, and security monitoring.
• SIEMs leverage real-time collection and historical analysis of security events to alert administrators of any potentially harmful patterns or events.
• Splunk and Ironstream work together to provide complete visibility into the health and security of all systems in the enterprise.

Introduction

IBM i systems in large enterprises process massive volumes of critical and sensitive information every day. These systems are typically handling transaction-heavy, mission-critical workloads. In the past, they operated in relative isolation, but today most are connected to a network or the Internet, making them vulnerable to cybersecurity threats and incidents.

Sensitive data has become such a valuable commodity that not only are external threats increasing in form and fury, but internal threats are increasing as well. Even innocent mistakes can put the organization at risk. To protect data and the business in the modern landscape, IT administrators must be able to determine what’s normal activity and what’s suspicious. Once identified, they need the tools to react quickly to suspicious activity.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology supports threat detection and security incident response through the real-time collection and historical analysis of security events from a wide variety of event and contextual data sources. It also supports compliance reporting and incident investigation through analysis of historical data from these sources.

The core capabilities of SIEM technology are a broad scope of event collection and the ability to correlate and analyze events across disparate sources. SIEM solutions help administrators identify abnormal activity or threats by aggregating data from various sources, identifying deviations, and sending alerts or stopping operations when activity is deemed suspicious.

Many organizations are using Splunk as their enterprise-wide security nerve center. It gives teams the insight to quickly detect and respond to internal and external attacks, simplifying threat management and minimizing risk. Splunk helps teams gain organization-wide visibility and security intelligence for continuous monitoring, incident response, and provides a window into business risks. However, Splunk doesn’t offer native integration with IBM i environments, so this important system can be left out — causing a significant blind spot. This eBook will explore the importance of including IBM i data into Splunk for enterprise-wide visibility, and how to do it.