IBM combines security intelligence with Big Data

BANGALORE, INDIA: IBM announced Security Intelligence with Big Data, combining security intelligence with big data analytics capabilities for both external cyber security threats and internal risk detection and prevention.

IBM Security Intelligence with Big Data provides a comprehensive approach that allows security analysts to extend analysis beyond typical security data and to hunt for malicious cyber activity.

This new solution combines real-time correlation for continuous insight, custom analytics across massive structured data (such as security device alerts, operating system logs, DNS transactions and network flows) and unstructured data (such as e-mails, social media content, full packet information and business transactions), and forensic capabilities for evidence gathering. The combination helps organizations address the most vexing security challenges, including advanced persistent threats, fraud and insider threats.

                                  Source: IBM

"Leveraging assets from across IBM, we are on a relentless push to expand the scope of our security intelligence capabilities for clients," said Brendan Hannigan, General Manager of IBM's Security Systems Division. "Our goal is to provide actionable insight into every bit of data, no matter where it resides across the network, and help clients learn from past activity to better secure the future."

Made in IBM Labs, IBM Security Intelligence with Big Data unites the real-time security correlation and anomaly detection capabilities of the IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform with the custom analysis and exploration of vast business data provided by IBM InfoSphere BigInsights. The result is an integrated solution that combines intelligent monitoring and alerting with a workbench for threat and risk analysts to analyze and explore security and enterprise data in ways previously not possible, says a release.

Key capabilities include:

Real-time correlation and anomaly detection of diverse security and network data

High-speed querying of security intelligence data

Flexible big data analytics across structured and unstructured data - including security, email, social media, business process, transactional, device, and other data

Graphical front-end tool for visualizing and exploring big data

Forensics for deep visibility into network activity

IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform products and IBM Big Data Platform products, including IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, are available immediately.