{"id":546,"date":"2019-05-22T20:37:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T01:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/roundrock-tx-1071\/?p=546"},"modified":"2023-02-21T09:57:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:57:42","slug":"what-the-siem-a-q-a-with-managed-security-services-provider-nuspire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/roundrock-tx-1071\/blog\/what-the-siem-a-q-a-with-managed-security-services-provider-nuspire\/","title":{"rendered":"What the SIEM? A Q&A with Managed Security Services Provider Nuspire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CMIT Solutions of Round Rock would like to thank Daniel Hoban, Chief Strategy Officer for\u00a0nuspire<\/a>, for taking the time to answer a few questions about managed security and how we partner with nuspire to ensure that our customers\u2019 data is always safe and secure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hi Dan! Please tell us a little about nuspire.<\/h2>\n
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Absolutely! Nuspire is a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) focused on delivering superior\u00a0threat detection<\/a>\u00a0and remediation by coupling our skilled\u00a0team of experts<\/a>\u00a0with our state-of-the-art solutions that merge big data and deep human analytics.<\/p>\n

We set ourselves apart by focusing on franchises and mid-sized businesses who tend to\u00a0operate off of distributed (or WAN centered) networks<\/a>. These are organizations that are geographically distributed and can have a smaller number of nodes at many locations.\u00a0Compare this to what the norm is for MSSPs: working with large corporations who house thousands of people in one building and install a solution on one tower that services all employees in that building.<\/p>\n

Our challenge at nuspire: reengineering how a typical MSSP operates to best serve our franchise and SMBs customers who are geographically diverse with multi-locations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How do you partner with CMIT Solutions for managed security services?<\/h2>\n
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CMIT Solutions utilizes our Security Information Event Management (SIEM)\u00a0technology, called nuSIEM. In a nutshell, our technology is deployed on their customer\u2019s IT systems (network gear, router, firewall, switch, server, PC, laptop, etc.) and it that alerts CMIT to any possible threats to their system(s). You can think of it like a security camera that is placed inside your IT systems that alerts you to any possible \u201cbreak-ins\u201d. We call these types of events an\u00a0alert. I explain what that means in the next question.<\/p>\n

Technology aside, we also help with the human element. It\u2019s well known that IT security people are expensive and hard to keep for any length of time. Because of this, we find that many franchises and SMBs rely on non-IT employees to take care of their IT needs. This often leads to non-IT people talking to other non-IT people trying to solve a major IT problem. It\u2019s a recipe for disaster. By partnering with CMIT Solutions, we have IT people talking to IT people who provide very informed, well thought out decisions and action plans. \u00a0This provides customers with valuable outcomes to solve their real pain:\u00a0providing 24\u00d77 expertise to find and solve their security problems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Can you explain what SIEM and SOC are and their importance to SMBs?<\/h2>\n
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SIEM (Security Information Event Management) = The technology that is used to record,\u00a0aggregate, and monitor security events, and subsequently produce alerts on anomalous behavior, threats that bypass traditional security technologies, and events that require further investigation.<\/p>\n

SOC (Security Operations Center) = The actual people in the security center that are trying to make sense of the SIEM alerts. You can think of it like how NASA\u2019s space center command center was depicted in older movies\u2026lots of people in one room that have their own PC monitor and are staring at a giant screen in front of them. Remember those?! That\u2019s exactly what a SOC looks like now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What do you see as one of the biggest misunderstandings when it comes to IT security?<\/h2>\n
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SMBs don\u2019t think they are a target because of their business size. I recently heard a statistic that claimed 30% of SMBs think they are more likely to get struck by lightning than a security breach. Unfortunately, it\u2019s probably the opposite and with a higher probability. The bad guys know SMBs typically don\u2019t have security people, so they target them more often. In my experience, most SMBs will experience a security event every 2 years or so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Does nuSIEM replace the need for anti-virus\/anti-malware software?<\/h2>\n
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Absolutely not! nuSIEM is not a replacement, but a compliment. You have to take a layered approach to data security. I like to explain it with a traffic analogy. The anti-virus\/anti-malware software acts like a traffic light. It\u2019s saying yes (green light), no (red light), maybe (yellow light) to traffic entering the intersection. nuSIEM acts like a traffic cop and is there to make sure nothing gets by that shouldn\u2019t. It takes a more hard-line approach to monitoring traffic with strict procedures and rules that must be followed.<\/p>\n

Anti-virus and anti-malware software is, for the most part, dumb and does not discriminate. nuSIEM, on the other hand, questions it all. It stops and says, hum\u2026something just happened, I need to investigate further. So, the anti-virus\/anti-malware is the first line of defense and nuSIEM catches what gets by or is smart enough to avoid it altogether.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This sounds expensive for an SMB to add to their IT solutions. Is it?<\/h2>\n
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This question requires a very simple answer: NO! The nuSIEM solution was designed to be affordable for SMBs. When we kicked off our partnership with CMIT Solutions, this was a no-compromise issue for them. They knew their customers didn\u2019t have the funds that large corporations did, but yet had as much of the need \u2013 if not more! Honestly, CMIT Solutions was able to get pricing not seen anywhere else on the market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How fast can you respond to a data threat using Cyber Threat Monitoring? How much damage can be done in that time?<\/h2>\n
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It truly depends on the type of threat. Our goal is to have serious security events looked at within 5-15 minutes of an event happening. Damage depends on the threat and what data information you have available to steal (SSNs, trade secrets, healthcare information, etc.). Spyware isn\u2019t as big of a deal. We know\u00a0how to detect<\/a>\u00a0and deal with those threats now (provided you have the right technology in place). Ransomware is a bigger deal. It immediately starts encrypting files on your network until you pay the data thieves. Other times the threat happens in the background, and thieves are stealing your processing power for other reasons. This can be very hard to detect without the right technology in place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Where do you see data security in 5 years? In 10 years?<\/h2>\n
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As data thieves get smarter, they are\u00a0constantly changing and evolving<\/a>\u00a0their threats. This will never change. That being said, what we are seeing change is customers moving away from buying point solutions for the individual threats (anti-virus, anti-malware, spam filters, etc.) and moving towards managed services like CMIT Solutions. For Franchises and SMBs this simply makes more sense. They don\u2019t have to be so reactionary or waste time and money cobbling solutions together that require continual monitoring and upgrading. Additionally, the worry about their IT systems disappears because their trusted partner is staying on top of it. It\u2019s like buying insurance versus buying a widget.\u00a0Customers get someone to manage their security, not just security products.<\/p>\n

I also predict more college students entering the IT field. If big companies are having a hard time finding IT security people (there is a 0% unemployment in cybersecurity and 2M jobs in the US), then Franchises and SMBs do not stand a chance! Until the labor field grows exponentially, they must turn to a managed security services provider.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

If you have any questions about managed security, SIEM, SOC, or how we can help you better defend your systems against a cyber attack, shoot us a message.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Let CMIT Solutions Round Rock worry about your IT so you don\u2019t have to!\u00a0 Contact us today!<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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