SolarWinds Updates Log & Event Manager: Here's What MSPs Need to Know

SolarWinds (SWI) has added configuration, rules and file integrity monitoring (FIM) capabilities to its Log & Event Manager (LEM) security information and event management (SIEM) product.

The IT infrastructure management software provider said SolarWinds LEM now features new configuration and rules wizards for faster deployment and simplified setup of correlation rules.

“With these updates, managed service providers (MSPs) will be able to more quickly configure customer environments – both to get started from the bare install, and to get correlation rules deployed to help address customer needs such as compliance, security and change management,” Nicole Pauls, SolarWinds’ director of product management for security, told MSPmentor. “Overall, this enables MSPs to better and more quickly focus on delivering value specific to the customer environment, and deploy LEM for more customers more quickly.”

The new configuration wizard provides IT professionals with step-by-step instructions for the implementation of SolarWinds LEM.

And with the rules wizard, IT pros can use an out-of-the-box list of categories and subcategories of rules that can be enabled en masse, including:

The Rules Wizard also provides best practices for identifying and remediating security threats, according to SolarWinds.

Additionally, SolarWinds LEM features FIM capabilities to help IT pros detect advanced persistent threats (APTs) and insider abuse and comply with regulations such as HIPAA, PCI DSS and Sarbanes-Oxley.

SolarWinds LEM pricing starts at $4,495 and includes the first year of maintenance.

Pauls added that SolarWinds is committed to SIEM in 2015 and beyond and is focused on providing “features that help MSPs and their customers deploy and leverage SIEM more extensively, detect and resolve issues and threats more quickly and bring high usability standards to the SIEM market.”

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