6.6: Deploy SIEM or Log Analytic Tools

Deploy Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) or log analytic tools for log correlation and analysis.

Asset Type

Security Function

Implementation Groups

Network

Detect

2, 3

Dependencies

  • Sub-control 2.4: Track Software Inventory Information

Inputs

  1. Install location of SIEM or log analytic tool

  2. The number of log producers correlated by a SIEM

  3. The total number of log producers

Operations

N/A

Measures

  • M1 = 1 if a SIEM or other log analytics tool is installed/present; 0 otherwise

  • M2 = Count of log producers correlated by a SIEM

  • M3 = Count of log producers

  • M4 = List of log producers correlated by a SIEM

  • M5 = List of log producers not correlated by a SIEM

Metrics

Quality of SIEM Correlation

Metric

The ratio of log producers correlated by a SIEM to the total number of log producers

Calculation

IF M1 == 1 THEN M2 / M3; OTHERWISE 0