QBrief March 2007

QBrief Newsletter - September 2007

August Reader Poll Results

Have you ever missed a real attack because you were manually sifting through an avalanche of false alarms? Most IT managers agree – not only are false positives a resource drain – they can divert your attention from real threats. How much of your time is spent chasing down FALSE ALARMS?

Here’s what our readers said:

How much of your time is spent chasing down FALSE ALARMS?

% of Time

% of Readers

0-10%

33 %

11-20%

20 %

21-30%

7 %

31-40%

13 %

41-50%

13 %

>50%

14 %

September Reader Poll

How often do you communicate
with your Network/System Administrator?

Answer our Reader Poll and you could win a
$100 Amazon.com gift certificate.

How do you compare with your peers? Check our October issue for poll results.

See Q1 Labs at Upcoming Regional Events

EVENT	DATE	LOCATION
Compliance 2.0: Next Steps for Security Leadership	Oct 9	San Francisco, CA
SunTel Open House	Oct 11	Troy, MI
ISSA Los Angeles/Orange County	Oct 16	Long Beach, CA
Compliance 2.0: Next Steps for Security Leadership	Oct 16	Phoenix, AZ
FishNet Information Security & Wireless Technology Conference & Expo	Oct 17	Oklahoma City, OK
Konsultek Texas Hold ‘Em Night & Vendor Fair	Oct 18	Glen Ellyn, IL
Executive Alliance Leadership Summit & Information Security Executive Forum and Awards	Oct 18-19	San Francisco, CA
SC Magazine IT Security Executive Forum	Oct 22-24	Napa, CA
Upstate NY Information Security Expo	Oct 23	Williamsville, NY
SANS Houston Vendor Expo	Oct 30	Houston, TX

Training Classes for Users and Administrators

Our Q1 Labs certified instructor delivers a 3 day hands-on training course for both Users and Administrators of QRadar.

Training Course: QRadar Basic User & Administrator training
Duration: 3 days
Audience: QRadar Users and Administrators

Date              Location
Oct 16-18       New York
Nov 6-8          Denver

Please visit Training Services on our website or contact your local Regional Sales Manager for additional information.

Resources

Visit Q1 Labs’ online Resource Library to learn more about network security management by downloading brochures, data sheets, webcasts, podcasts, and product demonstrations.

1+1=3, It actually adds up when you combine SIM and NBA

"Clearly, our network team and security group work in conjunction. Basically, we wanted a solution that supported both realms," says Reggie McKee, information security engineer for the New York Board of Trade. Using QRadar "saves time, and lets them work together. We save money with one instead of two different solutions."

SIM Moves Down Market

Ease of use was the deciding factor behind Wayne State University deployment of one of the new SIM appliances — Q1 Labs QRadar — according to Nathan Labadie, a senior systems security specialist at the Detroit school. “We were looking for a way to take data from all our 12,000 network devices and tie it into one place,” he says.

10 IT Management Companies Still Worth Watching

"Focusing on Layers 2 through 4 is no longer sufficient for network security monitoring,” Jon Oltsik, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, said about the news. “By providing very accurate and very granular Layer 7 visibility, Q1 Labs is helping customers to safely roll out and subsequently monitor their critical networked applications.”

Read More

Would Combining Network and Security Operations Reduce the Negative Impact of Silos?

One vendor which takes this position is Q1 Labs. In an Aug. 24, 2007 press release Q1 Labs discussed the results of its survey of over 9,000 network and security managers. One of the conclusions is that internal malicious behavior and employee carelessness is the No. 1 concern for network and security managers.

Webcast Archive

View an on-demand webcast any time
from the convenience of your desktop:

“Meeting PCI Data Security Standards: It’s more than log collection.”

“Network and Security Integration: The Key to Successfully Deploying Security Appliances, Services and Monitoring Capabilities within an Enterprise Environment”

“Don’t Tell Me What, Tell Me Who: Correlating User Identify with Threat Information”

“Accountability, Measurement, and Transparency: The Benefits of Monitoring a PCI Regulated Network”

“Drowning in a Sea of Logs: Network-wide log collection and network-wide information reduction”

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