Simplify Log Management for NERC CIP Compliance
Seamlessly prove NERC CIP compliance with a next-gen SIEM tool
Detect and remediate violations
SolarWinds Security Event Manager is built to help you detect and quickly respond to NERC CIP compliance violations. You can rely on interactive, ad-hoc searches using the context-aware console to explore potential issues. Additionally, SolarWinds SEM can find events of interest automatically by setting independent thresholds for activities per event or per group when executing multiple event correlation rules. You can use 700 out-of-the-box event correlation rules, many of which are specific to FERC / NERC CIP regulations. The sophisticated correlation engine analyzes multiple logs from different sources to provide actionable intelligence and helps you automate the response.
Protect sensitive information
NERC CIP compliance requires enforcing strict controls for information security. IT security teams need to keep a trail of every file, folder, directory, and their associated attributes and metadata. SolarWinds Security Event Manager offers File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) to help you detect and alert on changes to key files, folders, and registry settings. SEM correlates various logs and events from different systems, Active Directory, and file servers to keep track of changes in the data. It also maintains a clear chain of custody of data across different users. With this ability, SolarWinds SEM is built to counter any attempt to access and modify restricted files or exfiltrate data in bulk.
Simplify NERC CIP compliance reporting
IT teams can struggle to collate data from different servers, endpoints, applications, and users to create auditable reports from this data. SolarWinds Security Event Manager offers over 300 pre-built reporting templates, many of which are specific to NERC CIP audit requirements. These reports are easily customizable using several filters and can include graphical summaries for easy understanding. In addition to creating compliance reports to support compliance audits, you can create reports for internal security audits as well. While these reports are able to provide an overview of your infrastructure, you can also use the query tool to drill down and access original log data to support forensic log file analysis.
Visualize logs for effective monitoring
It is not easy for a team to continuously monitor various logs and events through a console using search queries. They need to visualize their log searches to find patterns hidden in their log data. SolarWinds SEM helps you detect anomalies or unusual trends in the information flow with advanced visualization and discovery techniques. You can use treemaps, charts, word clouds, and parameterized search to simplify monitoring. SEM filters the noise and helps you spot errors with ease. You can even save your important searches or export them as reports in PDF or CSV files.
Get a 360-degree view of your IT environment
FERC / NERC CIP requires energy and utility companies to monitor their cyber assets and electronic security perimeter systems continuously. SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) can help in meeting these requirements with its centralized logging, intelligent analysis, and automated alerts and response. With powerful cross-device event correlation, SEM is designed to reduce any chances of manual oversights. During a NERC CIP audit, SEM allows you to reconstruct any event using a comprehensive picture of system and user activities. Unlike other FERC / NERC CIP compliance software, SolarWinds SEM uses high-compression data storage to meet log collection and retention requirements without using any external storage.
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The NERC CIP (North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection) is a set of compliance standards that ensures a reliable supply of power in the United States, Canada, and some parts of Mexico. NERC CIP emphasizes the use of firewalls and other SIEM tools for securing cyber assets.
The NERC CIP (North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection) is a set of compliance standards that ensures a reliable supply of power in the United States, Canada, and some parts of Mexico. NERC CIP emphasizes the use of firewalls and other SIEM tools for securing cyber assets.
Simplify NERC CIP compliance management and reporting
Security Event Manager
- Unify and extract actionable intelligence from all your logs in real-time.
- Expedite threat response against malicious IPs, accounts, applications, and more.
- Get out-of-the-box compliance reporting for HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, ISO, and more.
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