What is SIEM tool?

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is a software solution that aggregates and analyzes
activity from many different resources across your entire IT infrastructure. SIEM collects security data
from network devices, servers, domain controllers, and more

SIEM software works by collecting log and event data that is generated by host systems, security devices
and applications throughout an organization's infrastructure and collating it on a centralized platform

The best SIEM tools

 SolarWinds Security Event Manager (FREE TRIAL) ...

 ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer (FREE TRIAL) ...
 Micro Focus ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) ...
 Splunk Enterprise Security. ...
 LogRhythm Security Intelligence Platform. ...
 AlienVault Unified Security Management. ...
 RSA NetWitness. ...
 IBM QRadar.

what is ArcSight Siem?

Micro Focus ArcSight is a cyber security product, first released in 2000, that provides big data
security analytics and intelligence software for security information and event management
(SIEM) and log management.

EDR stands for Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR). Endpoint Detection Response (EDR) solutions
are designed to continuously monitor and respond to advanced internet threats. They do this by
installing agents or sensors on the endpoints, which collect and send behavioral data to a central
database for analysis

How does an EDR work?

Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) is a proactive approach to security that monitors
endpoints in real time and hunts threats that have infiltrated a company's defenses. It's an
emerging technology that offers greater visibility into what's happening on endpoints, providing
context and detailed information on attacks
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is a cybersecurity technology that addresses the need for
continuous monitoring and response to advanced threats. It is a subset of endpoint security technology
and a critical piece of an optimal security posture. EDR differs from other endpoint protection platforms
(EPP) such as antivirus (AV) and anti-malware in that its primary focus isn't to automatically stop threats
in pre-execution phase on an endpoint. Rather, EDR is focused on providing the right endpoint visibility
with the right insights to help security analysts discover, investigate and respond to very advanced
threats and broader attack campaigns stretching across multiple endpoints. Many EDR tools, however,
combine EDR and EPP.

 FireEye Endpoint Security

1. Carbon Black Cb Response

2. Guidance Software EnCase Endpoint Security
3. Cybereason Total Enterprise Protection
4. Symantec Endpoint Protection
5. RSA NetWitness Endpoint
6. Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints

Vendor Use Cases Metrics

Intelligence Delivery Pricing
Automated
Starts at $30
threat
From 250 to 1,000+ per endpoint,
detection and
300,000 researchers; Cloud or plus
FireEye prevention for
endpoints; 1,000 Mbps appliance intelligence
known and
cloud for SMBs throughput feeds and
unknown
appliance costs
threats
Defense Cloud
All markets and Up to 150,000
analytics
sizes, but endpoints per Starts at $30
engine Software or
Carbon Black strongest in cluster, with per endpoint
identifies cloud
high-risk unlimited per year
malicious
industries dusters
activity
Automated
Starts at
Can scale to alert response,
$57,995 for up
Guidance Large hundreds of validation,
Software to 2,000 nodes
Software organizations thousands of triage and
on a perpetual
nodes incident
license
response
 Vendor Use Cases Metrics Intelligence Delivery Pricing
Can render 8
Organizations
million Starts at $50
of any size or Machine
questions per Cloud or on- per endpoint
Cybereason vertical with learning and
second with premises before volume
little security analytics
unlimited discounting
talent
scalability
Boasts 25% of
Symantec Scales to AI and world's
all deployments Physical or Starts at $40
Endpoint hundreds of largest threat
worldwide and virtual per seat per
Protection thousands of intelligence
350,000 appliance year
with EDR endpoints network
customers
Agents
Strongest in Behavioral- deployed
More than 300
RSA finance, based analytics across multiple Pricing on a
behavioral
NetWitness healthcare, engine and form factors; per-endpoint
indicators can
Endpoint government, machine management basis
be customized
energy, telcos learning console on-
premises
Top score
Adaptive Pricing is based
from NSS Cloud, private
intelligence, on length or
Cisco AMP Strong in high- Labs; 20 cloud, or on-
automated subscription
for Endpoints risk verticals billion threats premises
detection and and number of
blocked per appliance
response endpoints
day
Millions of
Automation Appliance,
endpoints and
workflows virtual Company
Large 15-second
Tanium data collection machine, or doesn't disclose
organizations visibility
and corrective standalone pricing
across all
actions server
endpoints
APls and feeds
More than 30
for integration
billion events
with SIEM,
Large per day from Subscription-
CrowdStrike IDS, and Cloud
organizations millions of based pricing
Threat
sensors across
Intelligence
176 countries
platforms
$14,000 per
Can complete
Via a strategic perpetual seat;
From SMBs to billions of Platform or
CounterTack partnership $7,500 annual
enterprises scans per cloud
with SAP subscription
second
seat
https://www.esecurityplanet.com/products/top-endpoint-detection-response-solutions.html

This article compares RDP and VNC communication systems as they appear to the end user
without digging deep in their history and technological details.

Similarities

The Goal

The ultimate goal of both protocols is to provide graphical access to a remote computer,
displaying the desktop as well as communicating keystrokes and mouse actions. A user operating
the local computer actually triggers all events, launches the applications and observers the results
on the remote one.

Peer-to-peer Networking

Both technologies use direct peer-to-peer communication. It means that the local user computer
directly connects to the remote computer. But if a firewall blocks the remote computer’s access,
neither technologies would work. In this case, the access could be established by using an
intermediary computer (gateway or jump server) that the user can connect to first and then from
this computer remote connect to the ultimate destination. This is as oppose to popular screen
sharing technologies that require agents on both local and remote computers to connect to the
centrally located server.

Client and Server Side Software

Both RDP and VNC technologies require client side and server side software to support
communication protocol. This software comes pre-installed on some platforms which makes it
easier to setup. For example, almost all versions of Windows have an RDP server pre-installed,
while virtually all modern versions include an RDP client. Also, many versions of Linux have a
pre-installed VNC server. Mac OS includes an often overlooked VNC client. In all cases the
server parts for both technologies has to be configured to enable access and to set up credentials
to login.
Differences

Desktop vs Computer Access

RDP logs in a remote user to the server computer by effectively creating a real desktop session
on the server computer including a user profile. It works in the same way as if the user had
logged in to the physical server directly. RDP can support multiple remote users logged in to the
same server that completely unaware of each other. It makes RDP a good choice for using the
same remote server for multiple users at the same time.

VNC connects a remote user to the computer itself by sharing its screen, keyboard and mouse.
Consequently, when several users (including the one operating the real physical monitor and
keyboard) connect to the same server they see the same thing and they type on the same
keyboard. It makes VNC a good choice for technical support when the remote user can see what
the local user does and can take control when needed to help. Popular WEB based screen sharing
technologies like WebEx or GotoMeeting provide similar kinds of functionality using cloud
based servers to maintain communication. VNC does it using a direct connection.

Multi-platform

RDP is inherently Windows technology on the server side because of its core principle of
creating a unique Windows login session for each user of the system. However, there are RDP
clients built for multiple desktop and mobile platforms: Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Linux and
Android.

VNC supports multiple platforms on the server side allowing sharing screens and keyboards of
both Windows and Linux computers including Linux graphical environments. It might explain
the desire to standardize on VNC to keep access similar across the board.

Use by 3rd Parties

It’s also worth remembering that VNC is an open protocol. There are multiple technologies
based on (and sometimes partially compatible with) this technology including some of the WEB
based screen sharing applications. They might claim to have VNC as their primary
communication channel, However they might not support complete VNC infrastructure with
peer-to-peer connectivity and specific client and server side software.
We, at Xton Technologies, recently added support for VNC protocol. Our Xton Access Manager
(XTAM) Privileges Session Management Server requires only a WEB browser for the remote
user to log in to the VNC server. It eliminates the need to install VNC clients on multiple
desktop or mobile devices.

XTAM can store credentials to the VNC servers. It can optionally login the user to the remote
computer without even asking the user for credentials based on the permissions in the XTAM
server itself. In addition to that, XTAM can monitor user keystrokes and even record complete
session to the remote computer as video for future learning, sharing or auditing purposes. It
provides a simple and secure method of granting access to remote computers in a controlled way.
We discuss this situation in our article “Five Ways to Open Root Access for a Remote
Contractor“

Summary

This article summarizes similarities and differences of RDP and VNC technologies essential to
understaning and using distributed computing architecture.

What do you think about our assessment? Did we miss some of the key concepts? Please
comment on this article. Let’s make the world better connected and more secure – together.

https://www.xtontech.com/blog/rdp-vs-vnc-access/

RDP,

 RDP stands for Remote Desktop Protocol. It is a proprietary protocol built by Microsoft
to let users to graphically control remote computer.
 RDP logs in a remote user to the server computer by effectively creating a real desktop
session on the server computer including a user profile.
 RDP works in the same way as if the user had logged in to the physical server directly.
 RDP can support multiple remote users logged in to the same server that completely
unaware of each other.
 RDP supports multiple monitors, if the client has them

VNC,

 VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is an open platform independent

graphical desktop sharing system designed to remotely control another computer.
  VNC follows the older model of simply showing whatever is on the screen with no
forced logins required.
 VNC connects a remote user to the computer itself by sharing its screen, keyboard and
mouse.
 Consequently, when several users (including the one operating the real physical monitor
and keyboard) connect to the same server they see the same thing and they type on the
same keyboard.
 VNC has security implications; if you remote into a machine that an Administrator is
logged into, you'll effectively be an Administrator. And if you're both trying to use the
computer at the same time, it's even more fun!

Similarities between both,

 Both RDP and VNC technologies require client side and server side software to support
communication protocol.
 Both technologies use direct peer-to-peer communication. It means that the local user
computer directly connects to the remote computer