HP provides context to raw security data

Issued by HP
Johannesburg, 18 Apr 2013

HP today announced new offerings that enable organisations to use unique contextual understanding to gain actionable security intelligence from big data to better detect and prevent threats.

For the first time, organisations can automatically apply sentiment analysis and event information to their big data and security event platforms to gain real-time visibility into the internal and external threat landscapes.

Uniting comprehensive, real-time correlation with content analytics

HP has integrated the security information and event management (SIEM) capabilities of HP ArcSight with the HP Autonomy IDOL content analytics engine. This combination automatically recognises the context, concepts, sentiments and usage patterns related to how users interact with all forms of data.

The new solution broadens the reach of an organisation's security monitoring capabilities by bringing meaning to raw security data. By enabling the tracking and analysis of human sentiments associated with data, such as behaviour patterns, organisations are better equipped to quickly identify threats that would have previously gone unnoticed.

HP improves enterprise mobility

While HP Autonomy helps organisations understand internal and external interactions with data, the new HP ArcSight Cloud Connector Framework allows organisations to easily collect application event and log data from cloud service providers. The HP ArcSight Cloud Connector Framework is based on industry-standard protocols, providing a single, real-time view into user activity and threat monitoring for on-premises and cloud applications.

Leveraging Hadoop big data for broader security analysis

The new HP ArcSight/Hadoop Integration Utility is a plug-in-ready platform that seamlessly integrates HP ArcSight 6.0c with Apache Hadoop. Together, the technologies speed the process of digging through big data stores to provide a more complete view into events and to more quickly identify security attack trends.

The solution links HP ArcSight's reporting, search and correlation capabilities with Hadoop's large, centralised storage repository, giving organisations the storage capacity needed to handle petabytes of information. Open-source machine-learning algorithms, statistical analysis, anomaly detection and predictive analytics can be applied to the stored data, providing greater insight and resolution into security events.

"Many organisations have not been able to access the critical information they need to combat potential threats," said Lorna Hardie, Enterprise Security Product Sales Manager, HP South Africa. "With the integration of cloud monitoring, content analytics and big data processing, HP provides clients with the context needed to effectively stop potential breaches."

HP's premier Americas client event, HP Discover, takes place from 11 to 13 June, in Las Vegas.

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