A successful SIEM deployment depends on a lot more than implementing the SIEM correctly. So many other things in your environment have an impact on your chances of a successful SIEM.

Are the right logs enabled?
Is your EDR working correctly?
Would you notice a sudden increase or decrease in events from critical sources?
What can practitioners do to ensure the success of their SIEM deployment?

This segment is sponsored by Graylog. Visit https://securityweekly.com/graylog to learn more about them!

In this interview, we feature some research from Geoff Cairns, an analyst at Forrester Research. This is a preview to the talk he'll be giving at Identiverse 2025 in a few months.

We won't have time to cover all the trends, but there are several here that I'm excited to discuss!

Deepfake Detection Difficult
Zero Trust Agentic AI
Phishing resistant MFA adoption
Identity Verification
Machine Identity
Decentralized Identity
Post Quantum
Shared Signals

Segment Resources:

The Top Trends Shaping Identity And Access Management In 2025 - (Forrester subscription required)

In this week's enterprise security news,

Big funding for Island
Is DLP finally getting disrupted? By something that works?
We learn all about Model Context Protocol servers
Integrating SSO and SSH!
Do we have too many cybersecurity regulations?
Toxic cybersecurity workplaces
Napster makes a comeback
this week, we’ve got 50% less AI and 50% more co-hosts

All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.

Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-400

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Setting up your SIEM for success - Pitfalls to preclude and tips to take - Geoff Cairns, Neil Desai - ESW #400