Simplify Log Management for NERC CIP Compliance

Seamlessly prove NERC CIP compliance with a next-gen SIEM tool

Detect and remediate violations

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

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

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

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

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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Do you find yourself asking…
  • What is NERC CIP compliance?
  • How to automate security risk mitigation with NERC CIP software
  • How does NERC CIP software secure local file and data against APTs and zero-days?
  • How can SolarWinds Security Event Manager help you meet NERC CIP requirements?
  • Related Features and Tools
  • What is NERC CIP compliance?

    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.

  • How to automate security risk mitigation with NERC CIP software

    Traditional NERC CIP software often has a complex setup and tedious workflows that increase human effort. This also increases the time to respond against threats or performance bottlenecks. 

    SolarWinds SEM is designed to help you meet FERC/NERC CIP cybersecurity standards with Active Responses. These automated responses offer run-time protection and can trigger when SolarWinds SEM detects any unusual pattern. For instance, SolarWinds SEM can disable network access on a user’s workstation after excessive attempts to access a secure network, or it can immediately eject USB devices when inserted into restricted PCs. SEM can also reset user account passwords and restart or shut down machines.

  • How does NERC CIP software secure local file and data against APTs and zero-days?

    Advanced persistent threats (APTs) can remain undetected for several months and cause severe reputational and financial losses to large organizations. Similarly, many threat actors exploit zero-day vulnerabilities to craft sophisticated attacks. However, all such attacks eventually need access to local files and data. That’s where SolarWinds Security Event Manager comes in.

    SEM is designed to correlate logs from AVs, firewall, and IDS/IPS with file audit events to find APTs and malware in your environment. It allows you to detect suspicious activity leading to abrupt changes in file attributes or metadata. With actionable intelligence at hand, you can take prioritized actions to mitigate such advanced attacks.

     

  • How can SolarWinds Security Event Manager help you meet NERC CIP requirements?

    Third-party security teams use honeypots and event log analysis tools to monitor bad IPs and hosts, and then they share this threat intelligence to help organizations avert cyberattacks. With this feed, you can help reduce your exposure to common security threats by blocking traffic from malicious sources. 

    SolarWinds Security Event Manager uses a continuously updated threat intelligence feed and is designed to correlate this information with its logs and events to improve detection of ever-evolving malware, DDoS, and botnet attacks. This can help you meet NERC CIP requirements for securing critical control systems, networking equipment, and mission-critical applications. 

  • Related Features and Tools

    Other SolarWinds Tools to Help Demonstrate NERC CIP Compliance:

     

    Related Features:

What is NERC CIP compliance?

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.

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How to automate security risk mitigation with NERC CIP software

Traditional NERC CIP software often has a complex setup and tedious workflows that increase human effort. This also increases the time to respond against threats or performance bottlenecks. 

SolarWinds SEM is designed to help you meet FERC/NERC CIP cybersecurity standards with Active Responses. These automated responses offer run-time protection and can trigger when SolarWinds SEM detects any unusual pattern. For instance, SolarWinds SEM can disable network access on a user’s workstation after excessive attempts to access a secure network, or it can immediately eject USB devices when inserted into restricted PCs. SEM can also reset user account passwords and restart or shut down machines.

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How does NERC CIP software secure local file and data against APTs and zero-days?

Advanced persistent threats (APTs) can remain undetected for several months and cause severe reputational and financial losses to large organizations. Similarly, many threat actors exploit zero-day vulnerabilities to craft sophisticated attacks. However, all such attacks eventually need access to local files and data. That’s where SolarWinds Security Event Manager comes in.

SEM is designed to correlate logs from AVs, firewall, and IDS/IPS with file audit events to find APTs and malware in your environment. It allows you to detect suspicious activity leading to abrupt changes in file attributes or metadata. With actionable intelligence at hand, you can take prioritized actions to mitigate such advanced attacks.

 

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How can SolarWinds Security Event Manager help you meet NERC CIP requirements?

Third-party security teams use honeypots and event log analysis tools to monitor bad IPs and hosts, and then they share this threat intelligence to help organizations avert cyberattacks. With this feed, you can help reduce your exposure to common security threats by blocking traffic from malicious sources. 

SolarWinds Security Event Manager uses a continuously updated threat intelligence feed and is designed to correlate this information with its logs and events to improve detection of ever-evolving malware, DDoS, and botnet attacks. This can help you meet NERC CIP requirements for securing critical control systems, networking equipment, and mission-critical applications. 

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Related Features and Tools

Other SolarWinds Tools to Help Demonstrate NERC CIP Compliance:

 

Related Features:

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Simplify NERC CIP compliance management and reporting

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  • 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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