Q1 Labs Unveils QRadar SLIM: Simple Log and Information Management

Business Wire, Oct 30, 2007

Turnkey Logging Appliance Provides Seamless Upgrade Path to Full-featured SIEM for Threat and Compliance Management

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Q1 Labs, a leading network security management company, today announced the addition of its newest appliance, QRadar[TM] SLIM (Simple Log and Information Management) to its suite of products. QRadar SLIM provides a complete log management solution for organizations needing to collect, archive and analyze network, host and security event logs, but may not be ready to make the move to a more comprehensive Network Security Management (NSM) application. A fully scalable appliance, QRadar SLIM can be easily upgraded by license key to the full featured QRadar Network Security Management solution as an organization grows and requires additional network security management capabilities.

Log management is quickly becoming a requirement for organizations focused on delivering security best practices and meeting the specific auditing and reporting requirements of government regulations. QRadar SLIM, designed to help organizations respond quickly to these compliance mandates, provides a foundation for subsequent growth in their network and security monitoring architecture. No other logging product on the market can offer the same convenient and seamless upgrade to customers.

Recent industry analysis reflects the need for both logging and monitoring capabilities.

"The security information and event management (SIEM) market is now driven by a broader set of buyers who need the technology to quickly address audit issues but who also want to improve security monitoring capabilities. A solution that is optimal for the current market will support real-time collection and analysis of log data from host systems, security devices and network devices; will support long-term storage and reporting; will not require extensive customization; and will be easy to support and maintain." Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management, 1Q07, Gartner, May 1, 2007

Included within the QRadar SLIM appliance are a variety of robust features that allow IT managers to rapidly deploy a turnkey log management solution which offers scalable distributed log collection and archiving, reliable and tamper proof log storage, and simple policy-driven event correlation. In addition, QRadar SLIM offers effective, out-of-the-box compliance reporting packages for PCI, FISMA, SOX, GLBA and HIPAA.

"The launch of QRadar SLIM offers our customers the ability to quickly respond to compliance mandates for information collection while also providing them with a foundation for subsequent growth into a full threat management and compliance management architecture," said Tom Turner, vice president of marketing for Q1 Labs. "Ultimately we believe that log management is a stepping stone to more complete network and security management capabilities that all customers want and need. QRadar SLIM and the subsequent upgrade to full QRadar helps to deliver that in the simplest form possible."

QRadar SLIM Feature Summary:

* Easy to deploy turnkey log management solution

* High performance appliance scales to over 75,000 events per second

* Log collection, storage, reporting and alerting for Syslog, ODBC/JDBC, OPSEC, SNMP v2 and v.3, Proprietary Protocols (I.E. Cisco SDEE), and File Tailing log sources

* Auto-recognition of logging sources

* Simple, policy-driven event correlation engine

* Compliance-driven report templates to meet specific regulatory reporting and auditing requirements (PCI, SOX, HIPAA, GLBA and FISMA)

* 2 Terabytes of RAID 10 storage for archiving event logs

* Support for extensive log file integrity checks, including NIST Log Management Standard SHA-x (1-256) hashing for tamper proof log archives

* Integrated log storage, aging, backup and restore provides hands off storage management

* License key upgrade to QRadar NSM (Full-featured Security Event Management and Network Behavior Analysis capabilities)

Pricing and Availability

QRadar SLIM is available immediately. Pricing starts at $24,000.

About QRadar

QRadar goes beyond traditional security information/event management (SIEM) products or network behavior analysis (NBA) products to create a command-and-control center that can monitor, analyze, and remediate threats. QRadar combines, analyzes and manages an unequalled set of surveillance data--network behavior, security events, vulnerability profiles and threat information--to empower enterprises to manage business operations on their networks efficiently from a single console. More information about QRadar is available at: http://www.q1labs.com/products/.> About Q1 Labs

Commanding a unique position at the nexus of security and networking, Q1 Labs is redefining network security management. Q1 Labs' flagship product, QRadar, integrates previously disparate network and security functions into one solution. This convergence ties the impact of security threats directly to specific business assets and services, reduces acquisition and operation costs, and increases accuracy. Q1 Labs' installed customer base ranges from government agencies and financial institutions to universities and healthcare providers. Please visit http://www.q1labs.com/company/ or call (781) 250-5800 for more information.