Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems have been around for more than 2 decades. Since then both their definition and benefits have considerably evolved but their main purpose remains - to reduce security and regulatory risk.

This ebook provides a very detailed answer to the question of why are SIEM systems important for an organization's cybersecurity. It reviews all of the SIEM benefits starting from the general perks that even the legacy systems possess, going through the additional value that the next-generation SIEMs unlock, and finishing at some premium advantages that are hardest to find but extremely valuable to have.