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Our Approach
Zepko is vendor agnostic, allowing it to make informed best of breed decisions on behalf of its clients.
There are many different SIEM system vendors (manufacturers) in the marketplace offering systems that will meet the requirements of all organisations, from SMB’s to global corporations, and it is important to choose a system that best matches business need.
In general terms, SIEM systems can be either appliance or software based. Increasingly, vendors provide their SIEM capability on either architecture. This gives freedom of choice to deploy on platforms within networks, virtual environments and data centres either supported by internal capabilities or utilising standalone appliances.
The choice of which particular SIEM solution to deploy depends upon many factors, including:
- Device support
- Platform support
- GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) coverage and support
- Expected data loads, storage and retention needs
- Geographic deployment scope and scale
- Integration issues
- Affordability
- Future alignment with requirements
Organisations with a smaller scale requirement may prefer to implement a centralised appliance based solution that can be quickly deployed and extremely cost effective. Larger organisations with more complex requirements have traditionally been better served by implementing distributed software based solutions.
In the event a client has already determined which SIEM system it wishes to purchase, or has previously implemented a system that now requires review (perhaps due to a change in organisational requirements), Zepko will provide the appropriate assessment together with any system hardware and software recommendations.
This is the initial aspect of our Z-SIEM process, the Implementation Analysis, or IA, which acts as a valuable front-end to any proceeding installation. Real value is only achieved through a detailed understanding of the exact client requirements, specifying the solution that will best fit the client need and subsequently implementing the solution to maximum advantage. Our professional services team are fully qualified and certified in the technologies they install and maintain and are experienced across both public and private sector requirements.
Operating out of our Birmingham support centre, Zepko offers a comprehensive Z-FLEX service catalogue covering full end-to-end management and support services for all SIEM solution deployments.
In addition to working both locally and globally with a number of the world’s largest organisations, our staff have advised and operated at the highest levels within the UK military and defence arena, assuring integrity and confidentiality in everything we do.