A security analyst needs to implement a solution that can collect, aggregate, and correlate log data from various sources like servers, firewalls, and applications. The primary goal is to provide real-time analysis and automated alerting for potential security threats. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate technology to meet these requirements?
Next-generation firewall with deep packet inspection
A Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system is the most appropriate solution. SIEM platforms are specifically designed to aggregate log data from diverse sources, normalize it, and use correlation rules to identify security threats and generate alerts in real-time. Patch management agents are used for deploying software updates, a network traffic analyzer focuses on packet-level data rather than system or application logs, and while a next-generation firewall is an important source of logs, it does not aggregate and correlate logs from other systems across the enterprise.
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