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The Significance of SIEM Solutions in UAE
We are sure you have heard of Security Information and Event Management or SIEM as it is commonly referred to, in some capacity by now. A combination of security information management and event management roles, SIEM is a core cybersecurity technology for threat protection, acting as an organization’s line of defense against hackers.
The SIEM market in UAE is estimated to reach a staggering $280.4 million by 2030 with an estimated compound annual growth rate of 13.6% in the years 2024 to 2030.
We are also sure that you have heard of UAE hosting at least 155,000 vulnerable assets that could fall prey to threat actors at any time. You haven’t? Well, what about the 30% increase in insider- related threat incidents or the 18% increase in drive-by-downloads in the UAE? Haven’t heard of those either?
At any rate, this is important information that needs to be spread throughout the region. A PSA that SIEM isn’t just a fancy acronym but an actual present need of organizations looking to secure their network and IT infrastructures.
With this blog, we’re hoping to change the perception of UAE about SIEM solutions to the point where anyone contemplating about adopting these solutions, adopts them. We will provide you with enough information and evidence to suggest why Wateen Digital Solutions is a good fit for companies looking to implement SIEM solutions but first, here’s a breakdown of what SIEM solutions are:
What are SIEM Solutions?
Simply put, SIEM solutions give organizations a holistic view of activities happening across their network. Based on the severity of the alerts raised by these security solutions, security operations centers (SOC) can act quickly and stop cyber attacks in their tracks before they get a chance to cause serious harm.
An event log is created each time an activity is performed on a device connected to a network. Numerous activities are performed on a single device each day now imagine hundreds if not thousands of devices connected to that network. That is a lot of logs to sift through in case of an incident.
This is what effective SIEM solutions are for. They don’t just collect logs in real-time from various endpoints, they analyze these logs, aggregate these logs, and create a correlation to understand what happened at a granular level.
Of course, this is just a basic overview of what SIEM solutions are and what they do. There’s a lot more going on in the background of SIEM solutions to make the life of SOC analysts easy.
Understanding the Components of SIEM Solutions
This is a fairly simple process to grasp too. SIEM solutions provide something called an agent. The agent(security software) is installed in your endpoints(devices) connected to a network.
They are responsible for collecting logs from these endpoints and sending them to a centralized/SIEM server. For custom and in-house built applications, we have cybersecurity experts to create their parsers and map them on the solution for the visibility of non-supported applications with your SIEM.
There is a syslog protocol to collect data from various systems like web servers in real-time and send them to a centralized/SIEM server. If you are thinking that SIEM tools only work for devices connected to a network and not for offline or remote devices, then we appreciate your logical reasoning as we haven’t mentioned these modes yet.
It wasn’t deliberate but yes, good SIEM solutions do cover these bases as they would be ineffective cybersecurity measures without them especially considering how much remote and hybrid work models have taken off recently.
Port forwarding can be used to connect remote endpoints to certain listening ports in SIEM solutions while offline data can be ingested and normalized for data analysis in some SIEM solutions.
The key to accessing all these features is a partnership with a solid SIEM solution provider that understands the need for high-fidelity alerts and is open to AI incorporation and data automation to improve SOC efficiency.
You need a SIEM solution provider like Wateen Digital Solutions which not only understands the benefits of SIEM implementation but also how to implement it in a careful, deliberate manner.
Wateen Digital Solutions: The Premier SIEM Solution Provider in UAE
The way SIEM solutions are implemented can make or break your organization’s security systems. Most SIEM providers will sell you on SIEM features but not exactly on how they will implement them. We’re transparent on both ends.
Once you get in contact with Wateen Digital Solutions, you’ll be asked what you want to achieve with a SIEM solution in place and different SIEM solutions will be provided based on your requirements. Our certified resources can help you to design, architect, and deploy value-added solutions.
We will work with you from your first contact with us, right down to successful SIEM implementation in your entire network, to providing support afterward.
We have positioned ourselves as a leading SIEM solution provider in UAE because we understand the risks, cyber attacks pose to networks. We meticulously design customized solutions, again, based on what you require from a SIEM solution.
Be it host-centric or network-centric log sources from Windows or Linux, our systems/tools aggregate data from these sources when triggers are alerted. Your correlational rules will decide when to trigger alerts. We work with your SOC to remove the number of false positives to raise the amount of high-fidelity alerts generated.
Correlations are key as they paint a picture of exactly what might have transpired in a trigger alert. Again, this depends on your correlational rules which we will help establish. Here’s an example of what correlational rules look like below:

As you can witness, failure to comply with any of these rules will trigger an alert that can be seen on dashboards. It is through the use of dashboards that SOCs can monitor any suspicious activities in the network and their consequent alerts. Here’s what a custom dashboard looks like:

This dashboard in particular was designed by us for one of our clients.
Data in dashboards is presented after analysis is performed by SIEM to give you actionable insights. You can use these insights to inform your security decisions such as blocking or isolating the compromised device from the rest of the network.
Advantages of SIEM Solutions by Wateen Digital Solutions in UAE
Here are some advantages our clients in UAE can expect by choosing Wateen Digital Solutions for their managed cyber security needs:
- State of the art threat detection
- Activity visibility for each device and multiple networks
- AI-powered data automation to quickly respond to certain types of incidents
- Compliance with regulatory requirements
Get in touch with us for a detailed features list and their breakdown.
Protect Your Organization by Leveraging SIEM Solutions from Wateen Digital Solutions
The year-on-year cost of data breaches is increasing in the Middle East ($8.75m in 2024). Hacktivist groups are using DDoS attacks to disrupt operations in the UAE. Get in touch with us and work on implementing a successful cybersecurity setup for your organization’s bright future.
Threat actors are increasingly exploiting network vulnerabilities to carry out remote cyber attacks. While a booming industry no doubt, cyber security is also a cause for concern among organizations looking to outsource their cybersecurity functions.
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