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+title:  "OpenSearch as a SIEM Solution"
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+ - mhatfield
+date: 2025-03-17
+categories:
+ - technical-post
+meta_keywords: OpenSearch SIEM, Compliance Monitoring, Log Analysis, Event Correlation, Threat Detection, Audit Trails, Compliance Alerting, Access Control
+meta_description: OpenSearch is a scalable open-source search and analytics platform that can serve as the core of a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system.
+excerpt: OpenSearch is a scalable open-source search and analytics platform that can serve as the core of a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system.  OpenSearch can centralize logs from diverse sources, apply detection rules, and generate alerts for suspicious activities. Its built-in Security Analytics package provides SIEM capabilities to investigate, detect, analyze, and address security threats in real-time.  Below, we discuss how OpenSearch addresses key SIEM use cases – Threat Detection, Log Analysis, and Compliance Monitoring.
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 # OpenSearch as a SIEM solution
 
 OpenSearch is a scalable open-source search and analytics platform that can serve as the core of a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system.  OpenSearch can centralize logs from diverse sources, apply detection rules, and generate alerts in response to suspicious activities. 
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 In summary, OpenSearch can serve as the backbone for a comprehensive SIEM solution. Its ability to index, normalize, store, and create searchable logs from disparate sources makes it a powerful tool. Using Sigma rules and the ML Commons plugin, users can identify and generate alerts for security threats. Additionally, the visualization tools included in OpenSearch Dashboards increase situational awareness and make compliance reporting easier. 
 
-Keep in mind that OpenSearch is not as plug-and-play as other SIEM solutions. Reach out to trusted providers, such as [Dattell](https://dattell.com/), for more information about implementing and managing an OpenSearch SIEM solution. See [OpenSearch SIEM Support](https://dattell.com/data-architecture-blog/opensearch-siem-support-service/) to learn more about Dattell's OpenSearch SIEM Support service.
+Keep in mind that OpenSearch is not as plug-and-play as other SIEM solutions. Reach out to trusted providers, such as [Dattell](https://dattell.com/), for more information about implementing and managing an OpenSearch SIEM solution. See [OpenSearch SIEM Support](https://dattell.com/data-architecture-blog/opensearch-siem-support-service/) to learn more about Dattell's OpenSearch SIEM Support service.