As of 9/2/2013, Symantec is discontinuing new sales of its SIEM product - Symantec Security Information Manager (SSIM).
Read the press release here.
Symantec will not only be continuing support for just 4 years (instead of the more typical 5) but it will only provide hot fixes, security patches and maintenance packs. The current release, 4.8.1, will be the last. And the key point from the press release is..."Symantec will provide bug fixes on existing collectors only. No new collectors will be added beyond those provided in the recent 4.8.1 release." Ouch, no new connectors. How will the SIEM continue to support new products like Windows 2012 during this wind-down "time [that] will enable customers to execute a graceful migration to an alternative solution?"
It is relatively painless to transition from Symantec to ArcSight by integrating the two SIEMs into a temporary single solution though. Perhaps in the future I will have a chance to write about it here.
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