1. NREN Security Vision
As you’ve all likely heard, cybersecurity is a team sport, and the NREN as a whole is focused on ensuring that stakeholders that rely on the NREN can do so without any concern regarding cybersecurity
It is a bold vision but the NREN is determined to achieve it!
The NREN enables access to research, education and innovation infrastructure and services, free of cybersecurity concerns.

2. NREN Security Approach
Collaboration
Coordination
Consistency
Given that bold vision, NREN security approaches are grounded in three principles:
Collaboration – expertise and experience in cybersecurity approaches are shared across the NREN
Coordination – activities are coordinated to the greatest extent possible to maximize cost and process efficiencies
Consistency in approach – as much as possible, the NREN will agree on a consistent approach to cybersecurity, to ensure that the NREN’s security posture is aligned from coast to coast to coast

3. NREN SIEM Deployment Project
People:
Security Analysts added across Canada
Process:
Collaborative start to a coordinated security framework
As with any IT project, the SIEM deployment project requires the cohesive and focused integration of processes, technologies and people
Technology:
Jointly procured, widely deployed, consistent

4. What does a SIEM do?

5. Potential Future Directions
Process
People
continual improvements of security framework
evolution of Security Analyst team
collaboration with institutional, regional, national and international partners
development of security incident response team
As with any IT project, the SIEM deployment project requires the cohesive and focused integration of processes, technologies and people
Technology
advanced analytics capability
links with other regional and national security initiatives