Revolution in the SIEM Market: Key Acquisitions, Mergers, and Innovations Shape the Future of SecOps

•  Palo Alto Networks to acquire IBM QRadar were making headlines on 15 May 2024. QRadar used to be the SIEM market share leader many years ago.

• LogRhythm and Exabeam to merge announcement on the same day. Allie Mellen, principal analyst of Forrester wrote Opposites attract blog article.

• 1 day later, Google enter for the first time, as Visionary, on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).

Chronicle is now Google Security Operations. Say goodbye to legacy SIEMS

As cloud deployments for infrastructure, applications, and security have gained popularity, SecOps has had to evolve. Although many SIEM vendors claimed to offer cloud-native solutions, these were often superficial adjustments rather than genuine innovations addressing cloud security needs. At RSA 2019, Microsoft introduced "Azure Sentinel" (now Microsoft Sentinel) and Google introduced "Chronicle" (now Google Security Operations). Despite their progress, both have yet to fully address issues of coverage, effectiveness, and timeliness.