A Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) software enables next generation detection, analytics, and response for enterprises. SIEM software combines Security Information Management (SIM) and Security Event Management (SEM) to analyze security alarms generated by applications and network devices in real time. SIEM software compares events to rules and analytics engines and indexes them for sub-second search, allowing sophisticated threats to be detected and analyzed utilizing globally gathered intelligence. By offering data analysis, event correlation, aggregation, reporting and log management, security teams gain insight into and a record of activities within their IT environment.