Unifying threat defence and compliance in an era of escalating cyber risk with ManageEngine Log360

MANIKANDAN THANGARAJ
VICE PRESIDENT, MANAGEENGINE

In today’s hyper-connected cybersecurity landscape, organisations face a dual crisis: Cyberattacks now at an average cost of USD
4.88 million per breach, and non compliance penalties have also surged.

For managed service providers (MSPs) and system integrators (SIs)—tasked with safeguarding vast, distributed datasets across client networks—the stakes are even higher. Legacy approaches, reliant on disjointed tools and reactive workflows, are no longer sufficient. The market demands a unified lens to monitor security telemetry, detect threats in real time, and automate remediation across hybrid environments, all while ensuring adherence to evolving regulations.

At ManageEngine, we recognised this urgent need for convergence. That’s why we engineered Log360, a unified SIEM platform designed to dismantle the barriers listed above. By combining threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) with proactive compliance automation in a single solution, Log360 empowers MSPs, SIs, and enterprises to secure hybrid environments—on-premises, cloud, or SaaS—with agility and precision.

TDIR: PRECISION IN THE FACE OF COMPLEXITY

Often, security operations centres spend much of their valuable time pursuing false alarms—a problem that becomes catastrophic when teams are understaffed and lack robust automation. Compounding this challenge, cybercriminals now weaponise AI to launch hyper-targeted attacks at an unprecedented scale.
In this high-stakes environment, traditional alerting systems are obsolete. Organisations need more than notifications; they require contextual intelligence, real-time agility, and orchestrated responses to outpace adversaries and secure their ecosystems.

HIGHLIGHTS OF LOG360’S TDIR CAPABILITIES
1.    Accurate detection: By integrating advanced correlation, ML-driven behaviour analytics, and signature-based detection, Log360 identifies stealthy threats, including slow-burning APTs, that evade conventional tools. It also improves the accuracy of detection through trusted integrations with threat intelligence and dark web feeds.
2.    Fewer false positives: A multilayered validation system enriches alerts with contextual data (like user roles, device health, and threat intelligence) to prioritise genuine risks, eliminating noise.
3.    Contextual investigation: Log360’s Incident Workbench unifies security telemetry, user data, device statuses, and dark web insights onto a single timeline, accelerating root cause analysis.
4.    Automated containment:  Prebuilt
 
playbooks enable seamless integrations with existing tools (like firewalls and endpoint detection and response systems) for automatic threat remediation (like isolating compromised devices or revoking access) within seconds.

COMPLIANCE: FROM A BURDEN TO A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Compliance is now vital for resilience and credibility, not just a box-ticking exercise. At ManageEngine, we recognise that compliance must evolve from a reactive obligation to a proactive driver of excellence. Log360 bridges this gap with its:
•    Risk assessment to identify GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001 gaps, offering remediation for improved security.
•    Prebuilt audit templates for mandates such as NIST CSF, SOC 2, CCPA, PCI DSS , and more. These templates reduce audit preparation costs and eliminate human error, ensuring audit submissions are both accurate and defensible.

LOG360: ENGINEERING THE FUTURE OF UNIFIED CYBERSECURITY

At ManageEngine, we recognise that fragmented data silos and tool sprawl remain critical barriers to effective cybersecurity. To address this, Log360 is engineered as a unified security platform anchored on four foundational pillars, enabling organisations to consolidate defences, streamline operations, and scale securely.
1.    Extensibility: Log360’s core capabilities— detection engineering, forensic investigation, and SOAR—are designed to adapt and expand.
2.    Integration: By adopting open API standards, Log360 seamlessly integrates with tools and devices for data transfers. This eliminates data silos, enabling secure, bidirectional data sharing across the ecosystem for holistic visibility and context-rich analytics.
3.    Customisation: Every organisation demands unique data narratives. Log360 allows users to tailor their data ingestion, enrichment, and visualisation to their needs, transforming raw telemetry into actionable insights.
4.    Programmability: In our ongoing efforts, we're implementing Zoho Circuit to create a low/no-code platform that will enable security teams to build their own threat-response automation playbooks.

The future of cybersecurity hinges on adaptability. Log360's unified security platform ensures organisations don't just respond threats, but anticipate them, turning resilience into market leadership. ManageEngine isn’t just delivering a tool; we’re engineering resilience, fostering trust, and driving growth in a volatile digital world.