The Biggest Failure of Early SIEMs
4 Sept 2026 · 0 min
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In this brief excerpt, Wes Spencer explains why early Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions struggled. He characterizes those early SIEMs as massive data lakes that collected enormous amounts of information but lacked efficient mechanisms to turn that data into actionable insights. He also notes that these systems were primarily built by enterprise vendors, which contributed to their shortcomings in practical, operational use.
