Enhanced Threat Detection and Instant Insights with PropelZ™
In today’s hybrid IT environments, where mainframes, cloud, and distributed systems must work together seamlessly, unified log management is critical for security, compliance, and operational visibility. Mainframes generate massive volumes of security logs, console messages, and SMF records, which are crucial for threat detection and compliance audits. However, many Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms, including Exabeam’s New-Scale platform and the newly acquired LogRhythm, traditionally lack native support for mainframe data, creating data silos and blind spots in security monitoring. VirtualZ Computing’s PropelZ enables seamless integration of real-time mainframe logs into Exabeam’s SIEM platforms, ensuring that critical security events and compliance data are actionable, searchable, and accessible within the broader enterprise security ecosystem.
Why Integrate Mainframe Logs with Exabeam’s SIEM Platforms?
Mainframe logs play a critical role in IT security, compliance, and threat intelligence. By integrating mainframe logs with Exabeam’s New-Scale SIEM and LogRhythm, enterprises can:
- Enhance Threat Detection & Incident Response: Detect unauthorized access, insider threats, and system anomalies in real time by correlating mainframe logs with security events across cloud and distributed systems.
- Improve Compliance & Audit Readiness: Ensure detailed logging for compliance with PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, GDPR, and other regulatory frameworks. PropelZ enables long-term storage and structured security analysis within Exabeam’s platforms.
- Unify Security Operations Across Hybrid Environments: Bridge the visibility gap between mainframes, cloud environments, and distributed systems, providing centralized security monitoring within Exabeam’s New-Scale SIEM and LogRhythm.
With PropelZ, organizations gain:
- A unified security repository that consolidates mainframe logs with enterprise-wide security data.
- The ability to leverage Exabeam’s advanced AI, UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics), and security automation to analyze mainframe security events.
- Real-time security monitoring, reducing response times to incidents and potential breaches.
How PropelZ Simplifies Mainframe Log Integration with Exabeam
- Enhanced Log Capture: PropelZ captures console messages, SMF records, RACF security logs, and system events in real time. It ensures that no security event is missed and provides continuous visibility into mainframe activity.
- Automated Data Transformation & Enrichment: Converts raw mainframe logs into structured data formats for seamless ingestion by Exabeam. Adds critical metadata like timestamps, user access details, event severity levels, and log sources.
- Seamless Integration with Exabeam’s New-Scale & LogRhythm: PropelZ pushes mainframe logs directly into Exabeam via Syslog, JSON, or API ingestion. Logs are indexed, searchable, and available for SIEM correlation and automated threat detection.
Step-by-Step Process for Using PropelZ with Exabeam SIEMs
- Configure Exabeam Integration: Set up PropelZ to send log data to Exabeam’s New-Scale platform or LogRhythm using Syslog, JSON, or API ingestion.
- Capture Mainframe Security Logs: Deploy PropelZ on z/OS to collect security logs, SMF data, RACF logs, and system events in real time.
- Transform & Enrich Logs: PropelZ formats and structures mainframe logs, adding necessary security metadata for accurate analysis.
- Correlate & Automate: Use Exabeam’s AI-powered analytics to detect security threats and trigger automated incident response workflows.
Benefits of PropelZ for Exabeam’s SIEM Platforms
- No-Code Simplicity: PropelZ automates log capture, transformation, and integration without requiring custom development.
- Enhanced Security Monitoring: Provides instant access to mainframe security logs in Exabeam for proactive threat detection.
- Scalability: Handles large volumes of logs efficiently, ensuring SIEM performance remains fast and reliable.
- Cost Efficiency: Uses zIIP processors, reducing mainframe resource consumption and overall IT costs.
- Seamless Security Visibility: Bridges the gap between mainframe security logs and Exabeam’s advanced security analytics.
Practical Applications of PropelZ + Exabeam
- Threat Detection & Incident Response: Identify unauthorized access, insider threats, and suspicious activity by integrating mainframe security logs with Exabeam’s UEBA and AI-driven threat intelligence.
- Compliance & Security Audits: Store and analyze historical mainframe logs to ensure compliance with regulatory and security frameworks.
Conclusion: Transforming Mainframe Security with PropelZ & Exabeam
With PropelZ, integrating mainframe logs into Exabeam’s New-Scale and LogRhythm platforms is seamless, efficient, and cost-effective. PropelZ eliminates the need for manual log extraction, complex ETL processes, and data replication, enabling organizations to achieve real-time security monitoring, compliance, and proactive incident response.
If you’re ready to modernize mainframe security and enhance your Exabeam SIEM capabilities, PropelZ is the solution you need.