It turns out SIEM isn’t on life support after all.

Cisco is providing 28 billion reasons to believe enterprises aren’t scrapping the security operations center staple anytime soon. Rivals with other types of security technology have attempted to write SIEM’s obituary for years. In December 2022, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said, “I feel very strongly that the category of SIEM needs to be eliminated and replaced” (see: Palo Alto CEO: ‘SIEM Needs to Be Eliminated and Replaced’).