This Technology Spotlight highlights how the advances in information technology (IT) make it easier for attackers to gain a foothold in an organization’s IT environment. It explores how security information and event management (SIEM) solutions provide security professionals with information that can aid in uncovering modern threats, thus thwarting attackers, and discusses implementation challenges. The paper also explores how Alert Logic’s Cloud Defender managed SIEM solution is designed to deliver on the goals of on-premises log management and other facets of the technology.