The foodie scene is peppered with incredible pairings of incongruous ingredients leading to delectable delights. A good sommelier, or wine steward, can add the metaphorical cherry on top of a delicious meal. Sommeliers are trained to pair and suggest wines to accompany various foods based on flavors, taste preference and even budget parameters.

Consider a similar role in the security realm: the IBM Security App Exchange.

Quality Ingredients

Every good wine starts with quality grapes. When the App Exchange first launched last December, it had a wide range of third-party apps to integrate with IBM Security QRadar SIEM, including those from partners such as Carbon Black, BrightPoint Security, Exabeam and Resilient Systems. You can catch up on that initial harvest in our launch webinar “Join the Era of Collaborative Defense.”

Since that time, we’ve had many clients download and take advantage of content on App Exchange, helping extend the functionality of their QRadar and IBM partner solutions. New apps continue to roll in and are posted regularly.

In addition, all IBM Security QRadar Apps are validated for security vulnerabilities, performance inhibitors and function/use case design. Each quarter we highlight new apps in a webinar to explain the full value in this pairing of technology partners and IBM Security, such as threat intelligence from iSIGHT Threatscape and active directory monitoring from STEALTHbits.

Expanding the Tasting Menu

Not all apps, nor wines, are for everyone. Conveniently, the App Exchange has a range of capabilities available, whether you need a pairing for enhanced reporting for compliance, custom event properties to tune your security intelligence solution or additional content on threats to feed your security decision-making.

Much like modern-day sommeliers may extend beyond wine pairings into other spirits, the App Exchange isn’t limited to QRadar apps. We’ve recently added an app bringing together IBM BigFix with our partner Carbon Black and will continue to expand into other extended capabilities for the broader IBM Security portfolio.

More Information on the App Exchange

To learn more about how App Exchange can help extend the value of your security solutions, watch the latest webinar: “IBM Security AppExchange Spotlight: Threat Intelligence & Monitoring Microsoft Systems.”

Stay tuned for more announcements about new apps and capabilities.