Abstract: An improved technique involves verifying whether a client has proper resources, processes, procedures and ability to successfully implement SIEM infrastructure according to a SIEM maturity evaluation metric. Along these lines, a SIEM maturity evaluation program produces a SIEM maturity result that indicates whether the client has proper resources to successfully implement SIEM infrastructure in a computing environement. For example, the SIEM maturity result indicates whether there are enough people having a certain skill set within the enterprise to properly react to events in an event log to which SIEM software receives. When the SIEM maturity result indicates that the client has proper resources, processes, procedures and ability, then the program outputs the calculate score to the SIEM evaluator and client. Otherwise, the program delays such an installation or configuration to allow the enterprise time to acquire the proper resources.