Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

January 2019

What Are the Benefits of Monitoring Event Logs?

If you maintain a regular practice of keeping log data, you probably have an established way of observing event logs in real time or you do it by using batch processing. There are two ways you can monitor event logs: manually and automatically. By monitoring event logs, you can gain deeper insight into system metrics, localize process bottlenecks, and detect security vulnerabilities. What are some other advantages of event log monitoring, and how can you get the most out of it?

Announcing Graylog v3.0 Release Candidate 1

Today we are releasing the first release candidate of Graylog v3.0. This release brings a whole new content pack system, an overhauled collector sidecar, reporting capabilities, improved alerting with greater flexibility, a new script alert notification plugin, support for Elasticsearch 6.x, a preview version of an awesome new search page called Views, and tons of other improvements and bug fixes.

Next-Level Threat Hunting: Shift Your SIEM from Reactive to Proactive

Threat hunting is proactively identifying and thwarting unusual network activity that could indicate an attempted security breach. It's a historically manual activity, making it time-intensive and arduous. It’s no wonder, then, why most organizations don’t have the time, budget, or resources to undertake it effectively…if at all.

Centralized Logging - Knowing When Less is More

A lot of firms collect massive amounts of data every day (up to billions of events) to improve their security efforts, enhance their business intelligence, and refine their marketing strategies. Their log storage drives are so big that some of them even brag about the size, to show their public and clients how advanced their technologies are.

How Graylog's Advanced Functionalities Help You Make Sense of All Your Data

The inherent limitations of most log managers and the need to work within the constraints of your current hardware may force your enterprise to make some hard choices. Less useful data may be left unchecked, old information will eventually get deleted, and the amount of data that is accessed in real-time is sacrificed to reduce excess workload.

Announcing Graylog v3.0 Beta 1

Today we are releasing the first public beta of Graylog v3.0. This release includes a whole new content pack system, an overhauled collector sidecar, new reporting capabilities, improved alerting with greater flexibility, support for Elasticsearch 6.x, a preview version of an awesome new search page called Views, and tons of other improvements and bug fixes.

Why Should You Bother With Information Technology Operations Analytics?

Your organization’s IT system is a complex network of intercommunicating devices that can provide you with an abundance of useful data - if you apply the right practices to gather and filter it. However, to realize how each of these sources interacts and interconnects with one another, you need will to master the art of Information Technology Operations Analytics.