History is filled with stories of human triumph. One of the most famous such stories is that of John Henry, “The Steel Driving Man.” As the traditional American folk story goes, John Henry and his fellow workers were faced with the arrival of the steam engine, which threatened to replace their manual labor. To prove that human strength and skill could outperform the new technology, John Henry challenged the machine to a contest.

Observo AI is excited to announce that we have partnered with AWS and our solution is now available on the AWS Marketplace. This will make it easier for AWS customers to quickly adopt the AI-Powered Security and Observability Pipeline to help control costs, manage data sprawl, boost productivity, and identify and resolve critical incidents faster.

FortiGate firewall logs are crucial for network security and compliance. These logs contain valuable information about network traffic, including source and destination IP addresses, ports, protocols, timestamps, and firewall actions. With FortiGate log volumes growing annually, many organizations face challenges in processing and storing these logs efficiently. In part 1 of this series, we covered an overview of Fortigate logs, and some of the challenges they pose for Security and DevOps teams.

Fortinet FortiGate firewalls are crucial network security devices that help manage and protect your network by monitoring and controlling incoming and outgoing traffic. They do this based on a set of predetermined security rules. The logs generated by FortiGate firewalls are rich with information about network activities and security events, making them indispensable for both security and DevOps teams in enterprises.

Observo AI is excited to announce that we are an official partner with Splunk, a Cisco company. Pairing Splunk Enterprise with Observo AI's observability and security data pipeline enhances the capabilities and efficiencies of security and DevOps teams even further. By optimizing data before it hits a Splunk index and creating a fully searchable data lake for long-term retention, Observo AI can optimize customers’ infrastructure costs including storage, cloud egress, and compute.

In part 1 of this series, we took a look at what CloudTrail logs are, the value addition that CloudTrail logs serve and some of the problems involved in processing and storing these logs. In part two of this series, we will look at how Observo helps organizations process CloudTrail logs at scale and derive value from them. As a quick recap, let’s take a look at what a CloudTrail event looks like.

Observo.ai is excited to share that we now integrate with Panther Labs, a modern SIEM built for the cloud. This enables Panther users to leverage Observo.ai’s powerful telemetry data pipeline features. Observo.ai was created to help Security and DevOps teams solve their biggest telemetry problems. Using Artificial Intelligence, Observo.ai optimizes and transforms data from any source and routes it to the destinations where it has the most value.

Security is paramount for almost any sized organization. With the rapid pace of technological advancements and the increasing reliance on digital infrastructure, organizations face an ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats and risks. Protecting sensitive data, intellectual property, and customer information is no longer optional; it is a critical component of maintaining trust and credibility in the marketplace.

On April 24, 2024, Francis Odum, released his research report titled, “The Evolution of the Modern Security Data Platform” in The Software Analyst Newsletter. This report examines the evolution of modern security operations, tracing its evolution from a reactive approach to a proactive approach. It highlights the shift towards automation, threat intelligence integration, and controlling the costs of ingesting and storing data as crucial elements in enhancing cyber defense strategies.

In the complex world of modern distributed systems, observability is vital. Observability allows engineers to understand what's happening within their systems, debug issues rapidly, and proactively ensure optimal application performance. OpenTelemetry has emerged as a powerful, vendor-neutral solution to address the challenges of observability across different technologies and environments.