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Accelerate Investigations, Forensics and Audits Using Cribl Search and Amazon S3

In the era of big data, data lakes have emerged as a popular way to store and process massive amounts of data. Fortunately, with Cribl Search and Cribl Stream, you can create a Data Loop to optimize the use of your data lake by saving Search results as part of an investigation. Our four-part video series explains how to set up Cribl Search and Cribl Stream to establish a Data Loop using the Amazon S3 Data Lake destination in Cribl Stream and the Cribl Stream in_cribl_http source.

How to Secure Your CI/CD Pipeline: Best Tips and Practices

CI/CD pipelines have become a cornerstone of agile development, streamlining the software development life cycle. They allow for frequent code integration, fast testing and deployment. Having these processes automated help development teams reduce manual errors, ensure faster time-to-market, and deliver enhancements to end-users. However, they also pose risks that could compromise stability of their development ecosystem.

3 Keys to Maximizing SIEM Value

SIEM has been a crucial component of security systems for nearly two decades. While there’s ample information on operating SIEM solutions out there, guidance on evaluating and managing them effectively is lacking. We’ve noticed many SIEM vendors are taking advantage of this dearth of knowledge and not providing customers with needed value for what they’re buying.

Understanding Kubernetes Logs and Using Them to Improve Cluster Resilience

In the complex world of Kubernetes, logs serve as the backbone of effective monitoring, debugging, and issue diagnosis. They provide indispensable insights into the behavior and performance of individual components within a Kubernetes cluster, such as containers, nodes, and services.

Sematext Update Review Episode 2 | New Product Features

The first half of 2023 has been a fantastic year thus far. We are super excited to share with you some of the newest updates and improvements we have made to your favorite monitoring tools inside of the sematext cloud. Whether you work in DevOps for a multi-billion dollar company or if you are a freelancer who owns an online business, Sematext has the perfect monitoring solution for you. Today, we will discuss our new OpenSearch integration, Changes we have made to Sematext Synthetics for HTTP monitoring, and UI changes we have made to the events tool.

Setting Up a Data Loop using Cribl Search and Stream Part 1: Setting up the Data Lake Destination

In the very first video of the series, we delve into the concept of a data loop and why it is beneficial to use Cribl Search and Cribl Stream to optimize the use of a data lake. The video gives a concise overview of Cribl Search and Cribl Stream, and how they work in tandem to create a data loop. We then provide step-by-step instructions on how to configure the Cribl Stream "Amazon S3 Data Lake" Destination to transfer data from Stream to an S3 bucket that has been optimized specifically for Cribl Search's access. Finally, we demonstrate sending sample data to the S3 bucket and present a before-and-after view of the bucket to showcase the impact of the test data.

Modernize Your SIEM Architecture

Join Ed Bailey from Cribl and John Alves from CyberOne Security as they discuss the struggles faced by many SIEM teams in managing their systems to control costs and extract optimal value from the platform. The prevalence of bad data or an overwhelming amount of data leads to various issues with detections and drives costs higher and higher. It is extremely common to witness a year-over-year cost increase of up to 35%, which is clearly unsustainable.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Standardizing Telemetry with the BindPlane Observability Pipeline

Adding additional attributes to your telemetry not only provides valuable context to your observability pipeline but also enhances the flexibility and precision of your data operations. Consider, for example, the need to route data from specific geographical locations, like the EU, to a designated destination. With a ‘Location’ attribute added to your logs, you can seamlessly achieve this.

Head in the Clouds (ft. Jo Peterson): Experts Dish on Cloud Strategy

Cloud is still a buzzword - but is it getting the attention you want it to get? Yeah, we thought so. The secret is layering in revenue-generating words around cloud to grab the attention it so rightfully deserves. Hear more from Splunker Tom Stoner and Clarify360's Jo Peterson.