In the ever-evolving world of software development, incidents are bound to happen. Whether it's an unexpected server crash, a critical bug impacting user experience, or a security breach, handling incidents swiftly and effectively is crucial for maintaining a seamless user experience and preserving business reputation. That's where incident response tools come in — to help you automate, document, communicate, and mitigate.

Explore Cloudsmith’s powerful OKTA integration for user and user group management. Dive into the benefits, security considerations, and best practices to optimize user access, streamline workflows, and bolster security in your software operations. User management is the backbone of secure and efficient software operations. As businesses grow and evolve, the tools they use must keep pace. Enter OKTA and Cloudsmith.

A webhook, or web callback, is a user-defined HTTP callback used to alter the behavior of a webpage or application. It is triggered by specific events in a web application, such as receiving an SMS message or phone call. When the webhook is triggered, the source application sends an HTTP request, usually in the form of a POST or GET request, to the URL configured for the webhook.

In this blog series, we’ll explore how Corelight and Cribl Stream work together to improve observability in Security Operations Centers (SOCs). In today’s rapidly changing threat landscape, it’s crucial to efficiently monitor and manage data for effective security operations. Corelight provides exceptional network visibility, while Cribl Stream gives you control and the flexibility to optimize data pipelines and gain valuable insights.

During IT incident management, if there is one process where effective communication makes all the difference, it’s incident triage. In sending alert notifications, configuring escalation policies and hand-off notifications, and keeping stakeholders informed, effective communication plays an integral role in orchestrating incident triage. This means you need to proactively alert technicians and stakeholders with context-rich communication.

We're thrilled to announce another significant feature release: the integration of IsDown with Squadcast. This integration brings a powerful addition to your incident management and SaaS outage monitoring toolkit, strengthening the reliability of your business and its response to any downtime. Squadcast is a top-tier incident management tool that works to improve site reliability engineering (SRE) techniques by providing seamless incident responses.