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We're an April 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for SIEM-thanks to you!

We’re happy to announce that ManageEngine is an April 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). While Gartner analysts recognized ManageEngine in its Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management * for three consecutive years, this Customers’ Choice distinction makes us even more proud because we see it as proof that our customers are happy with the technology we provide.

Grafana 5.4.4 and 6.1.6 released with important security fix

Today we are releasing Grafana 5.4.4 and 6.1.5. These patch releases include an important security fix for all Grafana installations between 5.4.0 and 6.1.6. Grafana installs between 6.0.0 and 6.1.4 are less vulnerable due to other security improvements. These versions are only vulnerable if the administrator has disabled default security settings.

Using premortems to calm your nerves and nail that big project

Can you ever say with certainty that your project will be a success? Nope. You can’t. But running a premortem – a thought exercise in which you imagine what could go wrong and decide how to prevent it – in the early or middle stages of your project goes a long way.

Meaningful Parameter Names in SNMP Events

Enterprise Alert offers the possibility to directly receive SNMP traps and generate alarms from them. The SNMP traps contain a number of parameters that are identified by OIDs. These OIDs are quite cryptic and not very meaningful. So-called MIB files are used to assign meaningful names to the OIDs. The following describes how you can use a script to import such MIB files to display meaningful names instead of OIDs in SNMP events. You can also use these names in alert policies.