In my previous post, we looked at how event correlation can be used to deal with advanced persistent threats (APTs). The thing is, an APT is just one ugly face of a much larger epidemic: the data breach. In this blog, we examine this larger problem and the role of event correlation in securing sensitive data.

Just when you think you’ve got this whole “knowledge economy” thing figured out, here comes the “creative economy” – the world in which your ability to succeed and add value is limited only by your imagination. Of course, that creativity needs to be informed by a deep understanding of your customers.

It’s nearly the end of 2018 and we still discuss CI/CD and agile as separate concepts. The truth is, the line between them is blurring. Doing either or both well is very difficult. In fact, many organizations struggle to effectively execute an agile workflow, or reach CD because they are so difficult to do well. This article focuses on why it is so important to keep striving toward this gold standard duo because CI/CD and agile result in quality and predictability.

Grafana v5.4 brings new features, many enhancements and bug fixes. This article will detail the major new features and enhancements.

As reported on Issue #228, if scout_apm is disabled on a node via the configuration monitor = false, we don't intend to install any instruments, but a few snuck in anyway. Since the rest of the agent isn't running, they (slowly but steadily) built up recorded info, but didn't purge it, causing a slow memory leak that became clear over the course of a week or two. We've stopped the offending instruments from installing themselves when Scout is disabled.

Chronically understaffed and constantly stressed-out IT Ops and NOC teams are overwhelmed by today’s IT noise. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) can help these teams because ML (and AI) are exceptionally good at processing enormous volumes of very complex data in real-time, or near real-time, and surfacing actionable insights. But ML successes in IT Ops are still hit-or-miss.

In describing why Nexthink is a critical partner in their value-offering Morten Grønneb?k, Chief Commercial Officer at BusinessNow, said “What we were experiencing as a consultancy company was that SLAs might be green out there, but your customers or end-users’ satisfaction was often red.” Indeed, prior to Nexthink, BusinessNow was increasingly faced with a major issue: clients’ IT departments were blind to IT issues at the end-user level, although data centers seemed oper

According to the ITIL, the framework of best practices for delivering IT services, there is a recommended process flow for how to handle major incidents. Clearly, the IT community would be well served to follow the ITIL’s systematic and professional approach, whose benefits, according to CIO Magazine.

We are happy to announce that Graylog v2.5 is now available. This release includes several new features, including support for Elasticsearch 6.x, along with numerous bug fixes.

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was authored in 2016 and became applicable on May 25th of 2018. You can read the regulation in its entirety in this PDF. If you have legal questions about GDPR and how it applies to your organization, you should seek the advice of a professional who is familiar with the regulation.