The rather broad definition of personal data in the GDPR requires paying special attention to log data. GDPR and personal data in web server logs is a popular topic in many GDPR fora. For example, IP addresses or cookies might be considered personal data. Consequently, such data must be stored only with the consent of customers for a limited time. It is highly recommended to anonymize personal data before you hand over the logs to any 3rd party to minimize risk.

In my last post, I gave a high-level overview how to select a threat intelligence vendor and how to integrate indicators of compromise (IOCs) into your SIEM or log management environment. In this post, I will describe in detail how to use the Threat Intelligence plugin that ships with Graylog. I’ll start with the steps necessary to prepare your data, then explain how to activate the feature and how to configure it for use.

Log files are vital to your organization. From helping organizations troubleshoot IT issues, to investigating security incidents, to locating an application error or isolating an underperforming component, the information that you need to make your life easier is on your logs.

We want to make it easier on you – XpoLog 7 automates your entire log management lifecycle! By doing this we solve log management’s biggest challenges: 1. Long & complex deployments. 2. Long time to resolution. As part of this effort, we are happy to release the Windows Event Log Analytics App (one of many to come).

As organizations scale and grow, teams begin to emerge with areas of specialization and ownership. Dependencies develop, with individuals and teams acting as service providers to other functional areas.

Log management is traditionally described as a way to collect all of your log data in one place so you can use it for a wide variety of uses. Retrace APM with log management aims to create the perfect product and user experience for developers with specific needs for managing logs..

As time goes on, more and more organizations are abandoning the outdated waterfall development methodology for more practical and efficient Agile development practices. As this movement has occurred, development teams are moving faster than ever by employing Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) practices that are serving to shorten development cycles and get new features into production with increasing speed.

This is the second part of our two-part article series devoted to Elasticsearch monitoring. The heading of this article refers to Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno”, in which Dante offers a tour through the nine increasingly terrifying levels of hell. Our journey into Elasticsearch monitoring was also filled with hardships, but we have overcome them and found solutions for each case.

The news is full of stories about the talent shortage in IT, especially in IT security. This shortage has created pressure on organizations to grow IT operations and to do that securely, all while having too few staff. Many are turning to threat intelligence to give their security analysts the tools they need to evaluate threats quickly and effectively. Essentially offering “Intelligence as a Service,” these tools enable organizations to benefit from the research of others.

Retrace includes a lot of powerful error tracking and log management features designed for developers. This top 5 includes key features that every development team can benefit from. Get the same functionality on your workstation when testing Prefix on your workstation for free!