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Bits of Security

The past year introduced a plethora of challenges for security practitioners. While the range of cyber attacks has been vast, these attacks have been confronted with creative defense tactics and techniques. Join Datadog for a practitioner-focused event where we will examine the “Art of Defense,” which will include a range of topics from social problems to engineering challenges around supply chain attacks.

What's Redgate's plan for PASS?

My blog post from February 1 explains that Redgate took the opportunity to purchase the assets of PASS with the main goal of supporting the community. The PASS association ran for 21 years bringing together a community to connect, share, and learn. The community of course lives on, however the association no longer exists as it once did. Working with SQL Server and the data platform is what unites us all. Data is at the heart of everything we do.

How to Collect and Visualize Windows Events From 5 Hosts in 5 Minutes

If you’re investigating incidents on your Windows hosts, sifting through the Event Viewer can be a painful experience. It’s best to collect and ship Windows Events to a separate backend for easier visualization and analysis – but depending on the solution you choose, this can take some significant legwork. Often, this can require manually configuring a 3rd party tool or agent, just to get started.

3D-printed, Sleuth logo UNBOXING

Andy, a regular viewer of Don's dev-focused Twitch streams, created a 3D-printed, 100 LED RGB Sleuth logo, and this is its unboxing. Don and Andy also get it working, connected to the internet, then Don extends his Twitch chat bot to allow viewers to change the logo's lights. The stream finishes with Don hooking the logo up to Twitch follow events so that when a viewer starts following, the logo lights up. This video is a lightly edited from the original Twitch stream. Huge thanks to Andy for building and sharing such a cool project!

The SolarWinds 5 Essential IT Tools Pack Overview

Discover the 5 must-have IT management tools for your business. The SolarWinds® 5 Essential IT Tools Pack contains basic management and monitoring software to get even the smallest IT operation up and running. The pack includes: Web Help Desk®, Dameware® Remote Support, Serv-U® FTP Server, ipMonitor®, and Engineer’s Toolset™.