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Kubernetes 101

When you get behind the wheel of your car, one of the first things you see is the dashboard. Your dashboard provides various information about all the different technologies that make the car run smoothly, like helping you control your speed, providing insight into your fuel levels, and offering suggestions for regular maintenance, like oil changes. For developers, Kubernetes acts as that one-glance dashboard to provide insights about container performance, maintenance needs, and storage requirements.

Syslog Protocol: A Reference Guide

Syslog was developed in the 1980s by Eric Allman as part of the Sendmail project and adopted by many systems over the years. When looking at Syslog, there are a few protocol options, each with slight differences. In this reference guide, I’ll break down the differences so that you have a guide to see these formats when utilizing this protocol.

The Importance of Data Normalization for Log Files

Imagine sitting in an airport’s international terminal. All around you, people are talking to friends and family, many using different languages. The din of noise becomes a constant thrum, and you can’t make sense of anything – not even conversations in your native language. Log data is similar to this scenario. Every technology in your environment generates log data, and information about the activities happening from logins to processing.

Must-Have Features for Your Log Management Software

With so many choices available to us today, choosing log management software that’s just right for us has never been simpler. That is, if you know exactly what it is you are looking for. But for many users, the sheer amount of computer programs that perform the same tasks, and seem so similar(sometimes almost identical) to each other, can quickly become off-putting and confusing.

Centralized Log Management for the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

The financial services industry has been a threat actor target since before digital transformation was even a term. Further, the financial services organizations find themselves continuously under scrutiny. As members of a highly regulated industry, these companies need to comply with various laws to ensure that they effectively protect sensitive data.

23 Lambda Metrics You Should Know

Developing an application is like composing a song. You know your intended outcome, and the creation is what gives you the jolt of adrenaline to keep going. However, your job isn’t over once you push the application live. You need to monitor and maintain it to ensure performance and cost optimization. AWS Lambda forwards metrics to CloudWatch once the function completes processing an event. Through the CloudWatch console, you can set alarms and build visualizations with these metrics.

Overcoming Performance Issues: Real-World Solutions to Keep Your Graylog System Running Smoothly

Are you experiencing performance issues with your Graylog instance? Are late-night alerts and unexplained slowdowns keeping you up at night? You're not alone if you’re dealing with license limit violations without a clear cause. In this session, we’ll share our experiences with these common Graylog challenges and the practical solutions we’ve developed to overcome them.

Balancing Standardization & Customization: Tailoring Security Monitoring to Your Unique Environment

So you’ve gone ahead and ingested every log you can think of and built a plethora of detections in line with frameworks and best practices. You may have even dabbled into custom alerts built from your own internal assessments and findings. Or maybe it’s the opposite; you’re still early in your journey toward security maturity or logging new or custom applications without much guidance. It can be hard to feel truly comfortable with your environment’s security in both situations. Standards are good but can be too noisy and restrictive in some places and too quiet or permissive in others.

Best Practices for Troubleshooting a Windows Server Upgrade

To upgrade, or not to upgrade. While that may not have been the question that Hamlet asked, it’s one you might be asking. You already made the mistake of asking Reddit, “should I do an in-place upgrade,” and, as expected, people had Big Opinions. A Windows Server Feature Update offers benefits, like performance and analytics. On the other hand, if you have problems, then your attempts can lead to business downtime and service disruption.

Enhancing Alerts with AI: Leveraging Amazon Bedrock and LLM's for Graylog

In this talk, we’ll explore the cutting-edge work InfusionPoints has done to process and enrich alerts from Graylog using Amazon Bedrock and advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) from Amazon Titan and Anthropic. Discover how we’ve harnessed the power of AI to elevate the accuracy, relevance, and actionable insights of our security alerts, transforming how we respond to potential threats.