Splunk is a popular search and analysis platform. Many users of Splunk also have syslog-ng™ deployed in their environments. This guideline describes some scenarios in which Splunk users can benefit from syslog-ng™ PE features and offers some technical guidance to optimize the syslog-ng™ configuration.

Deploying a robust log management solution on end-points can be challenging. Monitoring remote end-points introduces more complexity to log management as remote connections can be unreliable, lack bandwidth and are often insecure. Most log collection tools and agents shipped with SIEMs lack the ability to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the messages while they’re transferred to the central log […]

Industry and government regulations never stop changing. You’ve got to keep up with GDPR, SOX and PCI-DSS just to name a few. Even with useful frameworks such as COBIT and ISO 27001, it can seem endless and overwhelming. Read this use to see how you can simplify compliance and satisfy audit requirements. This brief document discusses:• Variety of compliance requirements• […]