logs

April 7, 2023

APPLICATIONS

Extending observability with the Cisco Observability Platform

1 min read

There’s long been a need for better visibility and correlated insights across applications, cloud environments, and user experiences. And the need has only intensified with: Applications becoming increasingly virtualized, cloud-native, and distributed Data availability and security becoming more paramount User experiences increasingly tied to business productivity and success Having a comprehensive visibility solution that pieces […]

June 29, 2021

DATA CENTER

How to easily collect Cisco MDS 9000 log files

3 min read

Troubleshooting MDS 9000 fabrics starts from collecting tech-support files and contacting the Cisco TAC. What is the suggested approach for doing so?

November 1, 2013

SECURITY

Using a “Playbook” Model to Organize Your Information Security Monitoring Strategy

7 min read

CSIRT, I have a project for you. We have a big network and we’re definitely getting hacked constantly. Your group needs to develop and implement security monitoring to get our malware and hacking problem under control.   If you’ve been a security engineer for more than a few years, no doubt you’ve received a directive […]

October 24, 2013

SECURITY

To SIEM or Not to SIEM? Part II

10 min read

The Great Correlate Debate SIEMs have been pitched in the past as "correlation engines" and their special algorithms can take in volumes of logs and filter everything down to just...

October 22, 2013

SECURITY

To SIEM or Not to SIEM? Part I

7 min read

Security information and event management systems (SIEM, or sometimes SEIM) are intended to be the glue between an organization's various security tools. Security and other event log sources export their...

October 18, 2013

SECURITY

Getting a Handle on Your Data

9 min read

When your incident response team gets access to a new log data source, chances are that the events may not only contain an entirely different type of data, but may also be formatted differently than any log data source you already have. Having a data collection and organization standard will ease management and analysis of […]

October 9, 2013

SECURITY

Making Boring Logs Interesting

6 min read

This post centers around the practice of logging data - data from applications, devices, and networks - and how the components of data logging can help in the identification and remediation of network events.

October 3, 2013

SECURITY

Big Security—Mining Mountains of Log Data to Find Bad Stuff

4 min read

Your network, servers, and a horde of laptops have been hacked. You might suspect it, or you might think it’s not possible, but it’s happened already. What’s your next move? The dilemma of the “next move” is that you can only discover an attack either as it’s happening, or after it’s already happened. In most […]