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April 2020

"Fiel-ding Good" - Three great ways to enrich AWS logs in Sumo Logic

In this article I’m going to show you three quick and easy ways to enrich your AWS log data in Sumo Logic using fields. Fields is a feature of Sumo shipped in 2019 as part of our Kubernetes monitoring solution and is how the fluentd pipeline adds Kubernetes metadata like service and pod to each log event. It’s also really handy for enriching each log event from AWS with fields.

Sumo Logic Recognized as Data Analytics Solution of the Year Showcasing the Power of Continuous Intelligence

We’re excited to share that our Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence Platform™ was recently recognized as the Data Analytics Solution of the Year by Data Breakthrough. We join an impressive list of innovative solutions and companies that are solving complex and critical problems and disrupting new markets and industries. Winning this achievement further validates our vision to provide a solution that is helping modern businesses thrive in today’s Intelligence Economy.

Best Practices for Data Tagging, Data Classification & Data Enrichment

Data classification can be broadly defined as the process of organizing and tagging data by categories so that collected data may be used and protected in the most efficient way possible. Sumo Logic is an analytics platform that can ingest almost any type of machine data. This data can be structured or unstructured, come in the form of event logs and messages or as time-series metrics. Once the data has been ingested into the platform, it can be leveraged for a wide variety of use cases.

COVID-19 crisis management guide for business leaders

The coronavirus pandemic is one tough test for business leaders. It disrupted all routines and scrapped most of the business plans for the coming months, or even years. Our lives have changed dramatically and no longer is it business as usual. Businesses have to adapt to the change and they need to do it with agility. While office closures, enforced home working and social distancing are necessary for our health, they challenge business continuity.

PowerShell and 'Fileless Attacks'

PowerShell had its beginnings as a way to enable administrators to perform their tasks both locally and remotely with unprecedented access to underlying Windows components, such as COM objects and WMI. Since being included in every major Windows Operating System since Windows 7, PowerShell based tooling is well proliferated for both legitimate and malicious use and includes common tooling such as SharpSploit, PowerSploit, PowerShell Empire, Nishang and Invoke-Obfuscation.

Ensure a secure and reliable Zoom video conferencing service

We are excited to announce a new solution for our customers to monitor the performance, availability, and security of their Zoom video conferencing service. The Sumo Logic for Zoom app is available today in our app catalog. This new app will be added to our ‘Work From Home’ solution which is available for free, with no obligation.

COVID-19 Guide for Security Professionals

What a world! In February, everyone was busy minding their own business, but since March, the entire globe suddenly focused on the same challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken our businesses and private lives by storm. The outbreak surprised everyone - a surprise hardly any business was prepared for. It brought country-wide lockdowns for quarantine, office closures and enforced teleworking, which are now commonplace.

Top 5 security challenges with Zoom video conferencing

In times when a majority of employees are working from home due to the global coronavirus pandemic, enterprises are extensively relying on collaboration tools like Zoom to keep their employees productive and engaged. Only in March, the daily usage of Zoom Videos increased over 5 times. The platform made it easy for company employees and clients to hop on meetings whenever needed and for schools and students to continue education online.

Sumo Logic Announces Continuous Intelligence for Atlassian Tools

In today’s digital economy, the pressure to develop and release new software has become paramount to deliver great customer experiences and create a competitive advantage. Unfortunately, the process by which to deliver this software is increasingly complex and highly fragmented across various tools and teams. While this complexity increases, there is also no easy way to centrally measure, monitor and secure the overall performance of the software delivery pipeline in real-time.