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How to integrate Okta logs with Grafana Loki for enhanced SIEM capabilities

Identity providers (IdPs) such as Okta play a crucial role in enterprise environments by providing seamless authentication and authorization experiences for users accessing organizational resources. These interactions generate a massive volume of event logs, containing valuable information like user details, geographical locations, IP addresses, and more. These logs are essential for security teams, especially in operations, because they’re used to detect and respond to incidents effectively.

Cribl Search Provides an Audit Capability to Assess Your Snowflake Account

Only last month, Cribl added Snowflake to its growing list of accessible data stores it can search. Using Cribl Search, admins can now leverage Cribl’s search-in-place capability to query data located in Snowflake’s data warehouse. Boy, did we have the timing right? Today, Snowflake customers and other incident response teams are still determining the nexus of the incident.

Shh, It's a Secret: Keeping Them Safe in Cribl's Software

Remember when you used to jot down passwords on sticky notes? Well, those days are long gone. In today’s world of data pipelines, secrets, similar to API keys, are like digital VIP passes. They open doors to critical systems and keep sensitive info on lockdown. At Cribl, we’re all about top-notch data security, and that means guarding your secrets like treasure. Let’s dive into our game plan for keeping secrets safe throughout the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Cribl Lake Wins CRN 2024 Tech Innovators Award for Data and Information Management

The greatest innovations are often the simplest. They address fundamental needs and make life easier in the most direct way. Cribl Lake was just announced as the winner of CRN’s 2024 Tech Innovators Award for Data Information Management. We are so happy and honored by this recognition, which solidifies our belief that the best innovations are indeed the simplest.

An Overview of the OpenTelemetry Collector's Configuration File

In this video, I’ll provide an overview of the OpenTelemetry Collector’s configuration file (config.yaml) with examples from the Splunk distribution. I will briefly explain the components of the Splunk OTel Collector, and walk you through a sample generic configuration of the OTel Collector. We’ll then use the Splunk Observability Cloud interface to construct the commands needed to install the Splunk OTel Collector on a specific host. This installation will copy a default Splunk OTel Collector configuration onto the host, and we’ll review the Splunk specific components of this configuration.

How to Monitor JVM with OpenTelemetry

The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is an important part of the Java programming language, allowing applications to run on any device with the JVM, regardless of the hardware and operating system. It interprets Java bytecode and manages memory, garbage collection, and performance optimization to ensure smooth execution and scalability. Effective JVM monitoring is critical for performance and stability. This is where OpenTelemetry comes into play.

Introducing Squadcast's Audit Logs: Enhanced Visibility and Control

Maintaining comprehensive records of user and entity-related changes within your Incident Management platform is crucial. Organizations have long relied on external analytics tools for these insights. However, the demand for an integrated solution within Squadcast has been growing. We are excited to introduce Squadcast's Audit Logs feature, designed to address this need directly within our platform.