Every day, organizations face external threats as a consequence of exposing their services over the internet. An estimated 2,200+ attacks occur in a 24-hour period—or one attack every 39 seconds. Add the fact that an average data breach (one of many potential consequences of poor security) costs companies $4.45 million, and the need for strong security is impossible to ignore. Web application and API security is key to protecting your infrastructure, data, and users.

Monitoring your instance of NGINX gives you insight into your webserver's requests and connections. These insights can help in identifying performance bottlenecks, optimizing configurations, and ensuring efficient load handling. Monitoring all layers of your technology infrastructure allows for the early detection of potential problems such as server overload, disk space shortages, or network issues.

Whenever you're providing a service to businesses or individuals that they rely on, it's important to make sure that it's up and running as much as possible without disruptions. But the reality is that, despite your best efforts, downtime does happen. Regardless of when incidents strike, whether it’s 2 PM in the middle of the working day or 2 AM, it's important to have people available to diagnose and resolve issues as soon as possible.

December: The month that breaks the internet Every. Single. Year. An exponential increase in sales likely tops any retailer’s holiday gift wish list. And while more revenue is never a bad thing, chances are, your IT team could use some extra cheer to keep their spirits bright. Shoppers are going to shop 24/7, and the gift-giving boom can easily overwhelm your IT systems and processes.