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October 20, 2023

Announcing NXLog Enterprise Edition 6.1

We proudly announce the latest release of NXLog Enterprise Edition, version 6.1. This release adds new features to our Google Chronicle and Kafka output modules to provide more flexible configuration, introduces support for certificates with TPM-attested keys, and implements enhancements to our HTTP input module. Read on to find out more about these new features. More flexibility for your Google Chronicle integration We continue to build up our Google Chronicle output module with new functionality to give you more flexibility and control over your data.

October 17, 2023

Log management for maritime cybersecurity compliance regulations

Historically, seaports have played a crucial role in a state’s development, and interruption in their services has a significant impact on economics. So, it’s no surprise commercial ports are regarded as a critical transport infrastructure. One of the most significant challenges ports face today is ongoing digital transformation. The majority of tasks carried out across a port utilize autonomous and partially automated systems, including those for managing port access, vessel berthing (bridges, locks, gates, etc.

October 6, 2023

Raijin announces release of version 1.3

Raijin has announced the release of version 1.3 of its powerful, schemaless SQL-like database engine. This version implements user authentication and permissions and focuses on enhancing performance and robustness. New user authentication and permissions This release introduces certificate and password-based user authentication and granular user permissions. You can grant permissions at the database or table level with support for the following privileges: ALL PRIVILEGE (superuser) CREATE SELECT INSERT DROP

September 11, 2023

Upgrading from NXLog Enterprise Edition 5 to NXLog Enterprise Edition 6

The NXLog team is constantly improving the quality of NXLog Enterprise Edition and will soon introduce a new major release - NXLog Enterprise Edition 6.0. This release will bring a large number of changes and it is important to correctly adapt your current configuration when upgrading your system. Warning We strongly recommend testing NXLog Enterprise Edition 6.0 operation on a smaller set of devices before commiting to a full-scale upgrade of your complete system.

September 11, 2023

Announcing NXLog Enterprise Edition 6.0

We proudly announce the latest release of NXLog Enterprise Edition, version 6.0. This major release includes new NXLog language data types, additional TCP and HTTP configuration options, and enhancements to our Elasticsearch and remote administration modules. It will help you improve data integration and handling, enhance manageability, and increase cost efficiency. Empower your data integration with new "Array" and "Hash" data types As the NXLog configuration language now supports compound values with Array and Hash data types, you can enhance data integrity and coherence.

September 8, 2023

The cybersecurity challenges of modern aviation systems

Since the Wright brothers' first flight, the aviation industry has been advancing at an unprecedented rate. But it has always been a step behind other sectors in some areas, for safety and security reasons. Engineers are only allowed to apply well-matured technologies thoroughly trialed in different industries. Civil aviation, especially from the IT and IT security perspective, is a bit like Debian among the Linux operating systems. It does not always include all the latest inventions, but it aims to be safe and very stable in return.

August 11, 2023

Raijin announces release of version 1.2

Raijin has announced the release of version 1.2 of its powerful, schemaless SQL-like database engine. This version introduces significant performance improvements and usability enhancements. Faster data ingestion and query performance This release optimizes data ingestion by introducing partial parallelization. Raijin Database now parses and inserts batches of data simultaneously, resulting in up to 15% faster ingestion. The team also addressed bottlenecks in the SELECT and COPY statements and implemented several optimizations to improve overall query performance.

August 9, 2023

The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and security observability

SOX - an overview Serious financial fraud was never considered a real risk while investing in U.S.-listed stocks until 2001, when energy giant Enron Corporation, which held $63.4 billion in assets, collapsed. It was revealed that the company had been misleading investors for years and the company’s stock price quickly plummeted from $90 to less than $1 per share. It was the largest bankruptcy in US history, followed by a $40 billion lawsuit and imprisonment for the corporation’s executives.

August 2, 2023

PCI DSS 4.0 compliance: Logging requirements and best practices

With PCI DSS 4.0, logging plays an even more critical role in safeguarding cardholder data. In this post, we’ll break down the key PCI DSS logging requirements, explore best practices for log retention and monitoring, and highlight key areas where NXLog Platform can help you stay secure and compliant. What is PCI DSS? PCI DSS, or Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, is a collection of security requirements developed by major credit card companies to safeguard merchants who accept credit card payments by ensuring they provide a secure environment.

July 27, 2023

Detect threats using NXLog and Sigma

The analysis of events produced by various systems and applications can offer insights into the infrastructure health and the operational resilience of an enterprise. From an Infosec perspective, the end-goals are: threat detection, forensics and remediation. However, we can’t query or analyse data that we haven’t collected in the first place! Before threat hunting and incident response are even possible, security events need to be collected from various sources, parsed, transformed, and then forwarded to data sinks such as security information and event managements (SIEM), security analytics platforms, cloud ecosystems and long term storage.

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