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February 20, 2023

Our customers asked - Collecting Windows DNS resolved address with NXLog Agent

Windows DNS Server log collection is essential yet complex, primarily because Windows DNS Server provides logs in various places in different forms containing a vast amount of information. Nevertheless, we all know that DNS Server log collection is paramount in IT security. Getting it right can be challenging. The Windows DNS Server section in the NXLog Integrations Guides offers a comprehensive guide on collecting log records from a Windows DNS Server.

February 13, 2023

Avoid vendor lock-in and declare SIEM independence

The global Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) market is big business. In 2022, it was valued at $5.2 billion, with analysts projecting that it will reach $8.5 billion dollars within five years. It’s a highly consolidated market dominated by a few major players in the information security field. They want your business, and they don’t want to lose it. As companies ship more and more data to their respective solutions and make use of more and more features, they become specialized and dependent on a vendor.

February 6, 2023

Our customers asked - How to start an NXLog module with a delay?

There are several reasons you might want to start a particular NXLog module with a delay. You can think of it like delaying the start of a Windows service. In most cases, you need to do this for performance reasons. But there might be other scenarios where you would want to do this, such as collecting logs during a specific time frame. If you have, for example, a less critical module block, you can prioritize the more important one by delaying the less important one.

February 2, 2023

NXLog in the world - January 2023

A round-up of some of our favorite social media chatter about NXLog this month. Tecmint: Most notable open source log collection tools - NXLog features on the list of top centralized log collection tools Blumira: Windows Firewall with GPOs - NXLog is recommended to be used in managing the Windows Firewall with GPOs StationX: CompTIA Security+ Cheat Sheet - NXLog is part of the CompTIA Security+ exam Reddit: Filter logon/logoff events from AD - How to filter logon/logoff logs from Active Directory with NXLog agent, and shipping to a syslog-ng server

January 31, 2023

Our customers asked - Input stream EPS tracking with NXLog

This post is the first in a series of answers to questions that our customers asked. Clarifying EPS EPS stands for Events Per Second and is considered a standard for measuring the speed of event processing. More precisely, it tells how many events can flow through a particular system in a second. In our case, the number relates to how many events NXLog receives, handles, and outputs in one second.

January 20, 2023

Announcing NXLog Enterprise Edition 5.7

New year, new NXLog Enterprise Edition. Our developers have been hard at work throughout the holiday season to release the latest version of our flagship log collection solution. We are proud to announce NXLog Enterprise Edition 5.7, which includes bug fixes, security updates, and, of course, many new features. Read on to find out more about some of these new features. Native support for Google Cloud Logging, Amazon S3, and Microsoft 365 Google Cloud Logging, Amazon S3, and Microsoft 365 integrations were already available as Add-Ons to NXLog Enterprise Edition.

January 16, 2023

NXLog vs Splunk Universal Forwarder

NXLog supports filtering, enriching, and forwarding logs directly to Splunk Enterprise for further analysis. If you landed on this blog post, you are likely looking for a new log collection solution or seeking to improve an existing Splunk deployment. If so, we hope this article provides you with the necessary information to take the next step toward a better log collection strategy. NXLog and Splunk Universal Forwarder feature comparison Several log collection agents are available on the market, and Splunk Universal Forwarder is one of them.

December 22, 2022

NXLog - 2022 in review

We’ve come to the end of 2022, and what a year it’s been. It was a year marked by war, economic toil, and addressing the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Europe was immediately thrust into crisis in February when the Russia-Ukraine War began. Unfortunately, as an Eastern European-based company, many of our colleagues were directly affected by it. Then, more recently and in the United States especially, many tech companies began restructuring their organizations to deal with the looming economic problems that are forecast.

November 23, 2022

Need to replace syslog-ng? Changing to NXLog is easier than you think

syslog-ng and NXLog are both powerful log collectors providing flexible log processing. However, you might be in a position where you need to switch from syslog-ng to NXLog. Whether it’s because syslog-ng doesn’t support an operating system or you want to upgrade your log collection solution to one that can be centrally managed, converting your syslog-ng configuration to NXLog is a simple task. How do syslog-ng and NXLog differ? syslog-ng and NXLog are alike in many ways.

November 22, 2022

The EU's response to cyberwarfare

With open war in Europe for the first time since 1945, nations across the continent have been busy shoring up their information security defenses. The European Union is stepping up to the plate, releasing a Cyber Defence Policy to, in its words, "boost EU cyber defence capabilities and strengthen coordination and cooperation between the military and civilian cyber communities." However, bolstering cyber defenses across a collection of countries, home to 450 million people and spanning four million square kilometers, is no easy feat.

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