Below is the list of blog posts with the “strategy” tag.

People think about logs as one of the biggest chores in the IT industry. Well, that does not necessarily need to be true. If you adhere to some fundamental log management best practices, the value you could get out of them quickly outweighs the effort put into managing them. Logs can easily become the best friend of IT teams looking to keep their systems secure, meet compliance requirements, and maintain a smoothly running network.

Logs play a critical role in IT infrastructure, and choosing the right log management solution is key to effective operations. This guide explores the core principles for selecting a solution that aligns with your log collection and management needs. Given the wide range of options available, we categorize them into three main groups for clarity. End-to-end Log Management Solutions Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) Application Performance Monitoring and Observability (APM)

Agentless log collection refers to gathering log data from various sources without installing dedicated software agents on the systems generating the logs. Instead, it leverages protocols such as SNMP traps, WECS, WMI, and syslog to retrieve log data remotely. It is easier to explain what agentless log collection is by also providing some context about agent-based log collection. The truth is that these two options for collecting logs walk hand in hand, meaning that they can and will likely coexist on your network.

Why do you want to monitor who accessed a particular file? Files are one of the primary forms of storing information. It is common practice for companies to store data in files that hold valuable, sometimes sensitive, information. What could this "important" data be? Of course, I am not talking about the company’s last team-building pictures. I’m afraid that’s not what the bad guys are interested in. They will likely be more interested in business plans, financial or personal data.