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New blog: Understanding Compliance with GDPR Requirements. We cover the 7 GDPR principles, the articles that matter most, and how log monitoring helps organizations demonstrate compliance and catch incidents faster. graylog.org/post/underst... #GDPR #DataPrivacy #Compliance

Understanding Compliance with GDPR Requirements

Understand GDPR requirements in plain terms: what data is covered, who must comply, key articles, and how to monitor for compliance.

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Lateral movement is how attackers quietly expand access after that first foothold, moving toward domain controllers, file shares, and databases while blending into legitimate traffic. This blog covers common techniques and the mitigation strategies to reduce risk graylog.org/post/lateral...

Lateral Movement: Security Risk and Mitigation Strategies

Learn how lateral movement enables attackers to expand access across enterprise systems and how strong security controls can reduce dwell time and limit the impact of cyber attacks, phishing attacks, and ransomware attacks.

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If you're running Suricata, you already have the data. The question is whether it's usable. Graylog's Suricata IDS/IPS Content Pack parses EVE JSON, normalizes it to GIM, and gives you a ready to use dashboard for alerts and more. graylog.org/post/suricat... #Graylog #Suricata #SIEM #NetworkSecurity

Suricata IDS/IPS Data in Graylog

Graylog Suricata IDS/IPS Content Pack parses, enriches, and maps EVE JSON logs for instant network security visibility and threat detection.

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Credential phishing and malware attachments aren't going away. If you're using Mimecast for email security, Graylog 6.2.3+ lets you pull those logs in directly via API v2.0, with prebuilt Illuminate Dashboards ready on day one. New blog on setup and what you get: graylog.org/post/unlock-...

Unlock Email Threat Visibility with Mimecast and Graylog

Integrate Mimecast with Graylog to centralize email threat logs, speed investigations, and gain instant insights via Illuminate Dashboards.

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Remember cramming for exams, pulling together every note so you'd have the right info when it mattered? That's basically what preparing for an IT audit feels like, just with higher stakes. Check it out! graylog.org/post/it-audi...

IT Audit: What It Is and How to Prepare for One

Learn what an IT audit is, its core objectives, key differences from financial audits, and the tools organizations use to improve security, compliance, and audit readiness.

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New on the Graylog blog: Building Efficient Cyber Investigation Workflows. We break down the 5 stages of a cyber investigation (identification, preservation, analysis, documentation, presentation) plus best practices for centralizing telemetry and reducing alert fatigue. graylog.org/post/buildin...

Building Efficient Cyber Investigation Workflows

Learn how to build efficient cyber investigation workflows for lean security teams by centralizing telemetry, improving threat detection, and streamlining incident response.

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WinRM is built into Windows and beloved by attackers for lateral movement. Graylog's Microsoft WinRM Content Pack turns raw operational event logs into structure with security intelligence, parsing, enrichment, and a dashboard included. graylog.org/post/microso... #Graylog #WinRM #SIEM

Microsoft WinRM Data in Graylog

Graylog Microsoft WinRM log monitoring content parses, enriches, and maps Windows Remote Management logs giving your team instant security visibility.

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SOC 2 isn't a point-in-time exercise, it's continuous. Our definitive guide walks through every criteria, control, and best practice your team needs to stay audit-ready and demonstrate operating effectiveness all year long. Link: graylog.org/post/the-def...

The Definitive SOC 2 Compliance Guide

A complete guide to SOC 2 compliance that covers the Trust Services Criteria, Common Criteria, Type 1 vs. Type 2 reports, and best practices for maintaining audit readiness year-round.

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CCoP 2.0 sets continuous monitoring requirements for Singapore's critical infrastructure — but most orgs are still treating compliance as a checkbox. In July 2025, a Chinese-linked APT operated inside all four major Singapore telcos, undetected. New blog: Link: graylog.org/post/what-si...

What Singapore's CCoP 2.0 Requires of Critical Infrastructure Owners

Understand CCoP 2.0's continuous monitoring and OT security requirements—and why Singapore's CII owners can't treat compliance as a checkbox.

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Protecting the electric grid means complying with NERC CIP, 13 standards covering physical security, patch management, incident response, and more. Our blog explains what each standard requires and how a SIEM supports compliance without the overhead. graylog.org/post/ferc-an...

FERC and NERC: Cyber Security Monitoring for The Energy Sector

NERC CIP provides the basic cybersecurity control requirements for North American energy companies. Follow this blog for more info.

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Audit readiness is a sales strategy, not just a security one. When your controls, logs, and evidence are always organized and accessible, audits move faster, costs drop, and customers sign sooner. New post from on making audit readiness a business advantage: graylog.org/post/why-aud...

Why Audit Readiness Accelerates Revenue

Discover how audit readiness accelerates revenue by reducing delays, streamlining compliance, strengthening controls, and building trust with customers, auditors, and stakeholders.

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SaaS-only SIEM doesn't fail because the product is bad. It fails because the architecture assumes connectivity that some environments structurally cannot provide. Four of those environments — and what "run anywhere" actually requires 👇 graylog.org/post/the-fou...

The Four Environments Where SaaS-Only SIEM Fails

Air-gapped deployments, critical infrastructure, and data residency mandates expose the limits of SaaS SIEM. See the four environments where on-premises wins.

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Most orgs either over-retain logs (expensive) or under-retain them (risky). The sweet spot? Tiered storage + clear policies + automated lifecycle management. New guide: how to build a cost-effective log retention strategy that actually scales 👇 graylog.org/post/how-to-...

How to Build a Cost-Effective Log Retention Strategy

Log retention policies help organizations control how long logs are kept, where they’re stored, and when they’re deleted or archived. Learn the key steps, common challenges, and best practices for com...

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Turns out Graylog makes a surprisingly great IoT dashboard 🌡️ New lab guide: ESP32 + DHT22 sensor → HTTP API → live Graylog dashboard. Low cost, hands-on fun, and you'll actually learn something. 🔧 graylog.org/post/iot-sensor-lab-guide/ #IoT #HomeLab #ESP32 #Graylog

IoT Sensor Data into Graylog: A Lab Guide

Here's a howto for an IoT Sensor and sending data into Graylog. Attached is a DIY Lab Guide With an ESP32 Board for your next lab project.

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Audit season got you anxious? We just dropped a whitepaper on 15 IT audit risks — covering identity, asset management, monitoring gaps, and config drift. Practical mitigations, not just theory. Built for lean teams in complex environments. Read it here → graylog.org/resources/15...

Ebook: 15 IT Audit Risks and Tactical Mitigation Strategies

Preparing for an IT audit? This Graylog guide covers 15 of the most common IT audit risks across identity and access management, asset management, security monitoring, and change and configuration man...

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Misconfigured cloud? That's how most breaches start. We mapped out 15 of the riskiest cloud misconfigurations — from overpermissive IAM roles to public S3 buckets to disabled logging — plus how to find and fix each one. graylog.org/post/15-risk...

15 Risky Cloud Misconfigurations and How To Mitigate Them

Learn the most common cloud misconfigurations, why they are risky, and practical ways security teams can identify and remediate cloud security risks.

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Most Windows environments are logging, but not watching the right things. Logons, privilege use, account changes, scheduled tasks, policy tampering, AD trust changes, AV telemetry. What's your SIEM actually alerting on? Link: graylog.org/post/critica... #CyberSecurity #BlueTeam #SIEM

Critical Windows Event ID's to Monitor

MIcrosoft offers a wide array of business critical technology solutions and logging capabilities to help manage security which can become overwhelming. This list of critical Event IDs to monitor can h...

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