NSA Releases Open Source Network Security Tool for Linux

The United States National Security Agency (NSA) has released a network security tool for Government and the private sectors to help secure their networks against cyber attacks.



Dubbed Systems Integrity Management Platform (SIMP), the tool is now publicly available on the popular source code sharing website GitHub.



According to an official release from NSA, SIMP makes it easier for

How to perform Forensic Analysis using Log Data

An often overlooked feature of log management software is the ability to conduct forensic analysis of historical events. If your network goes down, your network monitoring tool can tell you what happened, but knowing why it happened is even more valuable.

SolarWinds Log & Event Manager has cutting-edge IT search for fast and easy forensic analysis. Here are six ways that the forensic

How to Diagnose Network Fault with Log & Event Manager

Diagnosing network fault is one of the toughest questions for an IT Pro to answer because there is no single or best way. IT infrastructures are multi-layered and integrate many different systems which makes identifying the cause of network fault a difficult task.



At a high level, the process of handling a fault breaks down into four steps:



Find it
Fix it
Diagnose the root cause
Prevent