Intrusion detection techniques: monitor and react to unusual activity
Look for typical traits of upcoming problems Security monitoring is a constantly changing area: threats can appear at any moment, and true zero-day…
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Active response monitoring: first aid for your services
Use alerts to initiate external actions Monitoring is often viewed as an informational service: when a problem arises, messages are sent to alert the…
Security monitoring optimization: typical problems and their solutions
Optimizing security monitoring Security issues can be a challenge, and properly configured monitoring can reduce both downtime and investigation…
Make your monitoring efficient: use clear and visible alerts
An efficient monitoring setup Default monitoring settings can be quite usable for many setups; however, as the monitoring system grows, a few…
Optimize email notifications – maximum flexibility with minimum efforts
Building flexible email notifications By default, in default IPNetwork installation the simplest email notification is used. While it’s…
Custom Nagios plugins
Custom Nagios plugins Nagios is a well-known monitoring framework; it’s also known for its plugins, the software components that are actually…
Use SNMP to monitor whatever you need
Receive monitoring data via SNMP SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a widely supported protocol family used by network devices, servers,…
Make your monitors nearly real-time
Send events instead of polling for them Most of existing IPNetwork monitor types are passive, meaning they are being polled by IPNetwork –…
Beyond the standard monitoring
Non-standard monitoring use cases In most cases, monitoring is viewed as a fairly simple alarm system built to notify you when something goes wrong.…
Web site monitoring: quick checks
Is Web site alive? Web site monitoring looks simple and straightforward. However, there are still pitfalls that are not obvious to many site owners.…