Security monitoring optimization: typical problems and their solutions
Optimizing security monitoring Security issues can be a challenge; preventing them via properly set up monitoring can save many resources. However,…
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Make your monitoring efficient: use clear and visible alerts
An efficient monitoring setup Default monitoring settings can be quite usable for most use cases; however, as the monitoring setup grows, certain…
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 popular protocol family, supported by majority of network devices, as…
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 often viewed as pretty dumb alarm system – built to notify if something goes…
Web site monitoring: quick checks
Is Web site alive? Web site monitoring looks simple and straightforward. However, there still are pitfalls, not so obvious to many webmasters. How…
Providing backup systems
Single points of failure Monitoring, apart from backing up and staying updated is one of fundamental principles of information security. However,…
Real-time monitoring
Monitoring events in real time Monitoring can be divided into two basic types: real-time and scheduled. In the first case, piece of monitoring…