Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 7th issue of the syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng related news. Your feedback and news tips about the next issue is welcome at documentation@balabit.com <mailto:documentation@balabit.com> FEATURED NEWS syslog-ng 3.3.1 is released! ---------------------------- A new version of syslog-ng is released! It took about a year to develop as a collaboration of over 50 individuals. Major new features include: * mongodb support * JSON support * Multi-threaded architecture For a complete list of changes, please check the NEWS file at https://www.balabit.com/files/syslog-ng/open-source-edition/3.3.1/changelog-... Documentation is available at: http://www.balabit.com/sites/default/files/documents/syslog-ng-ose-3.3-guide... Binary packages are available are already available for several Linux distributions: * openSUSE: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/czanik:/syslog-ng33/ and is already included in Factory. * Debian and Ubuntu: http://asylum.madhouse-project.org/projects/debian/ Many other distributions have already experimental ports, ebuilds, etc. including Arch, Fedora, FreeBSD, Gentoo. Regulatory compliance and system logging ---------------------------------------- We are happy to announce our latest technical white paper titled "Regulatory compliance and system logging". The document introduces the advantages of using syslog-ng Premium Edition to collect system log (syslog) and eventlog messages for policy compliance. The white paper includes a detailed list of policy requirements, including the requirements of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), COBIT 4.1, ISO 27001, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that you can address with syslog-ng Premium Edition. The document is recommended for technical experts and decision makers working on implementing centralized logging solutions, and want to improve their compliance with industry standards. In addition, the white paper discusses further features of syslog-ng PE that can come handy for you when designing and implementing your system logging architecture. While the document focuses on syslog-ng PE, part of it also applies to syslog-ng OSE. It is available at http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/syslog-ng-v3.0-whitepaper-compl... OTHER SHORT NEWS * BalaBit IT Security contributes to Common Event Expression Board’s log standardization work: http://andrea.blogs.balabit.com/2011/09/balabit-it-security-contributes-to-c... <http://andrea.blogs.balabit.com/2011/09/balabit-it-security-contributes-to-common-event-expression-board%3Fs-log-standardization-work/> * Some new books mentioning syslog-ng: http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2011/09/syslog-ng-in-books/ NEW RELEASES * syslog-ng OSE 3.3.1: https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2011-October/017420.html * syslog-ng PE 4 F1: http://andrea.blogs.balabit.com/2011/10/balabit-to-announce-the-high-speed-r... WHITE PAPERS Download our latest white paper titled "Business benefits of logging".
From this White Paper you can learn:
* How logging-based benefits can make *the work of managers more successful.* * How logging contributes to *lowering the operational costs*of organizations while making them more efficient. * How *syslog-ng logging technology*can contribute to organizations' business requirements. It is available at http://www.balabit.com/whitepaper?wp=46820069482870468259863 ARCHIVE http://insider.blogs.balabit.com/ -- Peter Czanik (CzP) <czanik@balabit.hu> BalaBit IT Security / syslog-ng upstream http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/