LogLogic News

LogLogic Receives Investment from SAP Ventures

2008-03-10T14:00:00Z

SAN JOSE, CA – March 10, 2008 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced that it has secured an investment from SAP Ventures, the venture capital arm of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), the world's leading provider of business software solutions. SAP Ventures joins Series D investors Focus Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Telesoft Partners, Worldview Technology Partners, Invesco Private Capital and others in the latest investment round, which now totals $15 million.

"Our investment shows that SAP Ventures is positive about LogLogic's business and its growth opportunities, but we also like how it is positioned in an industry critical to SAP customers," said Andreas Weiskam, Partner at SAP Ventures. "SAP customers are strongly interested in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and we believe LogLogic's user activity monitoring technologies could complement the growing SAP applications portfolio in this important growth market."

LogLogic's log management platform and compliance applications improve the security, availability and compliance of heterogeneous IT environments. Log data records hold a complete audit trail of user and system activity. While access control systems, such as the SAP GRC Access Control system, can tell who should have access or authority to do what, log data shows explicitly who is doing what. Log management solutions act as the digital surveillance camera of the virtual enterprise and can be a compensating control before, during or after the deployment of segregation of duties (SoD) controls.

"SAP Ventures' investment will not only help us grow our leadership position in the industry, but we will also benefit from SAP Ventures introductions to the broader SAP ecosystem," said Pat Sueltz, CEO of LogLogic. "SAP already delivers a critical piece to the compliance and fraud prevention puzzle. We are looking to increase value for shared customers by adding visibility and control over actual user and system activities and further automate the compliance process."

About SAP Ventures

Since 1996, SAP Ventures has been investing in companies that offer exciting new technologies and applications. Leveraging years of experience and drawing on a network of powerful business relationships, SAP Ventures helps entrepreneurs and management teams recruit the best people, make the right technology decisions, win new business, and build their own partner networks. The goal of SAP Ventures is to grow businesses that create shareholder value for everyone involved. For more information, visit www.sapventures.com.

About LogLogic

LogLogic® provides the world's leading enterprise-class platform for collecting, storing, reporting and alerting on 100 percent of IT log data from virtually any device, operating system or application. LogLogic 4 LX and ST systems address the compliance, operations and risk mitigation needs of the most demanding global enterprises. LogLogic's innovations include creating the world's first search engine for fast-moving IT log data, and Compliance Suites that automate using that data to enforce critical controls and regulations. LogLogic has established a position as the market visionary and leader, with awards that include SC Magazine 'Approved for SC Labs Rating' in 2006 and 2007, IT Week's 'Editor's Choice Award', AlwaysOn Top 100 Private Company 2006, Best of Interop 2005, SC Magazine's 'Best Computer Forensics', Info Security's 'Hot Company 2006', and designation to the Red Herring 100 in 2006. For more information, visit www.loglogic.com and http://blog.loglogic.com.

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LogLogic Open Log Services API Expands Log Management Ecosystem

2008-03-03T14:00:00Z

SAN JOSE, CA – March 3, 2008 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced that software vendors Compliance Spectrum and UpperVision have used LogLogic's Open Log Services API to integrate their offerings with LogLogic's log management and intelligence (LMI) platform. Via LogLogic's Open Log Services, joint customers utilizing LogLogic's security and compliance appliances can attain greater business agility and productivity through ease-of-integration.

Since the release of LogLogic's unprecedented Open Log Services API in December 2006, more than fifteen customers and partners have successfully developed applications, portals and integrations ranging from help desk enablement and problem isolation to compliance dashboards. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) allows people to reuse services, making application development simpler, faster and cheaper. Designed using the principles of SOA, LogLogic's LMI platform connects proprietary closed systems throughout the organization, making them into true 'Open Log Services' that can be re-used and repurposed throughout the enterprise for easier IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance.

"Web services have become an industry standard way to quickly and easily create multiple views of log data designed for the security expert, the compliance officer, the auditor, or the administrator," said Dominique Levin, EVP Marketing, Products & Strategy of LogLogic. " With LogLogic's Open API and its inherent ease of integration, our customers have at their fingertips access to the entire log lifecycle: collection, normalizing, indexing, statistical analysis, reporting, alerting on, and sharing of log data."

The LogLogic API gives developers easy access not only to raw log data but also to processed, normalized, or tokenized data and to a wide range of analytics options such as real-time alerts, normalized reports, and indexed search. By implementing an LMI platform that is fully SOA-compliant , businesses can integrate log management functionality with other applications to meet their business needs beyond mere security, including compliance, forensics and reporting, and operational excellence. Compliance Spectrum, a provider of governance, risk-management, and compliance solutions, and UpperVision, which offers identity compliance and identity risk-management solutions, utilized LogLogic's Open API to enable intelligent sharing of data among other applications and services, leading to greater insight into user, systems and network activity.

"We recognized the value of LogLogic's reports as compliance evidence and wanted to link it to our Compliance Maps© with the least amount of manual effort," said Colleen Murphy, Vice President of Development for Compliance Spectrum. "Our compliance lifecycle management solution, Spectra, will automatically retrieve multiple LogLogic compliance-related reports and link it to the appropriate compliance control statements. Our joint customers will benefit from faster compliance and reduced manual effort."

"The LogLogic and UpperVision integration leverages log and system identity data to correlate user activities to specific individuals and their business role, organizational membership, and access rights," said Chisiu Yang, CTO and Vice President of Engineering at UpperVision. "The combined offering provides a unique 360-degree view of user information access, ensuring all user activities are in compliance with internal policies and regulatory mandates. Customers are also able to define business workflows that are automatically launched for user review and remediation when policies are violated and to utilize comprehensive reporting and analytics for forensic analysis, role engineering, and user activity monitoring across heterogeneous environments."

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LogLogic Commits to Common Criteria Certification

2008-02-07T14:00:00Z

Common Criteria IT security evaluation affirms LogLogic's commitment to Department of Defense and other US Government Agencies

SAN JOSE, CA – February 7, 2008 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced it has chosen ARCA Common Criteria Testing Lab (CCTL) to conduct the IT security evaluation and validation required to achieve Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 2 Common Criteria certification.

Companies that supply security or security-enabled products to U.S. government agencies are required to undergo formal security evaluations, as mandated by the National Information Assurance Acquisition Policy. The Common Criteria is the international security evaluation standard and allows companies to differentiate their products from competitors and demonstrate that their security functionality performs as promised.

"Receiving Common Criteria EAL 2 certification is an important step in confirming LogLogic's mission to develop exceptional log management and intelligence solutions that allow government agencies, such as the Department of Defense, to automate security standard compliance, mitigate risk and protect information assets," said Pat Sueltz, CEO of LogLogic. "Certifications like Common Criteria show our customers that independent 3rd parties agree LogLogic delivers even under the most extreme scrutiny."

Operated by SAVVIS, Inc., a global leader in IT infrastructure services for business and government applications, the ARCA CCTL is one of only ten U.S. Government-accredited labs for Common Criteria certification. The certification process typically takes one year.

"We are pleased to work with LogLogic on their Common Criteria Level 2 certification," said Chris Richter, Vice President and General Manager, SAVVIS Security Products and Services. "The ARCA CCTL observes the highest standards of impartiality, integrity, and commercial confidentiality and by working with us, LogLogic is demonstrating its deep commitment to being a trusted and validated vendor to the Department of Defense and other US Government Agencies."

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LogLogic Closes $13.5 Million in Series D Financing

2008-02-06T14:00:00Z

Log management and intelligence leader jumpstarts 2008 with record revenue, customer wins and new executive hires

SAN JOSE, CA – February 6, 2008 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced it has closed a series D round of funding, securing an additional $13.5 million in equity financing to expand global sales and marketing initiatives and accelerate innovation. This round, which brings the total equity investment in LogLogic to $47.7 million, was led by Focus Ventures and included Sequoia Capital, Telesoft Partners, Worldview Technology Partners and Invesco Private Capital.

As the largest independent vendor in the log management market, LogLogic attributes the industry's hyper-growth to compliance mandates such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) as well as pressures to reduce costs by investing in automated platforms for tracking user activity and business performance. Since its founding in 2002, LogLogic has seen more than 100 percent growth year-over-year in sales of its market-leading log management appliance.

In 2007 alone, LogLogic signed over 160 new customers in the enterprise, mid-market and MSSP channels, bringing its total to more than 400 customers. Last year, LogLogic's channel initiatives brought in key partners including BMC Software, Novell, Arsenal and SecureWorks, further establishing the company's extensive global reach and best-in-class reputation as the log management leader.

"Industry regulations are creating a multi-billion dollar market opportunity for log management solutions," said Kevin McQuillan, general partner at Focus Ventures. "A lot of people want a piece of the pie. The investment opportunity with LogLogic is great – the company brings a market-leading log management appliance through tier one business partners to customers that require reliable solutions. With 100% year-to-year growth, new customer acquisitions, and a strong channel to leverage, we see LogLogic as a key player in the log management space."

According to recent SANS Technology Institute and Enterprise Strategy Group research, traditional Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) vendors address security, risk and compliance issues that comprise only 30% of log management use cases. By contrast, LogLogic takes a broader market approach by addressing 100% of use cases, including the 70% of non-security-related use cases in business performance management and problem isolation. In addition, LogLogic's open log management platform allows customers and partners to develop their own use case applications through an open web services API. This wide-spectrum ecosystem development model is a big differentiator from competitors including RSA enVision and ArcSight.

"Failure to meet compliance standards carries serious consequences for a company and its C-level executives," said Pat Sueltz, chief executive officer at LogLogic. "Organizations are making log management a priority and they are quickly reaping the benefits, from the sys-admin up the chain of command to the CEO."

LogLogic also announced today the appointment of three new executive vice presidents: Kevin Carroll, executive vice president operations, On Lee, executive vice president engineering and chief technology officer, and Diane Deutsch, executive vice president global human resources. Carroll joins LogLogic with over 25 years of experience leading world-class operations organizations at EMC Corporation, Sun Microsystems and Tyco International.

Lee joins LogLogic from Symantec Corporation where he built the Advanced Concepts Group within Symantec Research Labs to focus on developing new products in emerging areas. Prior to Symantec, Lee held various management and technical positions at Microsoft.

Deutsch joins LogLogic with over 20 years of experience in all aspects of human resources management. She previously served as senior vice president human resources at SurfControl, Inc., vice president of human resources at Chameleon Systems and director of human resources at Nuance, Avaya, Lucent and Octel.

"LogLogic has world class investors and a great team and we continue to add top talent to take LogLogic to the next level. We are expanding our global reach and accelerating our innovation roadmap to continue on our high-growth trajectory," said Sueltz.

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Industry Leaders LogLogic, Arsenal Security Group and SecureWorks Partner to Provide Comprehensive PCI Compliance Starter Package

2008-02-05T14:00:00Z

SAN JOSE, CA – February 5, 2008 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, Arsenal Security Group®, the industry leader in Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance, and SecureWorks®, one of the market's leading Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers, have partnered to provide an easy way to quickly close PCI compliance gaps with the industry's first PCI Compliance Starter Package. Under this partnership, Arsenal will bundle LogLogic's log management and intelligence (LMI) technology and SecureWorks' managed security services with their professional consulting services to help companies launch and sustain their PCI DSS compliance initiatives.

Introduced by Visa and Mastercard, PCI DSS describes specific mandates and requirements for retail companies and service providers that manage credit card transactions and other critical payment card information. Requirement 10 of PCI DSS is dedicated to logging and log management and requires all companies that store, process or transmit cardholder information to implement effective log data monitoring and reporting capabilities, which start with an effective log management solution.

The PCI Compliance Starter Package includes LogLogic's enterprise-class log management platform for monitoring, collecting, storing, reporting and alerting on logs from virtually any data source, Arsenal's onsite implementation and PCI compliance consulting services and two free months of managed PCI log retention services from SecureWorks. The bundle includes a "quick start gap assessment" to determine the current state of PCI compliance and development of a roadmap for achieving and maintaining compliance goals.

"In today's complex world of regulatory compliance, CIOs face time-consuming and crippling audits if they are not meeting compliance guidelines," said Robert Yusin, vice president, worldwide field operations for LogLogic. "For customers, achieving PCI compliance is more than buying a solution. The PCI Starter Package empowers customers with Arsenal's industry-leading expertise and places companies on the fast track to PCI compliance."

"Over the past few years, log management has gone from an act of housekeeping at the IT management level to a mandatory best practice for enterprise security and regulatory compliance," said Tony Spurlin, managing principal at Arsenal Security Group. "Our customers are demanding mature battle-tested log management solutions, so we partnered with the best."

"Our customers depend on log management to identify and respond to security threats and meet today's growing landscape of regulatory compliance standards," said Corey Merchant, vice president of product management at SecureWorks. "By partnering with LogLogic and Arsenal, we are enabling customers to intelligently manage, fully digest and efficiently report on all data logs from various devices."

The PCI Compliance Starter Package scales to benefit businesses of all sizes. From enterprises with little to no existing monitoring, logging, or alerting technologies to small retailers unsure of the specific technologies or core PCI requirements pertaining to them, customers will quickly be able to understand the storage, processing and transmission of sensitive cardholder data and implement an enterprise class solution that meets the requirements of PCI DSS Compliance.

The PCI Starter Program will be available soon from Arsenal Security Group.

Additionally, LogLogic and Arsenal, along with SecureWorks, recently hosted a webcast titled "Best Practices in Starting Your PCI DSS Compliance Initiatives". The webcast featured representatives from the three companies as well as Mike Rothman, an analyst at Security Incite.

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About Arsenal Security Group

Arsenal Security Group as a Qualified Security Assessment Company for the Payment Card Industry is a leader in developing security strategies that support the key metrics of your business while addressing various compliance and regulatory mandates. Arsenal Security Group's brings such innovation to the market, like its Smart Search Technology™ combined with award winning service, delivering the capability to scan and identify for the presence and location of critical information throughout your computing environment, information like sensitive PII, and PHI, as well as confidential Customer Cardholder information. Arsenal Security Group is a leader in the industry, by developing consensus between Line of Business owners and IT departments, Arsenal Security Group is your trusted partner for providing security, compliance and risk management consulting services.

About SecureWorks

With over 2,000 clients, SecureWorks is one of the market's leading Security-as-a-Service (Saas) providers. Organizations are protected from external and internal cyber-threats through SecureWorks' On-Demand Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform, the SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit™, and three fully synchronous Security Operations Centers (SOCs) staffed with SANS GIAC certified analysts working 24x7 to safeguard client systems. SecureWorks has won SC Magazine's MSSP of the Year 2006 & 2007, Best Intrusion Prevention 2006 and has been named to the Inc 500 and Deloitte lists of fastest-growing companies. www.secureworks.com

LogLogic Appoints Patricia C. Sueltz Chief Executive Officer

2007-12-03T14:00:00Z

SAN JOSE, CA – December 3, 2007 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced that it has named Patricia C. Sueltz as the company's new chief executive officer. Sueltz, a veteran technology executive who has held senior leadership roles at Sun Microsystems, IBM and Salesforce.com, joins LogLogic from SurfControl where as CEO she led this public company through a transformational reorganization and into a new phase of growth as the leading provider of global on-demand, network and end-point content security solutions. This growth and transformational success led to an all cash offer from Websense, Inc. of more than $400 million representing a 63% premium to shareholders. Dominique Levin, who served as Acting CEO the past five months, will continue on as EVP Marketing, Products & Business Development reporting directly to Sueltz.

"LogLogic is experiencing growth well beyond market rates and is positioned at the center of major technology trends sweeping the industry around compliance, security and the provision of intelligent management information from multiple logs" Sueltz said. "As the market leader in log management and intelligence solutions, LogLogic is rapidly expanding its domestic and global channel and is well positioned to become an integral and core component of IT governance, risk and compliance solutions for customers worldwide."

"Pat brings proven leadership to LogLogic, an enviable track record of industry success and an unmatched commitment to customers," said Michael Goguen, General Partner, Sequoia Capital and Chairman of the LogLogic board. "LogLogic's cost effective log management and intelligence solutions have enjoyed remarkable success in the marketplace, and now Pat's unique combination of talent and experience will take the business to the next level of growth. We are delighted to welcome her to the team."

With a strong background in the security management and IT industry, Sueltz brings more than 25 years of executive experience to her position as CEO of LogLogic. Prior to LogLogic, Sueltz served as CEO of SurfControl. Before that she served as president of global operations at Salesforce.com through the company's IPO process. Sueltz also spent five years at Sun Microsystems, first as executive vice president of the Sun software systems group, then as executive vice president of Sun services where she was responsible for Java and Solaris and the creation of OpenOffice.org. Prior to joining Sun, Sueltz helped drive the software side of IBM's business, including stints as general manager of Java Software, vice president of Internet software and technical assistant to the chairman and CEO.

In addition to her contributions to the IT security and software development sector, Sueltz holds numerous positions and affiliations with non-profit organizations. Sueltz was recently elected to serve on the Cyber Security Industry Alliance's 2007 Board of Directors where she provides her expertise on Internet security to help CSIA advance cyber security policy. Sueltz has also served on the board of directors for Amgen and Delphi, both Fortune 500 companies, and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for the America Foundation for the Blind. In 2000, Fortune magazine ranked Sueltz among the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business."

LogLogic and BMC Establish a Technology Alliance Partner and Resale Agreement to Deepen Audit Capabilities for Compliance and Business Service Management

2007-11-13T14:00:00Z

SAN JOSE, CA – November 13, 2007 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced that it has formed an alliance with BMC Software Inc., the leading provider of Business Service Management (BSM). Through this relationship, BMC will resell LogLogic's award-winning log management and intelligence (LMI) platform.

Enterprises need to continuously deliver IT business value while implementing new internal policy frameworks, such as ITIL and COBIT, and assuring compliance with an expanding list of external regulations including Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI, and HIPAA. BMC's BSM and Identity Management solutions combined with LogLogic 4 provide customers a unified agile approach to automate and assure compliance, while delivering real business value and improving IT control.

"Compliance reporting requirements and the need to quickly discover security breaches are driving the need for improved capabilities in user activity monitoring," said Mark Nicolett and Earl Perkins in the August 2007 Gartner report Security Information and Event Management Complement Identity and Access Management Audits. "As multiple systems and applications are accessed during an extended period of time, there is also a need to monitor changes in user entitlements, resource access policies, and user activity at the network, system, database, application, and transaction layers. Identity and access management (IAM) tools can provide a high-quality policy change and user access audit trail for the portion of the IT infrastructure that is within the scope of the IAM deployment."

"Assuring adherence with identity policies and procedures is increasingly challenging in today's dynamic data center environment. With countless regulatory compliance measures, organizations are also challenged in demonstrating what their employees are doing with their access," said John Pullen, vice president and general manager of BMC Software's Identity Management Business Unit. "By adding LogLogic's log management and intelligence platform to BMC's Identity Management and compliance offerings, BMC provides greater visibility into user and system activity with analytic capabilities that can proactively alert, report and assure regulatory, policy and standards adherence."

"With stricter compliance mandates and ever-present security threats, log management capabilities are increasingly being embedded into governance, risk, and compliance solutions," said Dominique Levin, CEO of LogLogic. "We are committed to forging partnerships that support this GRC push towards log management. LogLogic's log management combined with BMC's BSM and identity access control allows enterprises to have their finger on the pulse of IT infrastructure activity and ensure regulatory compliance, airtight security, and solid IT controls."

The combined LogLogic and BMC solution is now available immediately from BMC Software.

LogLogic and Novell Partner to Meet Customer Governance and Compliance Needs

2007-11-13T14:00:00Z

SAN JOSE, CA – November 13, 2007 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced it is collaborating with Novell to jointly promote and sell bundled security solutions to customers. Novell's identity and security solutions combined with LogLogic's log management expertise, allow both companies to address customers' governance, risk management and compliance initiatives.

Customers have expressed a need to have both real time and long-term views into the events on their network. This partnership enables both companies to address those needs by leveraging the strengths of Novell and LogLogic, combining the highly scalable real time security and information event management (SIEM) capabilities of Novell Sentinel with the market leading Log Management and Intelligence (LMI) capabilities of LogLogic.

"The need to safeguard company data and comply with internal and external regulations is driving customer demand for integrated identity and security management solutions," said Dipto Chakravarty, vice president of engineering, identity and security management at Novell. "Novell is committed to enhancing our innovative solutions with complimentary and tested tools from expert partners. Our collaboration with LogLogic allows us to be responsive to customer needs."

In the combined solution, log data from LogLogic is forwarded to Novell Sentinel to provide real time analysis, event correlation and threat detection. Event data from Novell Identity Manager and Novell Access Manager can also be forwarded to LogLogic's product, providing long term data storage and user activity reports to optimize role and user provisioning.

Key benefits of the bundled solutions include:

Mitigating Risk — Novell Sentinel includes powerful correlation rules and dashboards that provide real-time detection of internal and external threats using log intelligence provided from LogLogic. It can then initiate automatic actions to remediate the problem, including revoking user access.
User Activity Assessment — LogLogic provides an assessment of user activity to assist Novell's identity and access management solutions in developing user access roles and user policies. Access is then based on a need-to-know basis, thus reducing the risk of information breaches.
Re-certification — Log data provided by LogLogic is used by Novell Identity Manager and Novell Access Manager to correlate actual user activity with defined roles and policies, proactively identifying breaches and eliminating inactive users.

"Enterprises are increasingly recognizing the value of log management and intelligence as a first priority of their overall risk mitigation, identity management and compliance strategies," said Dominique Levin, CEO of LogLogic. "Log management is easy to deploy enterprise wide and provides solid compensative controls. Novell's identity and security management solutions provide complementary controls for critical systems. Teaming with Novell enables both of our companies to deliver more value to our customers."

LogLogic Continues Momentum with Phenomenal Partner Growth, Industry Accolades

2007-11-05T14:00:00Z

Recent highlights include new board appointees, updated channel programs and groundbreaking product enhancements

SAN JOSE, CA – November 5, 2007 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced a number of milestones demonstrating momentum over recent months including a number of industry accolades, a new advisory board member, the introduction of three new channel programs, and two new product releases. Through three quarters, LogLogic has already well exceeded the record revenue and customer growth from 2006, forecasting to double bookings from 2006 by year's end.

Advisory Board Welcomes CEO of Recently IPO'd Data Center Storage Company

In October, Frank Slootman, President and CEO of Data Domain, joined LogLogic's advisory board. Data Domain, a data center storage company, went public in June of 2007. Prior to Data Domain, Slootman served as an executive at Borland Software and Compuware Corporation. In his capacity on the LogLogic advisory board, Slootman will advise LogLogic on strategy and scaling operations as LogLogic continues its leadership in the fast growing Log Management and Intelligence (LMI) market.

"LogLogic is on an impressive growth trajectory and I'm excited about the opportunity to advise the team," said Slootman. "LogLogic is blazing a new trail and is well positioned to dominate this new technology category"

And the Winner is ...

LogLogic has been named a Rising Star and ranked 9th in Deloitte & Touche USA LLP's Technology Fast 50 program for Silicon Valley. The Rising Star award is a special designation for fast-growth companies that have been in business a minimum of three years, but less than five and is part of the Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 program, which ranks the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over three years (2004–2006). In these years, LogLogic exhibited a revenue grown percentage of 1383%.

"The Deloitte Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 Rising Star companies have shown the strength, vision and tenacity to succeed despite a very challenging technology environment," said Mark Jensen, partner and national director, Venture Capital Services, Deloitte & Touche LLP. "We applaud the successes of LogLogic and acknowledge its place as one of the few to accomplish such a fast growth rate over the past three years."

Additionally, Info Security Products Guide, the world's leading publication on security-related products and technologies, has named LogLogic 4 a finalist for the 2008 Global Product Excellence Awards in 4 categories: Excellence in Compliance Solution, Excellence in Event Management Solution, Excellence in Forensics Solution, and Excellence in Security Solution for Enterprise categories. These prestigious global awards recognize security and IT vendors with advanced, groundbreaking products and solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of technologies. LogLogic 4 was voted a finalist by more than 11,000 voters worldwide consisting of end-users, channel partners and readers of Info Security Products Guide. 2008 Global Product Excellence Award winners will be announced on January 30 at Technosium 2008.

Expanding Channel

In September, LogLogic announced their LogLogic Partner Program, a robust sales, marketing, and training offering that enables channel partners to simultaneously grow their revenue and margins. A month later, LogLogic announced a new Managed Services Provider (MSP) Partner Program by which MSPs can utilize LogLogic's industry-leading log management and intelligence (LMI) platform to extend their managed services offerings for their customers to collect, analyze, store, and alert on virtually any log source. Also in October, LogLogic announced their Certified Services Partner Program, under which current partners can become Certified Services Partners to deliver a variety of professional services to help customers make the most of their logs.

Product Enhancements

In October, LogLogic 4 Release 2 extended LogLogic's log data warehousing capabilities to include fine-grain auditing capabilities that document all user activity, including data accessing, changing, or deleting information at rest. LogLogic's log data warehouse is giving companies an on-demand way to see who is accessing, changing, deleting or moving information stored on file systems, Windows and UNIX servers, databases and midrange systems from NetApp, Blue Coat, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, HP, IBM, Oracle and Sybase, among other vendor solutions. By monitoring information level activities, companies can better protect information assets and complement IT Governance, Risk and Compliance initiatives.

LogLogic also released two updated packages for simplifying enterprise regulatory compliance. The LogLogic Compliance Suite: COBIT 4.1 and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Edition automates the process of using log data to evidence and enforce internal SOX controls through COBIT 4.1. The LogLogic Compliance Suite: Payment Card Industry (PCI) Edition instantly turns log data into automated reports and alerts for monitoring PCI Data Security Standard compliance.

"Reducing the costs while increasing the efficiency of enterprise security and compliance via log management is a market imperative in today's world," said Dominique Levin, CEO of LogLogic. "LogLogic fully embraces this goal and has based its business around meeting the compliance and security needs of our enterprise customers. The growth of our channel programs and our products as well as the recognition from Deloitte and Info Security Product's Guide are further proof points that our platform is the log management and intelligence market leader and that it is gaining greater acceptance from customers in need of comprehensive compliance and security solutions."

For more information about LogLogic's Certified Services Partner Program, visit http://www.loglogic.com/services/.

LogLogic Congratulates First Log Management Certified Services Partners

2007-10-22T18:00:00Z

LogLogic launches Certified Services Partner program to enable partners to complement log management platform with professional service offerings

SAN JOSE, CA – October 22, 2007 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced their Certified Services Partner Program, designed for partners already reselling LogLogic's hardware, software, and targeted Compliance Suites. Under this program, current partners can become Certified Services Partners (CSPs) to deliver a variety of professional services to help customers make the most of their logs via the LogLogic Log Management and Intelligence (LMI) platform and the LogLogic Compliance Suites. LogLogic also congratulates Zepko, in the European theatre, and Ciphent, Corporate Networking Inc., iQwest, ITAT Partners and Arsenal Security Group in the US market, the first partners to successfully complete certification under the new program. Official LogLogic implementation services are now available to customers through these partners.

By offering expertise and professional services in addition to reselling LogLogic's security and compliance solutions, CSPs get the chance to enhance their revenues and margins and increase customer loyalty via reliable and repeated service engagements. In addition, they can offer comprehensive assistance to LogLogic customers by helping to develop custom plans for security strategy, identify compliance needs, assess policies and practices, and tap into the power of log data to address pressing business initiatives.

"We wanted to help LogLogic partners provide more than just a product to their customers—we wanted to help them provide a complete solution," said Richard Marquez, LogLogic's Vice President, Partner Sales. "With this program, we hope to bring partners closer to their customers and, in turn, bring customer understanding and execution of log management for security, compliance, and risk mitigation to new levels."

The Certified Services Program is initially aimed at LogLogic implementation services and, over time, will also provide for other professional services including training, consultation and integration services:

Implementation: CSP partners Ciphent, Corporate Networking Inc., iQwest, ITAT Partners and Zepko offer on-location, comprehensive implementation services (tailored to the customer's system size), including system set-up, configuration, and application of the LMI and LogLogic Compliance Suites as well as recommendations and best practices such as what reports to run and when to meet business needs.
Training: Education services aimed at teaching customers how to maximize the features and benefits of a LMI platform are available today directly from LogLogic Inc. and from ITAT Partners. For information, class-schedules and on-line registration visit http://www.loglogic.com/log-ed/.
Consultation: CSP partners Ciphent, Corporate Networking Inc., iQwest and Zepko offer custom LogLogic consultation services, ranging from LogLogic's systems best practices to how to best use logs to meet security and risk mitigation requirements. Arsenal Security provides comprehensive compliance consultation and auditing services including PCI, SOX, GBLA, and HIPAA
Integration: In the near future, CSPs can ensure the smooth integration of LogLogic solutions as a platform into highly complex IT environments.

"At Zepko, our goal is to bring high-quality management information (MI) and compliance solutions to our customers," said Steve England, Managing Director at Zepko. "Being able to offer accredited professional services alongside the LogLogic technology helps us make our benefit to our customers both clear and complete."

"The LogLogic platform enables our clients to seamlessly integrate and monitor their business critical applications and network components within days, not weeks," said Lee Dudley, Vice President at Ciphent, a CSP Partner. "Its flexible design will continue to ensure we can address even the most complex compliance and log management challenges. We are proud to be a LogLogic CSP Partner."

"We often find that, after a customer makes the strategic decision to select LogLogic and completes the purchase, the operations staff isn't positioned to properly integrate the tool into their daily work processes to get the most out of the investment," said Kevin Lynch Technical Services Director for CNI Sales. "We were already a leading reseller of LogLogic solutions, but becoming a CSP partner allows us to bring a more comprehensive set of services to make security and compliance an easier task for our customers to achieve."

"As a CSP partner, iQwest can benefit LogLogic customers by providing both knowledge of the log management platform itself and vast experience with integrating LogLogic technology into an overall security and compliance program," said Gal Shpantzer, VP, Partnerships and Strategic Alliances at iQwest. "That combination is the key to successfully extracting the most value out of the LogLogic purchase and creating immediate ROI for the customer."

"LogLogic's solution has a wide appeal, and our customers range from Fortune 100 financial institutions, retailers subject to PCI compliance, and even small to medium sized businesses," said Ray Sprong, President of ITAT Partners, a LogLogic Premier Partner. "Beyond the simple purchase of the LogLogic platform, each customer has a specific set of technical and educational needs, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to be trained and certified by LogLogic to better meet those needs on an ongoing basis."

"Today we see a clear need for LMI solutions that meet required compliance requirements like the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS)," said Russell Teague, at Arsenal Security Group, Inc. "LogLogic is a world leader in LMI solutions and brings that capability to their customers so they can meet the requirements to achieve and maintain compliance while managing enterprise risk at an affordable price."

For more information about LogLogic's Certified Services Partner Program, visit http://www.loglogic.com/services/.

For more information about LogLogic-led Training courses, visit http://www.loglogic.com/log-ed/.

Log Management & Intelligence Extends Capabilities to Guard Corporate Information Assets

2007-10-08T19:31:00Z

LogLogic 4 Release 2 Complements Corporate IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Programs with New Fine-grain Auditing to Track All User Activity

SAN JOSE, CA – October 8, 2007 – LogLogic®, the leader in log management and intelligence, today released LogLogic 4 Release 2, which extends LogLogic's log data warehouse capabilities to include fine-grain auditing capabilities that documents all users activities including data accessing, changing or deleting information at rest. By monitoring information level activities, companies can better protect information assets and complement IT Governance, Risk and Compliance initiatives. With the new release, LogLogic's log data warehouse is giving companies an on-demand way to see who is accessing, changing, deleting or moving information stored on file systems, Windows and UNIX servers, databases and midrange systems from NetApp, Blue Coat, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, HP, IBM, Oracle and Sybase, among other vendor solutions.

Logs are a fingerprint of systems and user activity and are central to an IT professional's daily security and operations routines to provide business executives with the data and intelligence Enterprises need to prove compliance with IT controls and regulations such as PCI and SOX. With the addition of LogLogic 4 Release 2, the business now has a way to deploy a log data warehouse in order to monitor and audit user activities at a time when information leakage and misuse incidents are at an all time high.

"As executives' fiduciary responsibilities expand to include the protection of corporate reputation and the safeguarding of information assets like customer and personnel data, as well as the security of intellectual property security, being able to prove system activities of users and non-authorized personnel is mandatory," said Dominique Levin, Chief Executive Officer at LogLogic. "Delivering the means to monitor this activity goes a long way to protect information – both as a deterrent to users who know they are being watched to safeguarding against the unknown predator of information theft. With log data serving as the digital equivalent of a surveillance camera, Log Management and Intelligence with fine grain monitoring capabilities serves as both deterrent and immutable legal evidence that can be used to prosecute violations as powerful evidence to safeguard corporate reputation."

Knowing who is actually accessing sensitive data is also a first step towards designing or validating new security and compliance policies. Inappropriate access can be identified and corrected through new policies or new user configuration. For example, if you find that 2,000 developers are accessing source code you may want to re-design your access rights and privileges.

"Due to much publicized internal and external data breaches, IT is facing the brutal truth regarding the importance of collecting log and network flow data," said Jon Oltsik, Senior Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "User activity monitoring, risk mitigation and compliance mandates can all be tackled effectively by log management, and the Global 2000 is taking notice."

The LogLogic log data warehouse delivers much broader user and system activity monitoring capabilities. Inappropriate information usage can be correlated with other user activities. System analysts can, with a single mouse-click, view which web applications a user has visited, which e-mails a user has sent, when a user connected to the VPN and at what time a user left the building, when the appropriate log data is collected. This comprehensive approach to user activity monitoring through the use of log data complements identity management operations. Where identity management is focused primarily on authentication and authorization, log data capture completes the puzzle of all users' activities after they have been authenticated by the system.

The New LogLogic 4 Release 2 includes more than 25 new features, including:

Collect and analyze fine-grain audit logs from servers, database and file servers.
Ability to verify the integrity of log data archived in the LogLogic log data warehouse.
Ability to detect and remove duplicate log entries in log files.

LogLogic Announces MSP Partner Program

2007-10-03T18:31:00Z

SAN JOSE, CA – October 3, 2007 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced a new Managed Services Provider (MSP) Partner Program. Via this program, MSPs can now utilize LogLogic's industry-leading log management and intelligence (LMI) platform to extend their managed services offerings for their customers to collect, analyze, store and alert on virtually any log source.

Compliance and operational demands are requiring MSPs to offer managed services beyond security devices to servers, network devices, and applications. LogLogic, together with MSP program partners — including VeriSign, BT Counterpane, NetBoundary, CynergisTek and more — enables customers to make better operational and financial decisions by using log data to provide a holistic view of system and user activity, policies and business impacts.

"With the increasing need to meet corporate mandates and best-practices frameworks, which both require collection, archival, and analysis of logs, customers are increasingly turning to managed services to alleviate the complexity of log management," said Robert Yusin, Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at LogLogic. "LogLogic is partnering with industry-leading MSPs to usher in this new era of on-demand security event management and log management and intelligence."

LogLogic's Open Log Services Architecture delivers a log management platform on which differentiated services offerings can be built. The architecture is fully compliant with a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), which accelerates portal and workflow integration. Combining 100% log collection at speeds exceeding 75,000 messages per second for a single appliance with sophisticated reporting and alerting, 'Google-like' search, and secure storage, MSPs are now able to provide additional services and solutions to customers.

"[Log management services] are being driven by clients that need to meet compliance requirements and are seeking an alternative to buying and implementing a security information/event management product," said Kelly Kavanagh, Principal Research Analyst at Gartner in the Gartner August 2007 Magic Quadrant for MSSPs, North America, 1H07." "We expect to see more demand for these offerings and increased functionality from service providers during the next six to 12 months."

"LogLogic's log management and intelligence technology provides significant value to our customers, who are placing a premium on automating compliance, mitigating risk and protecting information assets," said Mac McMillan, CEO at CynergisTek. "Compliance has driven demand making log management no longer on option, but a requirement."

Similar to the recently announced LogLogic Partner Program (aimed at VARs and SIs), the LogLogic MSP Partner Program is tiered to drive mutual success in different segments of the market. Providing robust sales, marketing, and training initiatives, the Program enables MSPs to simultaneously grow revenue and margins. Highlights of the program include:

Opportunity Registration delivers a clear engagement model. LogLogic's program provides additional margin for Partner-identified opportunities, and rewards the Partner financially, even if the opportunity they register is closed by a different Partner.
On-Site Partner Training Advantage including free on-site sales training and free on-site technical training.
Market Advantage delivers sales and marketing tools, including co-operative marketing initiatives.
Partner Connection: A significantly upgraded portal that includes rich training content, podcasts and sales material.

"With LogLogic's '100%-pure partner' commitment and historical success in generating revenues and providing support for our VARs and SI partners, it was a natural 'next-step' to formalize an MSP partner program," said Yusin. "LogLogic has already established traction and integrated services with leading MSPs, and looks forward to growing the log services market."

LogLogic's MSP partners provide a variety of log management services from comprehensive deployment services, 100% log collection and filtering from any connected data source (including networking and storage devices, servers, and applications), 24/7 security monitoring, centralized portal reporting and notification, and more. For more information on various LogLogic's MSP partners, visit:

For more information on the LogLogic MSP Partner Program, visit http://www.loglogic.com/partners/mssp-partners/.

LogLogic Announces New Packages for SOX and PCI Compliance

2007-09-24T09:10:26Z

LogLogic Compliance Suites help businesses meet compliance requirements and reduce costs through log data management

SAN JOSE, CA – September 24, 2007 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today announced two updated packages for simplifying enterprise regulatory compliance. The LogLogic Compliance Suite: COBIT 4.1 and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Edition automates the process of using log data to evidence and enforce internal SOX controls through COBIT 4.1. The LogLogic Compliance Suite: Payment Card Industry (PCI) Edition instantly turns log data into automated reports and alerts for monitoring PCI Data Security Standard compliance.

COBIT 4.1, which was published in May, is the most recent update to the set of IT best practices and control objectives for managers, auditors, and IT users to assist them in complying with SOX, which describes specific mandates and requirements for financial reporting. PCI describes specific mandates and requirements for retail companies and service providers that manage credit card transactions and other payment data information. Both PCI and COBIT 4.1 stipulate quantified log collection and storage thresholds.

"LogLogic is proud to be the first vendor to release automated log management reports that follow the guidelines of the newly released COBIT 4.1 framework," said Dominique Levin, CEO of LogLogic. "Log management is a foundational technology for overall governance, risk, and compliance by fingerprinting user and system activity. Through these Suites, we are committed to partner with our customers to achieve multi-regulatory compliance while at the same time significantly reducing audit costs."

Broadly, the LogLogic Compliance Suites (which also include FISMA, HIPAA, ITIL and ISO 17799) are targeted at specific regulations and help operationalize compliance efforts by alerting and reporting on log data, providing total and continuous coverage of systems to address incidents, and enabling enterprises to take control of and protect vital information.

Designed for IT professionals, auditors, and end-users, the SOX and PCI Suites each offers more than 20 new reports and support for a variety of different devices to address recent updates to COBIT and PCI. The Suites help mitigate the time and money companies spend on routine log management tasks (including log collection and storage, report writing, and audit sampling) designed for both IT security and regulatory compliance with SOX and PCI.

"The Compliance Suites turn vast amounts of raw log data, which could take months and millions of dollars to review manually, into automated reports and alerts, making short work of SOX and PCI compliance," said Jian Zhen, senior director of Product Management at LogLogic. "The value of being able to automate this previously labor-intensive, costly process makes the LogLogic Compliance Suites more than just technology solutions—they become business solutions as well."

The reports and alerts offered in the SOX Compliance Suite map directly to a number of the controls defined in the new COBIT 4.1 IT audit framework and both the PCI and the SOX Compliance Suites cover key areas of IT risk management, including access, activity, change, security, infrastructure, and continuity.

The new Compliance Suites start at $15,000. The LogLogic Compliance Suite: Payment Card Industry (PCI) Edition is available immediately while the LogLogic Compliance Suite: COBIT 4.1 and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Edition will be available September 30, 2007. Existing LogLogic Compliance Suites customers on maintenance contracts update to the new Suites at no cost. For more information visit www.loglogic.com/products/compliance-and-control.

FishNet Security Logs LogLogic

2007-09-18T09:10:26Z

FishNet Security Joins LogLogic Premier Plus Partner Program

SAN JOSE, CA – September 18, 2007 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, today signed FishNet Security – a nationally respected information security solutions provider to its new Premier Plus Partner Program. FishNet Security and LogLogic have successfully partnered for the past three years to address the growing requirement for Log Management and Intelligence (LMI) solutions mandated by regulations such as the Payment Card Industry standard (PCI) and security best-practices.

"Customer requirements clearly distinguish between security event management (SIEM) and log management. With LogLogic in our comprehensive product and services portfolio we are able to meet those requirements head-on", said Mike Bossert, Executive Vice President, FishNet Security.

FishNet Security – the country's largest and most respected Information Security Solutions Provider – will deliver LogLogic solutions across the United States. LogLogic delivers solutions exclusively through the channel and recently unveiled a new program designed to deliver broader support and benefits to channel partners.

"Driven by compliance mandates such as PCI and SOX, along with increasing security risks and IT Operations requirements, Log Management and Intelligence is experiencing explosive growth", said Richard Marquez, Vice President Partner Sales, LogLogic. "Logging has moved from a mundane IT task to the foundation of good compliance, security and IT operations. FishNet Security's ability to deliver security consulting services will enable solutions based on LogLogic to be crafted with significant differentiation and value."

Fast moving IT log data provides an immutable fingerprint of user and IT activity. LogLogic allows that fingerprint to be captured and securely warehoused, then reported and alerted on, transforming it into actionable intelligence.

By automating this process LogLogic eases the burden that large and emerging enterprises face from increasing security threats and requirements to complying with multiple regulatory mandates.

Additionally, LogLogic's Log Management and Intelligence platform goes beyond the scope of traditional security event monitoring tools by enabling collection and processing of log data from virtually any source, allowing user activity to be monitored and reviewed across multiple systems from the network, in email, on servers and across databases. Sharing of log data, reports and alerts with dashboards and applications such as Security Event and Information management solutions, EMC Smarts, IBM Tivoli and HP OpenView is made possible by LogLogic Open Log Services.

LogLogic Premier Plus Channel Partners, LogLogic's highest level of partner, deliver full solutions, including products, implementation, consulting services, and customer training. LogLogic introduced its channel partner program in 2003 and has since grown the channel to over 100 partners, accounting for 90 percent of the company's revenue.

Enhanced LogLogic Partner Program Enables Channel Partners To Tap Into Rapidly Growing Log Management Market

2007-09-12T09:10:26Z

Appoints Richard Marquez, Vice President, Partner Sales

SAN JOSE, CA – September 12, 2007 – Channel Partners looking to tap into the $1bn-plus Log Management and Intelligence market now have access to new and enhanced programs for partnering with industry leader LogLogic. Launched today, the LogLogic Partner Program - a robust sales, marketing, and training offering - will enable Channel Partners to simultaneously grow revenue and margins.

"Driven by compliance mandates such as PCI and SOX, along with increasing security risks and IT operations requirements, Log Management and Intelligence is experiencing explosive growth", said Robert Yusin, vice president worldwide field operations, LogLogic. "We listened to our more than 100 Channel Partners worldwide in developing a program that reinforces our '100%-pure channel' commitment while equipping them with new tools and skills". Highlights of the program include:

Channel-Ready & Exclusive Solutions , including special promotions and pricing for the emerging enterprise and mid-market.
Opportunity Registration delivers a clear engagement model with no channel conflict or competition. LogLogic's program is far richer than most in that it provides additional margin for Partner-identified opportunities, and rewards the Partner financially, even if the opportunity they register is closed by a different Partner.
On-Site Partner Training Advantage including free on-site sales training and free on-site technical training.
Market Advantage delivers sales and marketing tools, including co-operative marketing initiatives, and significant discounts on demonstration equipment.
Channel Connection: A soon to launch, significantly upgraded channel portal that includes rich training content, podcasts and sales material.

Richard Marquez, a 20-year channel veteran has joined LogLogic to lead the channel team. Mr. Marquez most recently led Partner Sales at Computer Associates and prior to that spent 10 years at Symantec building one of the industry's most successful channel businesses. "As customers look to meet compliance mandates and address log management requirements for operations and security, they are looking to Partners who can serve as trusted advisors and deliver both solutions and services," said Marquez. "Our opportunity registration program, pure channel model, sales and marketing tools, implementation training and professional services offerings all support this need while delivering higher margins to our Partners."

LogLogic's new program is tiered to drive mutual success in different segments of the market:

Premier Plus Channel Program: LogLogic's highest level of partnership is designed for large, national partners who will work closely with LogLogic to deliver full solutions, including products, implementation, consulting services, and training. Premier Plus Channel Partners collaborate closely with the LogLogic Field Sales teams on business and marketing plans for continued success. This level of partnership is conducive to Partners who have established business disciplines around various compliance mandates, security and log management. Fishnet Security is the latest addition to the US Premier Plus Partner Program along with Channelworx in Australia.
Premier Channel Program: Partners at this level will contribute to delivering LogLogic products and consulting solutions in specific geographic regions where they have established themselves as the trusted advisor in their market. Working closely with LogLogic, they will collaborate on business and marketing plans to drive incremental revenue through product sales and services. Today LogLogic announced CNI Sales, NSA Services, Set Solutions, and ITAT as Premier Partners.
Associate Channel Program: This level of partnership is perfect for partners who are beginning to build a business with LogLogic and are entering the log management and compliance business practice. Channel Partners interested in joining LogLogic as an Associate Partner can register their interest at http://loglogic.com/partners/join-the-program/.

100% 'Pure Channel' Commitment

LogLogic introduced its Channel Partner Program in 2003 and has since grown the channel to over 100 partners, accounting for 90 percent of the company's revenue. LogLogic's goal is to drive 100% of sales through its Partner Program members.

LogLogic's comprehensive and scaleable solutions for Governance, Risk and Compliance are delivered as easy-to-install appliances – simplifying deployment, management and integration with existing technologies. This translates into a number of sales and partnering advantages:

Profitable, high-margin sales opportunities with a solution that is attractive to businesses of all sizes and across multiple vertical markets;
Opportunity to bundle business consulting, implementation services, training and other value-added services to maximize sales and profit opportunity;
Shorter sales cycles and higher close rates with a product that is easy to demo and sell;
Compelling value propositions for simplifying and reducing the cost of enterprise-class compliance and IT operations; and
Channel-focused sales model with full marketing and sales support, including lead development, cooperative joint selling and opportunity registration.

What LogLogic Partners Are Saying

NSA Services

"With Log Management and Intelligence now broadly accepted as a prerequisite to good security, IT operations and compliance, the demand for high-quality LMI solutions is growing rapidly among our customers and prospects," said Steven Ferrari, CEO,Network System Architects. "LogLogic allows NSA to offer LMI solutions as a natural extension of our complete security and compliance services." Partner Website: www.NSAservices.com

CNI Sales

"As one of LogLogic's first Channel Partners we have seen LogLogic grow from start-up to industry leader," Roger Kirk, CEO, CNI. "LogLogic's new Channel Program will enable us to better deliver value to customers and extend our leadership in our market." Partner Website: www.corpnetworking.com

Set Solutions

"LogLogic just works," said Randle Moore, president, Set Solutions, a full service provider of network security, secure remote access, and bandwidth management solutions. "Our customers are deployed within weeks of our first call to LogLogic. There are no surprises and a total commitment from LogLogic to ensuring we succeed. It is a well-designed and well-thought-out product that is clearly at the front of the Log Management Market." Partner Website: www.setsolutions.com

CynergisTek

"With Log Management now broadly accepted as a prerequisite to good security, IT operations and compliance, the demand for high-quality LMI solutions is growing," said Mac McMillan, CEO, CynergisTek. "LogLogic has differentiated itself on many levels and the Channel Program allows us to offer LMI solutions as a natural extension of our complete security and compliance services." Partner Website: www.cynergistek.com

"Best of all LogLogic just works. It is easily deployed, doesn't require changes to the client's architecture and supports secure remote management for those needing additional support," said Dr. Michael Mathews, CTO, CynergisTek. "It is a well-designed and a well-thought-out LMI solution." Partner Website: www.cynergistek.com

ITAT Partners

"LogLogic 4 has appeal to a wide range of our customers, including Fortune 100 financial institutions, retailers subject to PCI compliance, and even small to medium businesses," said Ray Sprong, CEO, ITAT Partners, a company specializing in tools that improve IT productivity, security and network operations. "Just about anyone can benefit from the simple installation, easy management and limitless scalability that LogLogic delivers. The enhanced information visibility that LogLogic allows provides immediate value to network operations staff, security personnel and both internal and external auditors." Partner Website: www.itatinc.com

About LogLogic

LogLogic™ provides the world's leading enterprise-class platform for collecting, storing, reporting and alerting on 100% of IT log data from virtually any source. LogLogic 4 LX and ST systems address the compliance, operations and risk mitigation needs of the most demanding Fortune and Times 1000 companies globally. LogLogic's innovations include creating the world's first search engine for fast-moving IT log data and Compliance Suites that automate using log data to enforce critical controls and regulations. LogLogic has established a position as the market visionary and leader, as evidenced by awards and accolades, including "Leader" in Gartner's 2007 SIEM Magic Quadrant; SCMagazine's 'Approved for SCLabs Rating' in 2006 and 2007, ITWeek's Editor's Choice Award; and Best of Interop 2005. For more information, visit www.loglogic.com and http://blog.loglogic.com.

LogLogic disclaims any interest in the trademarks of others.

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LogLogic Accelerates Windows Event Collection

2007-08-02T09:10:26Z

Version 4 of Open Source Windows Event Collector Released, Project Lasso Downloads Top 10,000 Mark

(August 2, 2007)- LogLogic™, the log management leader, today released version 4 of Project Lasso, an Open Source Microsoft Windows event collector. IT event logs from Windows-based systems and applications provide a fingerprint of user and systems activity that are critical to security, compliance and effective IT operations. LogLogic and Project Lasso allow that fingerprint to be captured and securely warehoused, then reported and alerted on, transforming it into actionable intelligence. Project Lasso 4.0 debuts dozens of new features including a 20x improvement in start-up performance and more control over how logs and Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) are processed.

Project Lasso has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its launch in 2006, driven by mandates such as PCI, SOX and FISMA that require Enterprises to collect, review and store log data. Project Lasso can be used for collecting Windows events and sending them to Syslog servers, as well as with LogLogic's industry leading log management and intelligence platform. When used with LogLogic 4, Windows events can be alerted and reported on in real-time, securely stored, and easily shared with other applications and dashboards.

"Windows-based events underpin dozens of IT tasks performed on a daily basis - from troubleshooting email, investigating security incidents, to optimizing IT infrastructure", said Dominique Levin, vice president, product management, LogLogic. "Issues ranging from the need for improved customer responsiveness through better information protection and user activity monitoring have moved Windows event logging from a mundane IT task to the foundation of good compliance, security and IT operations."

Key new features include:

Significantly improved startup performance - by up to 20x, providing more control over the details of event collection and DLL collection.
Shared DLL Repository eases log collection from remote hosts and makes it much more practical to do periodic manual collection of DLLs.
Command line invocation enables Project Lasso to implement periodic manual collection of DLLs instead of enabling DLL access for the Project Lasso User Name.
Project Lasso Shares enable DLL collection without using Administrative Shares, thus allowing DLL collection in sites where the Administrative Shares have been disabled, and without giving administrative privileges to the Project Lasso User Name.
Completely automated, scripted install in "agent" mode that has been enhanced by a custom lasso.ini file allowing configuration of features which are not otherwise addressed in the InstallShield dialogues; and, installation with Startup Type set to "Automatic" makes it unnecessary to manually configure the Service after installation
Significantly enhanced trace and field debug capability, including a new "Access Report" that details success or failure for each target host for each phase of DLL and event collection.

Project Lasso collects all log data from Windows hosts without the need for any agents or code installed on the remote system - this speeds up deployment and reduces administration, leading to a much higher ROI. Windows DLL files contain critical information relating to the log messages themselves. LogLogic has cracked the code on remote collection by combining the log data and the DLL information to produce actionable information in a format that allows it to be more rapidly searched and reported against.

LogLogic customers using Project Lasso in conjunction with LogLogic's Log Management Data Warehouse can combine Windows, Active Directory, Microsoft SQL, Exchange, IIS and ISA information with all the other platforms and applications (including custom or homegrown) within their enterprises.

For the first time large enterprises have an ability to track a user or IP address (on a global basis) from the time a connection is made (internally or externally) to every system and application that is then accessed. This end-to-end user activity monitoring and reporting from a single interface is proving invaluable to large enterprises needing to meet governance, risk and compliance requirements.

Project Lasso is available for free as a download from http://www.loglogic.com/logforge/

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NetBoundary Introduces LogLogic Technology For Mid-Sized Businesses

2007-05-01T20:06:00Z

- NetBoundary Standardizes Log Management Service On LogLogic platform

Dallas TX., May 1, 2007 - NetBoundary, a provider of managed security services to the mid market, today announced the availability of a hosted log management service delivered on LogLogic's industry leading log management platform. LogLogic, according to the Gardner Group, helps address the complexities associated with monitoring, analyzing, retaining, and storing logs from across the entire IT infrastructure from databases to applications.

Monitoring log data is critical for any company that falls under regulatory requirements. NetBoundary's log management service provides it's customers with the ability to log, track, and analyze user and system activity, helping them to more rapidly prevent, detect and respond to security breaches as well as to quickly comply with mandates such as SOX, HIPAA, PCI, FISMA as well as a variety of IT frameworks such as ITIL and ISO/ITSM.

"NetBoundary has a long history of monitoring network and operating systems log data. With the addition of this service we are now extending our managed security services all the way to the application level to give our customer's even greater insight into their IT operations and business simultaneously," said Trevor Jennings, vice president and co-founder.

NetBoundary's log management service offers broad support for log data sources including operating systems, databases, and applications. The log management service also provides a service-based approach to monitoring custom applications and other log data sources that are not pre-defined or typical of suspicious events.

"Today, centralized logging and monitoring of application-level events are being driven by increased regulatory compliance, highly publicized data theft incidents, the changing nature of vulnerabilities and the increase in targeted application-level attacks," continued Jennings. "Log management helps minimize the risks."

The NetBoundary hosted log management service is based on technology from LogLogic, the proven market leader in Log Management & Intelligence. The service through NetBoundary includes an optional on-premise solution that stores and processes raw logs at the customer's site, with alerts sent to NetBoundary's centralized Security Operation Center (SOC) for ticketing, analysis, and response. In addition, NetBoundary offers a hosted solution where all log data is stored by NetBoundary. Reporting will be available through the NetBoundary Enterprise Security Portal, allowing customers to see events that have been captured and assign reports to users who sign-off once they have completed their review process, helping to expedite audit activities.

"Increasingly we are seeing IT take security to the next level by turning to managed services implementations that include log intelligence," said Robert Yusin, Vice President of Field Operations, LogLogic. "Log Management takes security beyond just protecting customer data and ensuring the integrity of corporate assets, delivering a comprehensive view of all system and user activity, policies and business impacts. With a log service, enterprises can easily address the complexities associated with monitoring, analyzing, retaining, and storing logs from databases and across other critical infrastructure."

According to Forrester Research, "Most security professionals still spend a good deal of their time analyzing technical threats, and how to use technology to counter them. Security folks still need to make sure logs are examined, vulnerabilities are identified, and systems are protected." ("Bridging the Security Divide" Forrester Research, January 2006).

Key benefits of NetBoundary's log management service include:

Ability to have data sources monitored 24x7x365;
Ability to meet compliance requirements for log monitoring and retention;
Real-time correlation and analysis; and
Ability to leverage NetBoundary's consulting and engineering teams to implement solutions for a broad range of log sources;
Pricing is based on a monthly service fee based on volume of logs and storage requirements.

About NetBoundary
Founded in 2000, NetBoundary, a pure-play information technology Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), has focused on improving its customer's security management. NetBoundary's security expertise includes managed security services, security monitoring, alerting and compliance reporting. By partnering with the industries leading technology security providers, NetBoundary is able to provide clients the most comprehensive and cost effective security management and monitoring solutions on the market, many of which can be installed in less than one hour. NetBoundary serves a diverse client base that spans a broad range of industries. These Clients, faced with limited resources and budgets, often require the types of services provided by NetBoundary. NetBoundary specializes in out-sourced managed security services that provide a cost effective alternative to providing these difficult to manage and expensive services in house. With solutions that not only help to meet but also, maintain the ongoing technical and 24x7 monitoring requirements of compliance standards.

For additional information on NetBoundary's Managed Security Services, please visit: (http://www.NetBoundary.com or call (888-698-3563)

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Compliance Driving Log Management Push

2007-06-21T19:41:43Z

InfoSec magazine is carrying a great article on the emerging log management market, pointing to its use in meeting compliance mandates. Marcia Savage points to the multitude of compliance mandates as a main driver of log management in enterprises. From the article . . .

Auditors are prodding companies to think about centralized log management in order to ensure control over scattered data, said Trent Henry, senior analyst at Burton Group: "So we have one place that can keep the information and have proper IT controls over the data to make sure it's not tampered with or lost or accessed by people who shouldn't, and that those policies are enforced."

Quoted in the article is Dave Shackleford, vice president at the nonprofit Center for Internet Security and a SANS instructor, who points to the PCI Data Security Standard as a huge driver of log management.

Companies are figuring out that "they already have a lot of the information that they need to get a good bit of the way towards [PCI] compliance, they just don't have the tools to take that information and do anything with it," he said.

Recently we again sponsored The SANS Institute's 2007 Log Management Survey for the third year in a row, and we saw the same momentum. The research polled more than 650 IT professionals in government, financial services, banking, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications, and education sectors from the North American Global 2000 (G2000).

The verdict? The G2000 continues to adopt log management and intelligence to end the 'logjam.' Turns out that despite its importance, security is not the prime motivation for log management. More than half of those surveyed reported operations management and monitoring the health of the network as the prime motivation for using log data. And, 43% indicated compliance with SOX, PCI and other mandates as the top priority. Download the Executive summary here or check out the Webcast here.

The full article is available here.