NetFlow data is essential for enhancing network security and streamlining IT operations. It provides a detailed view of network traffic, enabling organizations to proactively detect security threats, monitor user activity, and gather valuable insights for effective network management and optimization. With comprehensive visibility into network traffic patterns, NetFlow data empowers security teams and IT operations to maintain a robust and secure network environment while boosting the overall performance and efficiency of the network infrastructure.

Logging has evolved significantly from the traditional syslog days. Despite this, many syslog-ng users continue to rely on syslog protocols for log transport and flat files for log storage. While most SIEMs and log analytics tools can receive syslog messages or read them using their agents, you can often leverage the http() destination of syslog-ng to send logs. This method offers high performance and a simpler architecture to maintain.