Graylog Explained

Graylog, Inc
Type:Private
Founders:Lennart Koopmann, Hass Chapman
Num Employees:50-100
Industry:Enterprise software
Location:Houston, Texas, U.S.
Graylog log management software
Developer:Graylog, Inc
Programming Language:Java
Operating System:Linux
Genre:Log management
License:Server Side Public License (Graylog Open), volume licensing (Graylog Enterprise)

Graylog, Inc is a log management and security analytics software company based in Houston, Texas.[1] Their main product is a log management software which is also called Graylog (styled as graylog).

History

Graylog, formerly Torch,[2] was founded in 2009 by Lennart Koopmann and began as an open-source project in Hamburg, Germany. The headquarters are in Houston, Texas.[3]

In October 2014, Mercury made its initial investment in Graylog.[4] e.ventures and Mercury Asset Management are later investors. The other investors were Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates and High-Tech Gründerfonds.[5] [6]

Graylog released its first commercial offering in 2016 making its enterprise product available.[7] As of 2018, Graylog has grown to over 50,000 installations worldwide.[7]

Graylog offers multiple enterprise products Graylog Enterprise, Graylog Security for premise installations, as well as Graylog Cloud. Graylog purchased software Resurface.ioin 2023 to include a new product in their portfolio called Graylog API Security.

Graylog has offices in Houston TX (HQ), Boulder CO, London UK and Hamburg Germany.

Graylog regularly participates in conferences such as DEF CON,[8] DerbyCon,[9] Black Hat USA,[10] NolaCon,[11] and Security BSides.[12]

Graylog Log Management and Security Analytics Software

The Graylog software centrally captures, stores, and enables real-time search and log analysis against terabytes of machine data from any component in the IT infrastructure and applications.[13] [2] The software uses a three-tier architecture and scalable storage based on OpenSearch and MongoDB.[14] [15] [13] [16] [17] [18]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities . sec.gov.
  2. Web site: Graylog . cbinsights.com.
  3. Web site: Graylog Collects $ 2.5 Million Financing . hamburg-startups.net . 2019-03-26 . 2019-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326224727/https://www.hamburg-startups.net/graylog-sammelt-25-mio-usd-finanzierung-ein/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Why we invested in Graylog. mercuryfund.com. 1 November 2014.
  5. Web site: Graylog attracts $2.5 mln. penhub.com. 4 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150531025201/https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/graylog-attracts-2-5-mln/. 31 May 2015. dead.
  6. Web site: Software Maker Graylog Raises $2.5M, Moves to Houston from Germany . xconomy.com . 2017-11-06 . 2017-11-06.
  7. Web site: About Graylog - Make Better IT Decisions . graylog.org/about.
  8. Web site: Demo Labs - Defcon . defcon.org.
  9. Web site: Common WiFi Attacks And How To Detect Them . wtf.horse . 2019-03-26 . 2019-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190910170144/https://www.wtf.horse/2017/09/19/common-wifi-attacks-explained/ . dead .
  10. Web site: Graylog with Lennart Koopmann at #BlackHat2016 . soundcloud.com.
  11. Web site: Lennart Koopmann . nolacon.com.
  12. Web site: BSides Austin 2018 - 50 Shades of Graylog . bsidesaustin2018.sched.com.
  13. Web site: What is Graylog?. g2crowd.com. 2019-03-26. 2019-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326193941/https://www.g2crowd.com/products/graylog/details. dead.
  14. Web site: Architecture . Graylog 2.4.6 documentation . 2020-05-08 .
  15. Web site: Review: Graylog delivers open source log management for the dedicated do-it-yourselfer . cio.com . 9 November 2015 . 26 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326193256/https://www.cio.com/article/3003074/review-graylog-delivers-open-source-log-management-for-the-dedicated-do-it-yourselfer.html . dead .
  16. Web site: 9 Splunk alternatives for log analysis. infoworld.com. 20 June 2018.
  17. Web site: Best of 2018: Log Monitoring and Analysis: Comparing ELK, Splunk and Graylog . 31 December 2018 . devops.com. 31 December 2018.
  18. Web site: Graylog - Make Better IT Decisions . infotech.com . 2019-03-26 . 2019-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326201904/https://www.infotech.com/software-reviews/products/graylog . dead .

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