The Blumira Blog

Security questions in. Working answers out.

Not a pile of posts: 800+ security guides, how-tos, teardowns, and product updates for lean IT teams, organized so reading leads to a next step.

831articles and resources
8topic routes
4formats
June 9, 2026most recent entry

Featured learning path

One route from "what is happening" to "prove it."

Four stops. Each one is stocked from the archive and hands you to the next.

  1. Understand the threat

    Read what attackers are doing to teams your size before it reaches you.

  2. Harden what you run

    Step-by-step how-tos for the tools already on your network.

  3. Evaluate with evidence

    Checklists and pricing teardowns for the decision itself.

The resource shelf

Every article, routed by topic and format.

How to Build A Security Operations Program: A Step-by-Step Guide Blog How to Build A Security Operations Program: A Step-by-Step Guide 6 min read | February 9, 2025 Read man sits at a decision tree playbook on his computer using Blumira SIEM SIEM XDR How our SIEM Playbooks Guide You Through Threat Response 6 min read | February 7, 2025 Read Graphic promoting the Blumira webinar Security How-To On Demand - Resilient Relationship Security: Reduce Lost Connections 2 min read | February 5, 2025 Read Purpose Jobs badge for Best Places to Work 2025 Blog Blumira named one of the Best Places to Work in 2025! 5 min read | January 28, 2025 Read Graphic promotion for on-demand webinar Security How-To On Demand - Maximizing Security Effectiveness with Limited Resources 3 min read | January 22, 2025 Read Security Detection Update – 2025-1-22 Product Updates Security Detection Update – 2025-1-22 2 min read | January 22, 2025 Read Graphic promoting the Blumira webinar Compliance Security Frameworks and Insurance On Demand - Security Monitoring Essentials for 2025 Compliance 3 min read | January 21, 2025 Read Photo of smiling security team standing in a hallway, facing the camera Security How-To Normalizing Security Culture: Don't Have to Get Ready if You Stay Ready 1 min read | January 14, 2025 Read SonicWall Vulnerabilities: High Severity Alert Security Alerts SonicWall Vulnerabilities: High Severity Alert 17 min read | January 8, 2025 Read Customer Story: District of Sparwood Customer Success Stories Customer Story: District of Sparwood 7 min read | January 6, 2025 Read Graphic of a computer screen with charts and graphs. What Security Teams Get Wrong About Log Management and How to Fix It 4 min read | January 6, 2025 Read Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Integrate with Blumira SIEM Blog Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Integrate with Blumira SIEM 5 min read | January 3, 2025 Read Head shot of Amanda Berlin, Blumira Director of Incident Detection Engineering Meet Amanda Berlin: Making Enterprise Security Accessible for All 2 min read | December 17, 2024 Read Graphic with headline, Security Alerts Critical Cleo RCE Vulnerability: CVE-2024-55956 Explained 13 min read | December 17, 2024 Read Close up of hands typing on historical typewriter on left, with hands typing on a modern laptop on the right Security Trends and Info Unraveling Cybersecurity: From Virus Hunters to Intelligent Defenders 3 min read | December 16, 2024 Read

Inside every article

No dead ends. Each article is wired to a next step.

The rebuilt article template treats a post like an operational record: an answer up top, evidence in the body, and exit routes at the end. Reading is step one, not the whole trip.

See the live template: Using Nmap

When reading turns into evaluating

Three working exits from the library.

The next step

You came with a question. Leave with a running SIEM.

Everything on this shelf points the same direction: see your environment clearly and act on it. Blumira's Free SIEM takes that from reading to reality in an afternoon.