Welcome to Cribl: The Stream Life, a podcast for IT pros trying to take control of their observability data with a no-compromise approach. With each episode, our hosts will cover the latest insights, trends, and emerging technologies to help IT organizations achieve observability in their operations. We’ll also address specific challenges we’ve seen with hundreds of enterprises over the last several years and sketch out the fundamental capabilities required to overcome them.
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What’s Topping the CISO Priority List in 2025 with Nick Heudecker
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22:38In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker and I break down what’s topping the CISO priority list in 2025. Links What CISOs Are Prioritizing in 2025—And Why It Matters If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe on your favorite podcast app.…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Joel Vincent joins the show to talk about Cribl's latest innovation: a Lakehouse that's purpose built for telemetry data. Resources Read the blog If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Sec…
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Microsoft Azure + Cribl - Better together
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16:00In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Kam Amir and Aldo Dossola join the show to discuss Microsoft Ignite, Cribl's solutions for Microsoft Azure customers, and much more. Resources Microsoft Azure + Cribl: Better together If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe on your favorite podcast app.…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker joins the show to discuss Cribl’s recent Series E round, how customers find value in our products, why they need a Data Engine for IT and Security, and how our products integrate seamlessly—without ever locking data in. Resources Cribl Closes $319M Series E Round at a $3.5B Valuation to Rev…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker joins the show to talk about Cribl's new research report, Navigating the Data Current 2024: Exploring Cribl.Cloud Analytics and Customer Insights. Resources Download the report Read Nick's blog If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe on y…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Bradley chats with Cribl's Dariann Kobe about the second birthday of Cribl University and the new Cribl Certified Admin course. Resources Learn more Cribl University If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Cribl, the Data E…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Bradley chats with Cribl's Mike Dupuis about everything announced at CriblCon 2024! Resources Cribl Copilot: Your Trusted AI Wingman for Deploying, Configuring & Troubleshooting Cribl Accelerates Data Management Productivity with AI-Powered Copilot CriblCon 2024 Recap Blog Session Recap Watch the sessions…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Bradley Chambers chat with Nikhil Mungel about Cribl Copilot. Cribl Copilot turbocharges efficiency and bridges the skills gap, ushering in the next generation of AI-augmented workforce empowerment for IT and Security. Resources Cribl Copilot: Your Trusted AI Wingman for Deploying, Configuring & Troublesh…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, I chat with Nick Romito about the journey to building support for 50k Cribl Edge nodes in customer deployments. Resources The Journey to 100x-ing Control Plane Scale for Cribl Edge If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Cr…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Vlad Melnik joins the show to discuss all the news about Cribl's new Technical Alliance Partner program and why customer choice for data will be the decade's theme in IT and Security. Resources Vlad's Blog Cribl's Press Release If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker joins the show to talk about his recent LinkedIn article about OCSF (Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework). Resources What is OCSF? Nick's recent LinkedIn article If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Cribl,…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, I chat with a host of goats: Mary Mikkleson, Jackie McGuire, and Holly Anderson, about all the excitement around RSA Conference! Resources Book a demo with Cribl at RSA Conference Empower Her - Women's Happy Hour at RSA Cribl + Exabeam + Corelight Happy Hour at RSA If you want to automatically get every e…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Bradley Chambers and Nick Heudecker discuss the state of today's data lakes, what customers need, and Cribl's newest product: Cribl Lake! Resources Learn more about Cribl Lake Introducing Cribl Lake blog The Data Lake Dilemma: Why Businesses Need a New Approach If you want to automatically get every episo…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Felicia Dorng and Rick Salsa join the show to discuss Cribl's newest product: Cribl Lake! Resources Learn more about Cribl Lake Introducing Cribl Lake blog The Data Lake Dilemma: Why Businesses Need a New Approach If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Cribl's first nonfounder employee, Nick Romito, joins the show to talk about engineers at Cribl, how the team has scaled over the years, and much more. It's a fun show, as always! Resources Careers at Cribl Engineer Careers at Cribl If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Zac Kilpatrick and Bradley Chambers chat about Cribl's Partner Awards! During our annual company kick off, we were thrilled to announce the Cribl Partner of the Year Award Winners, who are recognized for contributions, loyalty, and mutual commitment to delivering high value to customers within our partner…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Mike Dupuis and I chat about CriblCon 2024, what's on the agenda, and why all IT and security engineers should attend. Resources Register for CriblCon 2024! If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Cribl, the Data Engine for…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker and I chat about Cribl for Startups. Cribl for Startups is a new program to support early-stage startups that are building the next generation of data solutions for IT and Security. Resources Nick's Blog Post Press Release If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life po…
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How the All-In Comprehensive Design Fits Into the Cribl Stream Reference Architecture
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20:50In this livestream, Ahmed Kira and I provided more details about the Cribl Stream Reference Architecture, which is designed to help observability admins achieve faster and more valuable stream deployment. We explained the guidelines for deploying the comprehensive reference architecture to meet the needs of large customers with diverse, high-volume…
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How SpyCloud Architected Its Cribl Stream Deployment
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32:12In this livestream, I talked to Ryan Saunders - Manager of Security Operations at SpyCloud, about how he used the Cribl Reference Architecture to build a scalable deployment. He explained how this approach enabled SpyCloud to grow alongside its evolving needs without requiring significant rework. The reference architecture also facilitated a repeat…
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In this Livestream conversation, I spoke with John Alves from CyberOne Security about the struggles teams face in modernizing a SIEM, controlling costs, and extracting optimal value from their systems. We delve into the issues around single system-of-analysis solutions that attempt to solve detection and analytics use cases within the same tool. We…
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Solving Data Challenges with Adam Hogan from CrowdStrike
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23:47In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast which was recorded after our announcement earlier this year, Adam Hogan from CrowdStrike joins the show to talk about the current challenges customers have with their data and the potential solutions. Resources Future-Proof Your Observability Strategy With CrowdStrike and Cribl Cribl Wins 2023 CrowdStrike …
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Hackers Aren’t Hacking Into Your Network -- They’re Just Logging In
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17:50In this episode of Cybersecurity Awareness Month-themed episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker and Jackie McGuire talk about the state of cybersecurity, "the people problem, and why hackers aren’t hacking into your network -- they’re just logging in. Resources Security Teams Are Struggling, and Cribl Is Here to Help If you want to autom…
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Unpacking the Hype: Navigating the Complexities of Advanced Data Analytics in Cybersecurity
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25:39The cybersecurity industry is experiencing an explosion of innovative tools designed to tackle complex security challenges. However, the hype surrounding these tools has outpaced their actual capabilities, leading many teams to struggle with complexity and extracting value from their investment. In this conversation with Optiv's Randy Lariar, we ex…
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The Gartner Hype Cycle for Observability and Monitoring
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22:24In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker comes back on the show to talk about the recently released Gartner Hype Cycle for Observability and Monitoring. Resources What is observability? Hype Cycle for Monitoring and Observability, 2023 If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe on …
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Reference Architecture Series: Scaling Syslog
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33:06In this live stream, Cribl’s Ed Bailey and Ahmed Kira go into more detail about the Cribl Stream Reference Architecture, with a focus on scaling syslog. They share a few use cases, some guidelines for handling high-volume UDP and TCP syslog traffic, and talk about the pros and cons of some of the different approaches to tackling this challenge.…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker joins the show to dive into an emerging buzzword in the IT and security industries: Telemetry pipelines. Nick explains what it is, why it's important, and why it's becoming popular in 2023. Resources Telemetry 101 If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, yo…
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Cribl and Exabeam Aim to Accelerate Technology Adoption for Customers
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25:06In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Cribl's Desi Gavis-Hughson and Exabeam's Chris Stewart join the show to talk about the big news out of Black Hat 2023: Cribl and Exabeam's strategic partnership! Resources Press Release Blog Cribl's solutions with Exabeam If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can s…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Tankersley joins the show to talk in-depth about the upgraded authorization support released in Cribl's 4.2 release. Cribl’s new authorization support enhances security by giving you control over who has permissions and privileges to access Cribl products, capabilities, and resources. This ensures us…
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What's New With Cribl Stream, Edge, and Search? - Summer Launch
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38:00In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Perry Correll and Nick Tankersley join the show to talk about all the latest enhancements coming to Cribl Stream, Cribl Edge, and Cribl Search! Resources Turning Up the Heat: Cribl’s Summer Product Launch If you want to automatically get every episode of the Stream Life podcast, you can subscribe on your …
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In this live stream, Cjapi's James Curtis joins Ed Bailey to discuss the challenges of building a distributed global security team. Talent is hard to find, and companies are hiring from all over the world to build the best teams possible, but this trend has a price. Traditional management processes don’t always transfer over to remote management — …
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The Top 4 Trends Defining Observability in 2023
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21:12In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker comes on the show to look at the major trends defining the observability market in 2023 Resources Learn more about CriblCon Register for CriblCon When Stream Meets Lake: Cribl’s Integration With Amazon Security Lake Helps Customers Address Data Interoperability If you want to automatically …
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Join Cribl's Ed Bailey and Jackie McGuire as they discuss the harmful effects of data debt on observability and security teams. Data debt is a pervasive problem that increases costs and produces poor results across observability and security. Simply put, garbage in equals garbage out. Ed and Jackie will delve into what data debt is and how to solve…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, I chat with Mike Dupuis about CriblCon! At Cribl, we understand there is power in getting together IN PERSON to share ideas, best practices, and swap battle stories with friends new and old. That’s what CriblCon, on July 17th, at the Mirage in Las Vegas, is all about. We’re bringing together a group of re…
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Industry Experts Discuss Cybersecurity Trends and a New Fund to Shape the Future
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30:56In this live stream discussion, angel investor Ross Haleliuk joins Cribl's Ed Bailey to make a big announcement about his new fund to shape the future of the cybersecurity industry. Ross is a big believer in focusing on the security practitioner to provide practical solutions to common issues by making early investments in companies that will promo…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, I chat with Lisa Nielsen, Cribl's SVP of People, about Cribl's recent Recharge Day. Listen to the show to learn more about our culture, open roles, and why we implemented a bi-annual recharge day. Resources Cribl's Inaugural Recharge Day: Giving our Goats a ‘Treat Yo' Self’ Day Cribl's open roles If you w…
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It's Time to Assess the Potential Dangers of an Increasingly Connected World
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19:18In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Bradley Chambers chats with Cribl's Jackie Maguire about the need for a stable infrastructure to protect against the crippling effects of cyber attacks. With the world becoming more interconnected, the stakes have never been higher. From power grids to financial systems, the consequences of a cyber attack…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Bradley Chambers chats with Zac Kilpatrick and Ange Salerno about some exciting announcements to Cribl's partner program. Today, we've officially relaunched the program by adding an MSSP and Professional Services Specialization, deal and revenue protection, and marketing tools & resources. Additionally, w…
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The Critical Role of Data in Cybersecurity: Why Incomplete Data Weakens Your Overall Program
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40:23In this live stream, Cribl's Ed Bailey and CDW's Brenden Morgenthaler discuss a foundational issue with many security programs — having the right data to detect issues and make fast decisions. Data drives every facet of security, so bad or incomplete data weakens your overall program. Watch the video or continue reading below to learn about these i…
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Exploring Platform Engineering: Impacts on Observability and Security
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32:21In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, I chat with Luca Galante from Humanitec about platform engineering and its impact on observability and security. Platform engineering involves creating and developing toolchains and workflows that facilitate self-service functionalities for software engineering organizations in the era of cloud-native com…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Bradley Chambers chats with Tony Reinke about the brand new Cribl Curious platform. The relaunch of Cribl Curious offers exciting features such as user groups, digital badges, and a more reliable platform for continuous improvement Resources The NEW Cribl Curious Join the Cribl Community Join us at CriblC…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Bradley Chambers chats with David Cavuto (Director of Product Management for Cribl Search) and Gayathri Pandyaram (Director of Product Management for Cribl Stream) about Cribl's big spring release which includes Cribl Stream 4.1, Cribl Edge 4.1, Cribl Search 4.1, and some significant enhancements to Cribl…
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Introducing the Cribl Stream Reference Architecture
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42:26In this live stream discussion, Eugene Katz and I explain the importance of a quality reference architecture in successful software deployment and guide viewers on how to begin with the Cribl Stream Reference Architecture. They help users establish end-state goals, share different use cases, and help data administrators identify which parts of the …
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker and I chat about the concept of a supercloud. The supercloud concept promises fewer accidental architectures and more cohesive cloud deployments with better manageability. Delivering on this vision requires a mix of vendor-agnostic tooling for performance monitoring and securing data. Resou…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker chats with Michael Hausenblas about the role of OpenTelemetry. OpenTelemetry is designed to be a vendor-neutral and language-agnostic platform, making it possible for developers to instrument their applications in any language and with any cloud provider or observability tool. OpenTelemetry…
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Securing the Future: Navigating the Top Cybersecurity Investments of 2023
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29:34In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker and I explore the latest survey data on cybersecurity investments in the IT and security industry. With 95% of budget owners expecting to increase their investments in cybersecurity, we'll delve into the top projects including buying pre-built solutions, investing in automation, and acceler…
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The Future of Tech: Exploring AI/ML and ChatGPT
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41:45You don't often see real change, but when you do see it you know it. Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning toolsets like ChatGPT are finally starting to offer broad capabilities that will benefit a mass audience. These tools are moving out of the domain of data scientists and math nerds and into mass markets with a little bit for everyone. The p…
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Single Vendor vs Best of Breed Technology Solutions
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37:55The debate between single vendor solutions and best of breed approaches has been ongoing for decades in the technology industry. Engineers have always sought out options and choice, and this has led to a shift in the dominance of large vendors in each stage of technological development. In this episode of The Stream Life podcast, Ed Bailey and Nick…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Ed Bailey comes back on the show to talk about his latest blog. We dive into the world of data routing - a critical but often overlooked aspect of data management. From small startups to large enterprises, data routing can be a challenging task. Join us as we explore the importance of having a robust data…
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In this episode of The Stream Life Podcast, Kam Amir joins the show to discuss the big news out of AWS re:Invent: Amazon Security Lake. “As data volumes continue to skyrocket and enterprises use more and more security and observability tools, the need for standardization is clear,” said Cribl Co-Founder and CEO Clint Sharp. “With Cribl Stream, ente…
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