Enable effective observability and security operations by delivering enriched, normalized telemetry that supports both operational insights and threat detection. We design telemetry pipelines that feed observability platforms and security tools with exactly the data they need—maximizing signal while controlling volume and cost.
Our Approach
Modern operations and security teams depend on comprehensive, high-quality telemetry—logs, metrics, traces, and events from across the technology stack. However, both observability platforms and security tools are expensive destinations, charging premium rates for ingestion, storage, and processing. Organizations struggle to balance visibility requirements with escalating costs.
We solve this through intelligent telemetry engineering that optimizes for both use cases simultaneously. By implementing sophisticated filtering, enrichment, and routing at the pipeline layer, we ensure each platform receives exactly the data it needs in the right format. Critical operational metrics flow to observability platforms for real-time monitoring, while security-relevant events route to SIEM systems enriched with threat context. Verbose or lower-priority data routes to cost-effective alternatives while remaining accessible for investigation.
Our approach recognizes that observability and security requirements often overlap but have different priorities. We design pipelines that serve both needs efficiently—sharing common enrichment and normalization while enabling targeted filtering and routing for each use case.
What We Deliver
Observability-Optimized Telemetry
Application & Infrastructure Monitoring Telemetry flows optimized for operational observability platforms. We design data pipelines that deliver metrics, logs, and traces to monitoring solutions—Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, Elastic Observability—in formats optimized for each platform while controlling ingestion costs.
Structured Logging & Tracing Implementation of structured logging and distributed tracing pipelines that enable effective troubleshooting and performance analysis. We normalize application logs, instrument distributed traces, and route telemetry to observability platforms while filtering debug-level verbosity from production flows.
Metrics & KPI Dashboards Aggregation and routing strategies for operational metrics that feed dashboards and alerting. We implement metric aggregation at the pipeline layer, reducing cardinality and volume while preserving the visibility needed for operational decision-making.
Performance & Capacity Planning Telemetry flows that support performance analysis and capacity planning. We design pipelines that capture resource utilization, application performance metrics, and system health indicators—routing to observability platforms and long-term storage for trend analysis.
Security-Optimized Telemetry
Threat Detection & SIEM Security-focused telemetry pipelines that feed SIEM platforms with enriched, normalized events. We implement data flows that prioritize security-relevant events—authentication activity, privilege escalations, network anomalies—enriched with threat intelligence context for faster detection and investigation.
Security Event Enrichment Real-time enrichment that adds security context to telemetry. We integrate threat intelligence feeds, GeoIP data, asset inventory, user context, and vulnerability information—transforming raw events into intelligence-rich data that enables effective security operations.
Compliance & Audit Logging Dedicated telemetry flows for compliance and audit requirements. We design pipelines that ensure compliance-relevant events are captured, retained, and accessible according to regulatory requirements—with appropriate retention policies and access controls separate from operational telemetry.
Incident Investigation Support Archival and rehydration strategies that support security investigations. While routine telemetry flows to SIEM platforms in optimized form, full-fidelity data remains accessible in cost-effective archives for deep-dive investigations when incidents require detailed forensic analysis.
Shared Capabilities
Normalization & Parsing Standardization of diverse log formats into consistent schemas. We parse and normalize telemetry from applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, and security tools—enabling both operational correlation and security analysis with consistent data structures.
Intelligent Multi-Tier Routing Routing architecture that directs data to appropriate destinations based on use case and value. High-priority operational metrics flow to real-time observability platforms, critical security events route to SIEM systems, while verbose logs and lower-priority data route to cost-effective alternatives or archives.
Cost Optimization Volume reduction strategies that reduce platform licensing costs for both observability and security tools. We implement filtering, sampling, and aggregation that controls costs while maintaining the visibility and detection capability teams require.
Platform Integration
Observability Platforms
- APM & Monitoring: Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, AppDynamics
- Metrics & Dashboards: Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB, Victoria Metrics
- Log Aggregation: Elastic Stack, Splunk, Loki, CloudWatch Logs
- Distributed Tracing: Jaeger, Zipkin, Tempo, AWS X-Ray
Security Platforms
- SIEM: Splunk Enterprise Security, Elastic Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Chronicle
- SOAR: Automated response integration for security orchestration
- Threat Intelligence: IOC correlation and enrichment feeds
- Cloud Security: AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Center, GCP Security Command Center
Use Cases
Observability:
- Real-time application and infrastructure monitoring
- Performance troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- Capacity planning and trend analysis
- Service level monitoring (SLIs/SLOs)
- DevOps feedback loops and deployment validation
Security:
- Threat detection and SIEM correlation
- Incident investigation and forensic analysis
- Compliance reporting and audit trails
- Insider threat and user behavior analytics
- Cloud security and multi-cloud visibility
- Network security and threat hunting
Benefits
- Cost Optimization: 40-70% reduction in platform licensing costs
- Improved Visibility: Better data quality for both ops and security teams
- Unified Architecture: Single pipeline serving multiple use cases
- Operational Efficiency: Centralized management reduces complexity
- Flexible Routing: Adapt to new platforms without rearchitecting collection