Telemetry Glossary

Browse 10 telemetry terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

10 Telemetry Terms

Endpoint Agent
A software component installed on a device to collect telemetry, enforce policy, or support security capabilities such as EDR, antivirus, or compliance checks....
Endpoint Monitoring
The continuous collection and review of device-level events such as process launches, file changes, network connections, and user activity for security...
Log Collector
A service or agent that gathers logs from endpoints, applications, network devices, or cloud platforms and forwards them to centralized storage or analysis...
Log Format
The structure and syntax used to record log entries, including field order, timestamp style, identifiers, and message content. Consistent log formats are...
Log Pipeline
The end-to-end path through which logs are generated, collected, transformed, filtered, enriched, stored, and searched. Security teams care about the log...
Log Source
A system, service, device, or application that produces logs consumed by security and operations teams. Knowing each log source and its coverage is essential...
Monitoring Agent
A software component installed on a system to collect telemetry, health metrics, logs, or security-relevant events and send them to a central platform....
Network Telemetry
Operational and security data collected from networks, such as flow records, packet data, DNS logs, connection metadata, and device events. Network telemetry...
Observability Security
The protection of logs, traces, metrics, dashboards, and observability pipelines so they do not leak secrets, accept tampered data, or become a high-value...
XDR
Extended detection and response, an approach that correlates telemetry across endpoints, email, identity, and network tools. It shows up in application...

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