How We Fix Data Ingestion for Good – Axoflow Workshop at Splunk .conf25

Clean data. Better detection. Less pain.

Did you know Cisco devices alone generate logs in over 100 different formats?
That’s just one example of why data ingestion is still one of the biggest pain points in modern security operations.

Bad log data doesn't just annoy your SOC—it breaks your detections.

• Incorrect sourcetypes, timestamps, and indexing lead to blind spots
  
• Garbage in, garbage out: alerts fail to fire during real incidents
  
• Storing useless, unstructured data wastes both time and budget
  
• If your data is broken, AI will only amplify the noise, not reduce it
  

But here's the good news: Axoflow automatically fixes ingestion, parsing, and pre-processing before it hits your SIEM and becomes a problem.

Our Security Data Intelligence Platform tackles the architectural and operational challenges introduced by decades of syslog misuse and vendor inconsistencies—issues that are being repeated in modern protocols and pipelines.

Don’t Miss Our Workshop:

“Timezones, Tags, and Terrors: How Data Ingestion Problems Kill Threat Detection”

Join Axoflow co-founders Balázs Scheidler, Sándor Guba, and SC4S co-creator Mark Bonsack for an eye-opening session that breaks down why traditional ingestion pipelines fail—and how to fix them with automation.

You'll learn:

• The top Splunk ingestion and parsing errors—and how to spot them
  
• The difference between fixing problems in your SIEM vs. your log pipeline
  
• How Axoflow automagically formats, enriches, and routes data to the right Splunk index
  
  

Tuesday, Sept 9, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

• ‍‍Add to your .conf25 schedule‍
• Read the preview: Getting Firewall Logs into Splunk with Axoflow

Automate Clean, Structured, Actionable Data for Splunk

With Axoflow, you can:

• Eliminate the manual cleanup of raw logs
  
• Define data routing policies at scale to get what you need, where you need it
• Optimize your Splunk instance with clean, correctly tagged, and context-rich data
  

The result? Your SOC analysts can focus on actual threats, not log troubleshooting. Meet our experts to discuss your log and data related problems and learn how you and your team can benefit from better data quality:

• Balazs Scheidler - CEO & Co-founder. A pioneer in security data pipelines and processing, Balázs brings more than 25 years of expertise in log pipelines and data observability. Discover how Axoflow is redefining security data management.
• Sándor Guba – CTO & Co-founder. The creator of the Kubernetes Logging Operator project and a seasoned distributed systems engineer​, Sándor leads Axoflow’s technical vision. He’s ready to talk log pipelines, from open-source roots to cutting-edge innovations.
• Neil Boyd – VP of Sales & Co-founder. Neil helped spearhead syslog-ng’s adoption in North America for 8+ years, tackling large-scale data projects for Fortune 500s. He’s an approachable ally for CISOs, focused on solving data challenges at scale (and saving costs in the process).
• Mark Bonsack – Director of Sales Engineering. A co-creator of Splunk’s popular “SC4S” (Splunk Connect for Syslog) tool used by thousands of organizations, Mark has deep field experience in getting data in. He can demonstrate how Axoflow builds on lessons from SC4S to deliver even more value and simplicity.
• Laurakate Bayman – Director of Sales. With a career spanning enterprise sales and customer success in various markets in security, Laurakate blends technical understanding with being customer-first. From her work driving adoption of syslog-ng to designing success programs for Fortune 500, she helps organizations solve complex data problems and achieve real outcomes.

Visit Axoflow at Splunk .conf25

September 8–11, 2025 | Boston, MA
Talk to our team or join our hands-on session to see how Axoflow can help future-proof your SIEM pipeline.