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SIEM Integration for SSH Gateways: Stream Every Session to Your SOC

Ezeelogin forwards SSH gateway activity — logins, sessions, commands, file transfers — to Splunk or any Syslog-based SIEM in real time. One feed, full visibility, zero blind spots.
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Self-hosted. Works with Splunk & standard Syslog.

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SSH sessions logged

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Event forwarding latency

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SIEM platforms supported

Why it matters

Why SIEM Integration Matters for SSH Security

Ezeelogin already strengthens SSH access by centralizing control, enforcing multi-factor authentication, and recording every session. SIEM integration takes that a step further — delivering those logs straight to your Security Operations Center, so real-time monitoring, audit trails, and incident response run on data you already trust.
  • Real-time forwarding — no batch delays
  • No changes to your existing SIEM rules or dashboards
  • Structured, parseable event format out of the box
Key Benefits

Key Benefits of SIEM Integration for SSH Access

Ezeelogin’s gateway is already the single choke point for SSH access — SIEM integration just gives your SOC a live window into it.

Centralized Security Visibility

A unified view of all SSH gateway activity across your entire server infrastructure, in one feed.

Real-Time Monitoring & Threat Detection

Immediate alerts and anomaly detection the moment suspicious activity hits the gateway.

Enhanced Incident Response

Rapid identification and response to security incidents, with the full session trail already in hand.

Compliance & Audit Readiness

Meet regulatory requirements with comprehensive, exportable audit trails your auditors can act on.

Complete User Traceability

Track every user's actions across every connected system — down to the command.

Data Retention & Forensics

Long-term storage and analysis for security investigations, retained on your own infrastructure.

Compatible SIEM Tools

Compatible SIEM Tools: Splunk & Syslog

Ezeelogin is compatible with the leading SIEM platforms — no proprietary format, no lock-in.

S

Splunk

Enterprise SIEM platform. Forward gateway logs directly into your existing Splunk indexes.

HTTP Event Collector

L

Syslog

Standard logging protocol. Send events to any Syslog-compatible collector or SIEM.

RFC 5424

Supported Data & Events

Supported SIEM Data & Event Types

Every category below arrives with the same authentication and session context, so your SOC can correlate it against user identity.

01

SSH Login/Logout Logs

Complete authentication and session management records for every connection.

02

Shell Activity Logs

Every command executed inside a recorded shell session, tied back to the user.

03

Server Activity Logs

Per-server activity records across your entire fleet, not just the gateway itself.

04

File Transfer Logs

SCP/SFTP transfer events, so file movement is never a blind spot in an investigation.

Getting Started

How to Set Up SSH-to-SIEM Log Forwarding

No agents on your production servers. The gateway is the only thing that talks to your SIEM.

01

Enable log forwarding

Turn on SIEM forwarding from the Ezeelogin admin panel — no server-side changes required.

02

Point it at your SIEM

Enter your Splunk HEC endpoint, Logstash input, or Syslog collector address.

03

Choose your event types

Select which categories — logins, shell activity, transfers — should stream out.

04

Watch it arrive live

Events land in your existing dashboards within seconds, ready to alert and correlate on.

How it compares

Ezeelogin SIEM Integration vs. Raw Syslog & No Logging

Most teams patch this together with raw syslog or nothing at all. Here’s what that trade-off actually looks like.
Capability
Ezeelogin + SIEM
Raw server Syslog
No centralized logging
Single feed for the whole fleet
✓
Per-server only
✕
Command-level shell activity
✓
✕
✕
Tied to authenticated user identity
✓
IP/host only
✕
Real-time forwarding
✓
Depends on setup
✕
Works with Splunk & Syslog
✓
Syslog only
✕
Setup effort
Minutes, in-app
Manual, per server
None — no visibility
Why hosting companies choose Ezeelogin

Three risks every hosting company lives with

If any of these keep you up at night, Ezeelogin was built specifically to eliminate them.
THREAT
DETECTION

A login attempt comes in from an unfamiliar IP at 3am

Without SIEM Feed

It sits in a local log file that nobody is watching until someone thinks to check.

Outcome: Investigated after the fact, wasting valuable response time.
With Ezeelogin

The event reaches your SIEM instantly and immediately triggers the alert rule your SOC has already configured.

Outcome: Investigated within minutes, not discovered later.
AUDIT

Your auditor asks for six months of privileged access history

Without SIEM Feed

You're stitching together session logs from dozens of individual servers manually.

Outcome: Audit evidence takes days instead of minutes.
With Ezeelogin

Every login, command, and transfer is indexed in your SIEM and instantly searchable.

Outcome: Audit evidence available with a single query.
INCIDENT
RESPONSE

A server shows signs of compromise

Without SIEM Feed

You log into every server individually to reconstruct what happened across your environment.

Outcome: Root cause takes hours or days to identify.
With Ezeelogin

Correlate gateway logins, commands, and transfers directly with every security event already inside your SIEM.

Outcome: Root cause identified from one unified timeline.
Compliance

SIEM Integration Compliance: PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2 & More

SSH gateway events forwarded to your SIEM slot directly into the audit evidence these frameworks require.

PCI-DSS 3.2

ISO 27001

SOC 2

HIPAA

NIST

GDPR

SOX

FedRAMP

Common questions

SIEM Integration FAQ

Splunk (via HTTP Event Collector) and any collector that accepts standard Syslog (RFC 5424). If your SIEM speaks Syslog, it will work.
No. Only the Ezeelogin gateway forwards events. Your production servers don’t need any additional software installed for SIEM forwarding to work.
Forwarding happens in real time as events occur on the gateway — typically landing in your SIEM within a second, not on a batch schedule
Yes. Login/logout events, shell activity, server activity, and file transfer logs can each be enabled or disabled independently from the admin panel.
No. Session recording continues to work exactly as it does today — SIEM forwarding simply gives your SOC a live copy of the same event stream.
No. Ezeelogin is self-hosted, and log forwarding goes directly from your gateway to the SIEM endpoint you configure — nothing routes through Ezeelogin’s infrastructure.

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