Yes! OpenTelemetry is a Critical Part of Securing Your Systems

Michael Bogan
Level Up Coding
Published in
7 min readJul 25, 2023

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OpenTelemetry (OTel) is an open-source standard used in the collection, instrumentation, and export of telemetry data from distributed systems. As a framework widely adopted by SRE teams and security teams, OTel is more than just one nice-to-have tool among many; it is critical.

In this post, we’ll explore the role that OTel plays in system security. We’ll look at how telemetry data is used to secure systems along with how OTel securely handles telemetry data. Then, we’ll consider concrete practices — basic and advanced —…

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25 years of startups, products, and software architecture. Currently run DevSpotlight — tech content for tech companies. michael@devspotlight.com.