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Getting started with Free Edition

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Overview

Congratulations on choosing Blumira! In a matter of hours—not months—you will begin seeing the security value of deploying Blumira's robust threat detection and improving your organization's security posture.

After logs start flowing to Blumira, our detection rules will automatically identify activity and alert your team.

Note: This article assumes you have completed the procedure in Signing up for Blumira.

Procedure

Required: You must be the account's administrator to perform these steps.

Step Description Procedure
1 Update your organization's information and your personal settings.

After you successfully log in, update your settings:

  1. In the Welcome window, under "What is the name of your organization?", type your organization's name, then click Submit. 
    Note: You can keep the default name "<email address> Sandbox" if you prefer, or update it any time in Settings > Organization > Organization Details.
  2. Click Screenshot_2023-01-09_at_12.11.38_PM.png to open Account Settings.
  3. Type your First Name and Last Name, then click Save.
  4. Click Screenshot_2023-01-09_at_12.11.48_PM.png to open Notification Settings, where you can manage your personal notification information and preferences.
    Reference: Read About user notifications to understand how these settings help you and your team to respond to Blumira findings.
  5. (Optional) Navigate to Settings > Organization > Organization Details, type a short name and/or the web domain for your organization, then click Save.
2 Configure your Cloud Connector.

Complete the relevant integration procedures to begin sending your logs to Blumira. 

3 Verify that logs are reaching Blumira. Verifying that a Cloud Connector integration was successful
4 Build your Blumira response team.

Add your team by completing the procedures in the following articles:

    1. Adding and removing users in your Blumira account
    2. About user notifications

Important: Users cannot self-join the new account. As the account administrator, you must add users within the app, which will send invitation emails to them to access the account.
5 Learn how to use Blumira for your ongoing security needs.

Browse the articles in the following sections to learn about how you can use the Blumira features to respond to threats, analyze your data, and manage the settings for your organization:
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