Banking & finance 2024

Network-wide ATM log analytics

Turning ATM Electronic Journal logs from several gateways into a single operational view.

Network-wide ATM log analytics

This is an illustrative case study written to show our approach and the kind of outcomes such work targets. It does not describe a specific named client engagement.

Project overview

A bank's ATM estate generates Electronic Journal logs through several gateways. Operations and investigation teams work with raw files.

Business challenge

Troubleshooting means searching large log files. Recurring faults across machines are hard to see. Investigations need context that is slow to reconstruct.

Solution delivered

A log analytics platform that ingests EJ logs from all gateways, normalises them, highlights anomalies and recurring issues, and provides dashboards, historical search and reports.

Implementation approach

How it was delivered

The work begins with understanding log formats and the questions operations teams need answered.

1

Understand the logs

Review gateway log formats and operational questions.

2

Ingest and normalise

Bring logs into one consistent store.

3

Analyse

Identify anomalies and recurring issues.

4

Report

Deliver dashboards and operational reports.

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Business benefits

What this kind of work delivers

Visibility

Network-wide view

See the whole estate at once.

Speed

Faster troubleshooting

Less time spent searching raw logs.

Insight

Fewer repeat faults

Recurring issues surface for root-cause work.

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