Logging and Log Management: The Authoritative Guide to

Logging and Log Management: The Authoritative Guide to Understanding the Concepts Surrounding Logging and Log Management
Logging and Log Management: The Authoritative Guide to Understanding the Concepts Surrounding Logging and Log Management introduces information technology professionals to the basic concepts of logging and log management. It provides tools and techniques to analyze log data and detect malicious activity.
The book consists of 22 chapters that cover the basics of log data; log data sources; log storage technologies; a case study on how syslog-ng is deployed in a real environment for log collection; covert logging; planning and preparing for the analysis log data; simple analysis techniques; and tools and techniques for reviewing logs for potential problems. The book also discusses statistical analysis; log data mining; visualizing log data; logging laws and logging mistakes; open source and commercial toolsets for log data collection and analysis; log management procedures; and attacks against logging systems. In addition, the book addresses logging for programmers; logging and compliance with regulations and policies; planning for log analysis system deployment; cloud logging; and the future of log standards, logging, and log analysis.
This book was written for anyone interested in learning more about logging and log management. These include systems administrators, junior security engineers, application developers, and managers.
- Comprehensive coverage of log management including analysis, visualization, reporting and more
- Includes information on different uses for logs -- from system operations to regulatory compliance
- Features case Studies on syslog-ng and actual real-world situations where logs came in handy in incident response
- Provides practical guidance in the areas of report, log analysis system selection, planning a log analysis system and log data normalization and correlation
Country USA
Brand Syngress
Manufacturer Syngress
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2012-12-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781597496353

Country	USA
Brand	Syngress
Manufacturer	Syngress
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2012-12-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781597496353

Logging and Log Management: The Authoritative Guide to Understanding the Concepts Surrounding Logging and Log Management

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