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Cross-Device-Type Log Management vs Device-Specific Log Management

2008-06-02 14:38:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...logs on a device-specific basis is a cruel joke . What I mean here is when you gather Windows logs in one place, Linux logs in another place, database logs in yet another place; all in different formats, all in different systems not connected to each others, all managed by different people who don't talk to each other (and sometimes hate each...
 
 
 
 
 
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Say When - Trusting Log Timestamps

2008-03-23 04:05:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...log management ? :-) Who cares - I will now pontificate as if I am :-) It is about time: specifically, timing logs. As I said in my Log Trust and Protecting Logs from Admins posts, the issue of trust is critical in the logging world. After all, logs = accountability ; and the latter in unthinkable without trust. If we are to at least pretend...
 
 
 
 
 
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From Apathy to Enlightenment: On A Log!

2008-04-22 13:48:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...log management vendor the other day and he confided to me that his product faces fierce competition in his target market (which is, important to note, small to medium companies with 10-100 systems): and this competition is apathy More specifically, his prospects either just blow him off by saying "pah, who needs this logging crap" or they...
 
 
 
 
 
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Logging Poll #8 Analysis: Needed Log Context

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2008-06-03 08:38:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...log record. Live results are here and final count is also below What can we conclude First , good documentation never hurts :-) - indeed, the most popular information to look for when facing a new log record is documentation on what it means. While some software vendors are great in this regard, many other don't bother documenting their logs...
 
 
 
 
 
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More Log Management Questions - Answered!

2008-05-23 16:04:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...log management came up. I am answering them here for my readers. BTW, LogLogic product-specific questions can be found on LogLogic website ; I am not answering them here Q1: Is a preferred log management program to consolidate the log data and then allow us to review them A1: The answer is "Yes!" for a vast majority of use cases...
 
 
 
 
 
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Logging Poll #9 Analysis: Log Security

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2008-09-05 13:48:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...log security ; I am saying that since this was BY FAR the least popular of my polls . Only 24 people responded, so everything below is pretty unscientific :-) A good way to explain it: look at the recent media ? Do these people care about their key business data and their customer data security? Nope. So, how on Earth do you make them care...
 
 
 
 
 
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Fun TLR Log Management Questions

2008-03-14 12:04:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Log Management Thought Leadership Roundtable Webcast" ( recording , some comments ). Since they would be useful to my readers, I am answering some of them here (questions are anonymous and slightly rewritten for clarity Q1: When you mention "forensics", are you speaking in term of legal forensic terminology - or in terms of incident...
 
 
 
 
 
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Who Benefits from Log Standards? Part II - Application Developers

2007-12-04 17:28:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...log standards following the first: Who Benefits from Log Standards? Part I - Log Management Vendors Just as the previous one , this comes from the still-upcoming CEE whitepaper (yes, official website is still upcoming as well). Here is the quote that covers the benefits of log standards (in this case, CEE Event Producers (vendors & products)...
 
 
 
 
 
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Log Management: Insight From Ancient Times (The 80s, That Is :-))

2008-05-12 17:35:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...log management to our blog ; do check them out, especially if you are the fan of the 80s The Best of the 80s: Log Management for Operations More 80s: Rubik's Cube for Log Operations Fun blurbs from the above In surveys, 70%+ of organizations confess their primary budget for log management still comes from compliance. However, this same...