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Say When - Trusting Log Timestamps

2008-03-23 04:05:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Am I a leading visionary in the field of 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...
 
Tags: logs, windows event logs, syslog files, syslog, define logs, syslog-ng, system logs, syslog daemon, time
 
 
 
 
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Presentation: "Choosing Your Log Management Approach: Buy, Build or Outsource"

2008-02-01 13:23:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
As I mentioned , I am releasing one more of my presentations: " Choosing Your Log Management Approach: Buy, Build or Outsource. " It was given at SANS Lunch and Learn a few times in 2007 and was always immensely popular (we run out of lunches once The topic: how to choose build vs buy vs outsource for log management , what are the critical...
 
Tags: log management, log management approach, log management system, outsource, sans lunch, immensely popular, critical issues, fun, choose
 
 
 
 
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OMG, Log Management TLR

2008-02-29 09:09:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
OMG, OMG, OMG! :-) This will be an event of the century (... at least until the next one Log Management Thought Leadership Roundtable Webcast " will features such log management / SIEM personalities as Hugh Njemanze, Anton Chuvakin , Chris Petersen and Mehlam Shakir, discussing what is and will be the coolest things in log management Date:...
 
Tags: log management, omg, anton chuvakin, leadership roundtable webcast, chuvakin, siem personalities, march 5th, 2pm est, 11am pst
 
 
 
 
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REALLY Cool Presentation: "Grand Challenges" of Log Management

2008-10-08 16:57:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
If you are into logs and, especially, into tools that deal with logs, read this . This is my attempt to summarize everything that is challenging about log processing and analysis into one presentation, '"Grand Challenges" of Log Management.' Logs are fun, but they are also painful to deal with, and there are plenty of things that we need to...
 
Tags: log management, log, presentation, grand challenges, view slideshare presentation, logs, deal, plenty, fun
 
 
 
 
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Poll #7: What tools do you use for Windows Event Log collection?

2008-03-07 12:50:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
My next fun logging poll is here - please vote! It is about tools for centralized collection of Windows Event Log from servers and other systems. One of the somewhat surprising discoveries from my previous poll was that few people look at Windows logs; this poll drills down into it UPDATE : just looked at the results collected so far , and I...
 
Tags: poll, poll drills, logs, windows logs, collect logs, collect, previous poll, analysis, windows event log
 
 
 
 
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Log and event management appliances improve compliance, security, operations

2008-03-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473394 in Network World on Security
 
Log and event management is now a requirement for organizations that need to monitor security and IT policy enforcement, document compliance, and achieve IT operations excellence without increasing head count. However, current approaches to log and security event management force customers to purchase and integrate two or more products for each...
 
Tags: event management, log, head count, current approaches, monitor security, policy enforcement, data centers, operations excellence, document compliance
 
 
 
 
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Nice GRC write-up and how it relates to log management initiatives

2008-03-24 13:34:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
 
Anton wrote a nice piece, called " Unified GRC: Replacing a piecemeal response to compliance " for SC Magazine defining GRC and how it fits together with other areas of security and prevention management. The article, as expected, has a major slant toward Log Management, but it is a very good summary that also highlights other key capabilities /...
 
Tags: grc, grc products, software products, software, products, security, log management, log, security vendors
 
 
 
 
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Log Haiku #2

2008-04-23 16:27:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Here is my Log Haiku #2 Something mysterious transpires Where? How Log analysis or bust About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: log haiku, log analysis, mysterious transpires, bust, org, chuvakin
 
 
 
 
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Poll #8 Log Analysis Context

2008-05-05 13:44:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
So, my next poll is up - and it is fun: Which of the types of information below are most useful when trying to make sense of a log entry Vote here Past polls Poll #7 " What tools do you use for Windows Event Log collection? " ( analysis Poll #6 "Which logs do you LOOK at?" ( analysis Poll #5 " What are your top challenges with logs? " (...
 
Tags: poll, analysis, collect logs, collect, logs, log entry, top challenges, past polls, types