Logging and Log Management

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

By: Kevin Schmidt, Anton Chuvakin

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Paperback | 29 November 2012 | Edition Number 1

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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

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"The authors provide a way to simplify the complex process of analyzing large quantities of varied logs. The log management and log analysis approaches they recommend are addressed in detail."--Reference and Research Book News, August 2013 ".Anton Chuvakin and his co-authors Kevin Schmidt and Christopher Phillips bring significant real-world experience to the reader and an important book on the topic...For those that want to find the gold in their logs.[it] is a great resource that shows how to maximize the gold that often lays hidden in your large stores of log data."--RSA Conference, December 2012

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Computer Science Computer Security Data Encryption Information Technology General Issue Computer Programming & Software Development Business & Management Management & Management Techniques Management of Specific Areas

Logs, Trees, Forest: the Big Picture
What is a Log?
Generating Logs
Log Storage Technologies
Case study: syslog-ng
Covert logging
Analysis Goals, Planning and Preparation: What Are We Looking for?
Simple Analysis Techniques
Filtering, Matching and Correlation
Statistical Analysis
Log Data Mining
Reporting and Summarization
Visualizing Log Data
Logging Laws and Logging Mistakes
Tools for Log Analysis and Collection
Log Management Procedures: Escalation, Response
Attacks against logging systems
Logging for Programmers
Logs and Compliance
Planning Your Own Log Analysis System
Cloud Logging
Log Standard and Future Trends
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