Logging and Log Management
The Authoritative Guide to Understanding the Concepts Surrounding Logging and Log Management
By- Anton Chuvakin, Ph.D., Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY., is a recognized security expert in the field of log management and PCI DSS compliance.
- Kevin Schmidt, is a team lead and senior software developer at SecureWorks, Inc.
- Chris Phillips, Christopher Phillips is a manager and senior software developer at Dell SecureWorks, Inc.
Effectively analyzing large volumes of diverse logs can pose many challenges. Logging and Log Management helps to simplify this complex process using practical guidance and real-world examples. Packed with information you need to know for system, network and security logging. Log management and log analysis methods are covered in detail, including approaches to creating useful logs on systems and applications, log searching and log review.
Paperback, 460 Pages
Published: November 2012
Imprint: Syngress
ISBN: 978-1-59749-635-3
Reviews
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" 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
Contents
Chapter 1 Logs, Trees, Forest: the Big Picture
Chapter 2 What is a Log?
Chapter 3 Generating Logs
Chapter 4 Log Storage TechnologiesChapter 5 Case study: syslog-ng
Chapter 6 Covert loggingChapter 7 Analysis Goals, Planning and Preparation: What Are We Looking for?
Chapter 8 Simple Analysis TechniquesChapter 9 Filtering, Matching and Correlation
Chapter 10 Statistical AnalysisChapter 11 Log Data Mining
Chapter 12 Reporting and SummarizationChapter 13 Visualizing Log Data
Chapter 14 Logging Laws and Logging MistakesChapter 15 Tools for Log Analysis and Collection
Chapter 16 Log Management Procedures: Escalation, ResponseChapter 17 Attacks against logging systems
Chapter 18 Logging for ProgrammersChapter 19 Logs and Compliance
Chapter 20 Planning Your Own Log Analysis SystemChapter 21 Cloud Logging
Chapter 22 Log Standard and Future Trends
