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.
1. Cover image 2. Title page 3. Table of Contents 4. Copyright 5. Acknowledgments 6. About the Authors 7. About the Technical Editor 8. Foreword 9. Preface 10. Chapter 1. Logs, Trees, Forest: The Big Picture 11. Chapter 2. What is a Log? 12. Chapter 3. Log Data Sources 13. Chapter 4. Log Storage Technologies 14. Chapter 5. syslog-ng Case Study 15. Chapter 6. Covert Logging 16. Chapter 7. Analysis Goals, Planning, and Preparation: What Are We Looking for? 17. Chapter 8. Simple Analysis Techniques 18. Chapter 9. Filtering, Normalization, and Correlation 19. Chapter 10. Statistical Analysis 20. Chapter 11. Log Data Mining 21. Chapter 12. Reporting and Summarization 22. Chapter 13. Visualizing Log Data 23. Chapter 14. Logging Laws and Logging Mistakes 24. Chapter 15. Tools for Log Analysis and Collection 25. Chapter 16. Log Management Procedures: Log Review, Response, and Escalation 26. Chapter 17. Attacks Against Logging Systems 27. Chapter 18. Logging for Programmers 28. Chapter 19. Logs and Compliance 29. Chapter 20. Planning Your Own Log Analysis System 30. Chapter 21. Cloud Logging 31. Chapter 22. Log Standards and Future Trends 32. Index
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.
1. Cover image 2. Title page 3. Table of Contents 4. Copyright 5. Acknowledgments 6. About the Authors 7. About the Technical Editor 8. Foreword 9. Preface 10. Chapter 1. Logs, Trees, Forest: The Big Picture 11. Chapter 2. What is a Log? 12. Chapter 3. Log Data Sources 13. Chapter 4. Log Storage Technologies 14. Chapter 5. syslog-ng Case Study 15. Chapter 6. Covert Logging 16. Chapter 7. Analysis Goals, Planning, and Preparation: What Are We Looking for? 17. Chapter 8. Simple Analysis Techniques 18. Chapter 9. Filtering, Normalization, and Correlation 19. Chapter 10. Statistical Analysis 20. Chapter 11. Log Data Mining 21. Chapter 12. Reporting and Summarization 22. Chapter 13. Visualizing Log Data 23. Chapter 14. Logging Laws and Logging Mistakes 24. Chapter 15. Tools for Log Analysis and Collection 25. Chapter 16. Log Management Procedures: Log Review, Response, and Escalation 26. Chapter 17. Attacks Against Logging Systems 27. Chapter 18. Logging for Programmers 28. Chapter 19. Logs and Compliance 29. Chapter 20. Planning Your Own Log Analysis System 30. Chapter 21. Cloud Logging 31. Chapter 22. Log Standards and Future Trends 32. Index
