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

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. 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 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Logs, Trees, Forest: the Big Picture Chapter 2 What is a Log? Chapter 3 Generating Logs Chapter 4 Log Storage Technologies Chapter 5 Case study: syslog-ng Chapter 6 Covert logging Chapter 7 Analysis Goals, Planning and Preparation: What Are We Looking for? Chapter 8 Simple Analysis Techniques Chapter 9 Filtering, Matching and Correlation Chapter 10 Statistical Analysis Chapter 11 Log Data Mining Chapter 12 Reporting and Summarization Chapter 13 Visualizing Log Data Chapter 14 Logging Laws and Logging Mistakes Chapter ?15 Tools for Log Analysis and Collection Chapter 16 Log Management Procedures: Escalation, Response Chapter 17 Attacks against logging systems Chapter 18 Logging for Programmers Chapter 19 Logs and Compliance Chapter 20 Planning Your Own Log Analysis System Chapter 21 Cloud Logging Chapter 22 Log Standard and Future Trends