Importance Of Event Log Management

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Event log management and server management tools are widely used for an enterprise level security monitoring and administration. These tools offer solutions for data collection and event log analysis so that organizations get adequate response to potential security threats. With effective log management, it is possible to safeguard enterprise assets (logical and physical) and secure a network. Information gathered from security events, application servers, firewalls and routers help in proper analysis and understand the network behavior. Server management and log management techniques therefore provide a general idea of network security performance.

Since a large amount of data is generated from a network in the form of events, it becomes imperative to implement efficient management techniques. Event log manager tools help in this respect by offering solutions for rapid log collection, log correlation and analysis. The major functionalities that event log manager tools offer are as follows:

1 . Separates critical events from normal traffic.
2 . Generates unambiguous reports for administrators to understand ...
... the event status and cause so as to take appropriate measures.
3 . Helps in documenting the reports and analysis data to reflect on security practices and meet regulatory compliances.

To meet all these requirements, a sever management or log management solution has to support the changing network topologies. Data processing speed of such systems must be high enough for quick analysis along with the ability to retain the events for a longer duration. In addition to this, the capability of collecting and transferring bulk of event log files without consuming much of the network bandwidth must be present in a reliable event log management system.

An ideal event log management service helps in log collection from a centralized platform and streamlines the events. Data collected from all over the network through logged events are stored in a database and information gathered from it is aggregated. The information thus collected gives details of security incidents at an enterprise level. This in turn gives administrators an insight view of the security system and policies and helps in understanding them in real time situations.

Effective event log manager tools offer a consolidated database which helps in event analysis, documentation and reporting. Moreover, with such tools redundancy of data can also be eliminated, which tend to impact the security infrastructure. Therefore, it can be summed up that proper event log management systems help in security analysis in the following ways:

1 . Makes security operations more reliable.
2 . Aggregates critical information for faster security analysis.

Lepide Event Log Manager has been developed keeping in mind the above considerations. This event log management software provides optimum log management solution for fortifying network security. Integrated with sophisticated features and functionalities, this tool is apt for gathering event logs from the network and storing the data in a large database. From this database, administrators can view the logs, filter out events, generate reports, save the data and email critical information.

With this tool, it is possible to view event logs of specific domains, groups or computers, segregate event logs on the basis of various parameters (event type, event ID, event source, event date/time, etc.) and process the events in minimum time. Query based event filtration and report generation helps refine the process of event log management. Moreover, since all the information gets collected at a central data store, the retention period of events increases that helps organizations in analysis and meeting compliance standards.

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