Introduction
Published: December 20, 2022
Updated: December 23, 2022
Event logs can help you spot and troubleshoot security events so you can protect your systems and data. However, log records can be hard to read, and logs so noisy that you often have to sift through pages of events to identify critical events and potential threats.
Read on to learn more about audit logs, log analysis and log auditing software.
What is an audit log?
An audit log is a ledger of changes and events in IT systems. Many applications, services, operating systems and network devices generate event logs; examples include Microsoft Windows event logs and Syslog. IT managers and administrators use audit logs to spot suspicious activity and investigate incidents.
The format of log data can vary significantly between sources, but logs generally capture events by recording:
The time when the event occurred
Details about what happened and where
Information about which user caused the event
Details about the system’s reaction, including messages such as “Audit Failure”, “Request accepted” or “Access denied”. Continue to read on netwrix.com