Logging and Log Management

Description

Effectively analyzing large volumes of diverse logs can pose many challenges, such as huge log-volumes, Logging and Log Management helps to simplify this necessary but complex process. Everything you need to know about system, network and security logging as well as about dealing with logs including log management and log analysis. From approaches to creating useful logs on systems and applications to log analysis, log searching and log review.

* Comprehensive coverage of log management including analysis, visualization, reporting and more

* Discover different uses for logs -- from system operations to regulatory compliance

* Includes Case Studies including one on building your own Log Analysis System

CONTENTS:

Part I Background

Chapter 1 Logs, Trees, Forest: the Big Picture

Chapter 2 What is a Log

Chapter 3 What is Log Analysis

Part II Logging Infrastructure

Chapter 4 Generating Logs

Chapter 5 Centralized logging

Chapter 6 TBA Log Retention

Chapter 7 Case study: syslog-ng

Chapter 8 Covert logging

Part III Log Analysis

Chapter 9 Analysis Goals, Planning and Preparation: What Are We Looking for?

Chapter 10 Data Preparation

Chapter 11 Simple Analysis Techniques

Chapter 12 Filtering, Matching and Correlation

Chapter 13 Statistical Analysis

Chapter 14 Data Discovery (Mining)

Chapter 15 Reporting and Summarization

Chapter 16 Visualization

Chapter 17 Laws of Logs and Common mistakes in log analysis

Chapter 18 Common Log Tools

Chapter 19 Log Management Procedures: Escalation, Response

Part IV

Chapter 20 Attacks against logging systems

Chapter 21 Logging for Programmers

Chapter 22 Logs and laws

Chapter 23 Case Study: Build you own Log Analysis System

Chapter 24 Cloud Logging

Chapter 25 Log Standard and Future Trends

Part V Appendices

Appendix A Configuring Common Devices for Logging

 Appendix B Log Analysis FAQs for various users