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Logs & The Law
In the end, a firm's IT systems are only as secure as its employees' intentions and actions. Witness that close to 70 percent of network security incidents at Fortune 500 companies are caused by employee actions -- 30 percent malicious and another 39 percent inadvertent -- according to a 2004 survey by the Ponemon Institute, an Arizona think tank.
This and more appears in a great story in Legal Technology that flags the importance of logs:
The first step toward better data security could be as simple as enabling that feature, clearing storage space on servers for the logs, and having an IT or human resources employee review them on a regular basis. Logs can get very big very quickly in a large firm, but automated security tools, such as those built into Microsoft server software, can be set to flag only unauthorized access. For authorized access, however, having a person look the logs over is the only way to catch suspicious activities, Zawa says.Even if a firm doesn't have the resources to have someone routinely review logs, they provide an essential record if someone is suspected of network tampering. Brian Conlon, CIO at Washington, D.C.-based Howrey, says logs are also useful when data is lost accidentally, because a records administrator can review a log to find out who was the last person to use a missing file.
This is precisely the problem LogLogic solves: 100% collection of log data from 100% of devices - at industry leading speeds of 50,000+ messages per second - with legally valid storage - and alerting and reporting at 'Google-like' speeds.
Posted December 04, 2005 in Compliance | Permalink
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