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Logs Are Everywhere!

Given that I am closely involved in a log management business, I sometimes have these moments that I see logs everywhere. But guess what? Logs are everywhere! From a server under your desk to satellites to shipboard systems to personal electronics to telecom equipment to building control systems - logs are indeed omnipresent.  

And, nowadays, most of these logs are almost never looked at. For example, how often does a typical computer user look at his or her Windows or Linux workstation logs?  I am guessing: when something goes wrong. It is pretty much the same for much of the above logs. And that is how it always was - from the olde times of "The Cuckoo Egg" (and probably even from  the times of the ENIAC) to today.

But - and here is the point! - it is changing now. My natural flow of log management shows us that people start looking at common firewalls and servers before they look at operational logs from, say, an elevator in their building.. However, the time when people will stop ignoring most of the above logs, even the esoteric ones  is definitely coming ...

Yes, I am being somewhat philosophical here at 21,457 ft since this post was written while flying back from  DoD Cybercrime 2007 Conference where I presented on "Six Mistakes of Log Management."

Posted January 28, 2007 in | Permalink

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