What are Security Logs? And why are Security Logs important for an organization?
Logs are critical source of information for a number of security operations activities mainly continuous monitoring and incident response (IR). It creates a record of all activities, changes, and transactions that takes place in an information systems and infrastructures of an organization. Security logs therefore track incidents and events specifically related to the security of information systems in the organization. It provides tools to establish an audit trail to conduct through investigation afterwards. Security logs play crucial role in continuously monitoring security posture of an organization.