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Report: IT shops lax about logging If a new report from the SANS Institute is any indication, enterprises are jeopardizing security by taking a sloppy approach to log keeping. As a result, the report recommends some companies abandon home-grown logging systems in favor of commercial tools or simply outsource the task.

With its 1.3 billion people and 13.65 trillion yuan (approximately $1.65 trillion U.S.) in 2004 GDP, it is no wonder every U.S. company wants to get into the Chinese market. Although most companies are entering China to utilize its cheap labor for high-tech development, such as software development or electronic manufacturing, many companies are also [...]

My article on Computerworld: Know Your Options

The SANS Institute Analyst White Paper: The Log Management Industry – An Untapped Market The SANS Institute uncovers and defines the growing importance of proper log management, including real-world issues facing the IT community around best practices of log management, traditional approaches vs. new high-performance commercial solutions and the capturing of all log data messages [...]

SECURITY tools tapped for compliance

Enterprises will spend $330 million on security event management (SEM) solutions this year and will spend $800 million on the technology by 2008, according to research firm Yankee Group. SEM Market

My article on Five tips for building log management infrastructures is now posted on Computerworld.

Five mistakes of incident response Anton Chuvakin of netForensics cites examples of where companies go wrong after they’ve been targets of computer attacks.

Another Look at Log Files The ideal log analysis tool would alert you to unauthorized or unusual activity. But how does a computer know what’s unauthorized or unusual?