Regulations are requiring organizations to collect, store and–perhaps most challenging–review and act on log data, on an unprecedented scale. In the past, your network admins probably plowed through logs to track down device issues, and they helped your incident response teams get to the heart of a suspected breach or other serious issue. PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, SOX and other regs have changed this dramatically. Log management now presents enormous challenges, from the Fortune 500 company to the small retail chain to the regional hospital.
Automated log management products (and managed services) can provide considerable relief. Let's examine log management's challenges and how these tools can help your organization cut them down to size.
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