Log Management and SIEM Basics

What is Log Management? (SIEM Explained) (Day 23/30) A user reports a problem

that happened yesterday at 2:30 PM. Your dashboard only shows real-time data.

How do you look back in time? You need to be collecting logs. Logs are the text

files that every device creates, an event-by-event diary of everything it does.

Log management is the process of collecting all these logs from all your devices—firewalls, servers,

switches—and sending them to one central place, often called a SIEM. This central system

lets you search all your logs at once. You can search for a username,

an IP address, or an error message, and see the full story. Logs let you travel