Event log management: stop security threats by turning your data to detective

Log management is, without a doubt, one of the most boring subjects to set before even the most hardcore of IT admins. Seriously, just the mention of analyzing event logs is enough to send a geek to sleep. Unless, that is, the geek happens to understand that these logs have the power if not always to stop a potential security breach before it starts then certainly to stop it before it succeeds. Think of log management and the alerting capabilities that come attached as being the Agatha Christie of the server room, or perhaps more appropriately the Hercule Poirot: this is where data turns detective!