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Network logs and compliance

Network logs and compliance

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Network logs and compliance

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- [Instructor] Organizations these days are facing increasing pressure for complying with a growing number of rules and regulations which require network forensics as part of their incident response mandates. Sarbanes-Oxley or Sox, Payment Card Industry-Data Security Standard or PCI-DSS, Federal Information Security Management Act or FISMA, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPPA are some of the legal and industry compliance requirements. Logs contain traces of illicit activities which act as evidence necessary for for building a convincing case in a network forensics investigation. Therefore, there is a strong correlation between network logs and compliance. Many of the existing rules and regulations require logging as one of the mandatory security controls. The term control here refers to a countermeasure against a cybersecurity attack. Network logs are a high priority among security control options because that's often all we have to piece together what…

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