Expect the unexpected: The importance of audit logging

Planning and policies are essential to good security, but it’s also important to expect the unexpected whenever humans and computers mix. Having a log of user activities can help you deal with those unforeseen circumstances.

In our previous posts in this series, we talked about verifying people’s identities with authentication, and then using authorization and access control to enforce access policies. In this post we’ll talk about audit logging, and how it can help you track and identify security violations, performance problems, and flaws in applications.

Expect the unexpected: The importance of audit logging