Question
A medium-sized business collects and analyzes all security-related logs from various sources, including web servers and payment processing systems, to detect and respond to security incidents in real time.
By implementing centralized logging, the organization hopes to enhance its ability to prevent and mitigate cyber-attacks, as well as comply with regulatory requirements.
Which of the following statements accurately describe the role of centralized logging in cyber security operations?
answer
Centralized logging only benefits large organizations with complex security needs.
Centralized logging allows security personnel to track and analyze system activity, detect potential security incidents, and respond quickly to threats.
Centralized logging provides a way for attackers to bypass security measures and access sensitive information.
Centralized logging makes it difficult for security personnel to monitor system activity.
By implementing centralized logging, the organization hopes to enhance its ability to prevent and mitigate cyber-attacks, as well as comply with regulatory requirements.
Which of the following statements accurately describe the role of centralized logging in cyber security operations?
answer
Centralized logging only benefits large organizations with complex security needs.
Centralized logging allows security personnel to track and analyze system activity, detect potential security incidents, and respond quickly to threats.
Centralized logging provides a way for attackers to bypass security measures and access sensitive information.
Centralized logging makes it difficult for security personnel to monitor system activity.
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Correct answer: Only the second statement is accurate.
- True: "Centralized logging allows security personnel to track and analyze system activity, detect potential security incidents, and respond quickly to threats." Centralized logs aggregate events from diverse systems, enable correlation, faster detection, and streamlined incident response and reporting.
- False: "Centralized logging only benefits large organizations…" — Centralized logging benefits organizations of all sizes; small and medium businesses gain visibility and compliance advantages too.
- False: "Centralized logging provides a way for attackers to bypass security measures…" — Logs do not inherently enable bypass; however, if log storage or access controls are weak, attackers could view or tamper with logs, so logs must be secured (encryption, access controls, integrity controls).
- False: "Centralized logging makes it difficult for security personnel to monitor system activity." — It generally simplifies monitoring by providing a single place to search, correlate, and alert on events.
- True: "Centralized logging allows security personnel to track and analyze system activity, detect potential security incidents, and respond quickly to threats." Centralized logs aggregate events from diverse systems, enable correlation, faster detection, and streamlined incident response and reporting.
- False: "Centralized logging only benefits large organizations…" — Centralized logging benefits organizations of all sizes; small and medium businesses gain visibility and compliance advantages too.
- False: "Centralized logging provides a way for attackers to bypass security measures…" — Logs do not inherently enable bypass; however, if log storage or access controls are weak, attackers could view or tamper with logs, so logs must be secured (encryption, access controls, integrity controls).
- False: "Centralized logging makes it difficult for security personnel to monitor system activity." — It generally simplifies monitoring by providing a single place to search, correlate, and alert on events.