CISO starter pack

CISO starter pack - Security Policy

The three characteristics your data must possess at all times, as dictated by your IT Security Policy, are: It must be confidential It must be available and It must not have any unauthorized modifications Your log policy will only be as good as the IT Security policy infrastructure behind it. And as much as we love talking about logs, that’s part of a more considerable general discussion about security policies.

CISO starter pack

CISO starter pack - Log collection fundamentals

Log collection is essential to managing an IT department because it allows administrators to research historical events throughout a network. Therefore, it’s critical to understand a few key points about collecting logs; the why, and what. We’ll look at a few specific examples of collecting log events efficiently, like incorporating threat modeling to enhance our collection. Implementing log collection policies and procedures is as fun as watching anti-phishing videos. But at the end of the day, the effort put in at the beginning will be worth it.