Data logging, and by extension, logging events have become essential to enterprise-level IT operations in order to provide security and performance monitoring of business operations. However, with the large volume of logs being collected, there is cause for concern that companies are not only collecting too many logs, but also that they are neglecting to collect the very logs that would be most useful for monitoring security-related events. Ironically, many adhere to the notion that the more events collected, the better.