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Growing Dependence on Log Data for Compliance and Threat Response

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According to a recent customer survey by enterprise software developer SenSage, the obscure form of computer information known as log data is now playing a vital role in protecting companies from security threats and improving their audit and compliance postures.

Seventy-five percent of the senior IT management and network administration staff who responded to the SenSage survey stated that they checked their log data on a daily basis. Ninety percent of the participants, who represent diverse industries including healthcare, insurance, telecommunications and financial services, noted that they have used log data analysis in the past year to investigate a security breach.

"With all the excitement around the Web 2.0 craze, log data is definitely the unsung hero of the IT world," said Ed Chopskie, vice president of marketing for SenSage. "IT staffs largely ignore it unless something goes wrong. In the past, trying to use log data to prove a process was sound or to reconstruct what happened when an IT process failed or was breached was very cumbersome and time consuming. Today, tools like SenSage's software have streamlined the process and have given harried IT staffs an efficient way to quickly respond to increasing regulatory and audit demands and new security threats."

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