Logs, audit logs, and security events are must-have components of a secure system, which help to monitor ongoing behaviour and provide forensic evidence in case of an incident. Let’s cut through complexity. In this article, we cover cryptographically signed audit logging, aka “secure logging”, when logs are generated in a certain way which prevents tampering messages, removing, adding or changing the order of log entries. We explain why signed logs are essential for security software, h...
