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Logging & Alerting Failures

Security Monitoring & Incident Detection

Observability

What are Logging & Alerting Failures?

Without proper logging and monitoring, breaches cannot be detected. Attackers rely on the lack of monitoring to maintain persistence. Most breach studies show detection time exceeds 200 days, often by external parties.

Security MonitoringIncident ResponseAudit TrailsSIEM

The Cost of Poor Logging

277
Days average breach detection time
$4.88M
Average cost of a data breach (2024)
67%
Breaches discovered by external parties

Insufficient Logging

Critical events not recorded

No Alerting

Suspicious activity goes unnoticed

Log Injection

Attackers manipulate log entries

No Centralization

Logs scattered across systems

Missing Context

Logs lack actionable details

No Retention

Evidence deleted before investigation

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