Lazo Lab Sign up

Defensive Security (Blue Team) / Detection

Lesson 17 of 32

Logs are evidence

Logs record what happened: logins, commands, connections, errors. Without them you can't tell whether you were attacked or what was taken.

Key points

  • Collect logs centrally
  • Keep them long enough
  • Sync clocks with NTP so times line up
Watch a video on thisOpens YouTube search results for “Logs are evidence” in a new tab

Quiz · +10 XP

Why sync all servers' clocks?

Log in to save progress and earn XP.