Accounting Flashcards
Security measure that ensures all user activities during a communication or
transaction are properly tracked and recorded
Accounting
Provides a chronological record of all user activities that can be used to
trace changes, unauthorized access, or anomalies back to a source or
point in time
Audit Trail
Maintains a comprehensive record of all users’ activities
Maintain regulatory compliance
Uses detailed accounting and event logs that can help cybersecurity
experts understand what happened, how it happened, and how to
prevent similar incidents from occurring again
Conduct forensic analysis
Organizations can optimize system performance and minimize costs by
tracking resource utilization and allocation decisions
Perform resource optimization
Thorough accounting system ensures users’ actions are monitored and
logged , deterring potential misuse and promoting adherence to the
organization’s policies
Achieve user accountability
Syslog Servers, Network Analysis Tools, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Systems
Used to perform accounting
Used to aggregate logs from various network devices and systems so that
system administrators can analyze them to detect patterns or anomalies
in the organization’s systems
Syslog Servers
Used to capture and analyze network traffic so that network
administrators can gain detailed insights into all the data moving within a
network
Network Analysis Tools
Provides us with a real-time analysis of security alerts generated by
various hardware and software infrastructure in an organization
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Systems