Introduction to logging for security purposes
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Laying the groundwork for incident readiness.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Information security
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Laying the groundwork for incident readiness for organisational planning, review and training. NCSC guidance is advisory and should be applied to the organisation's own risks and obligations.
Contents
- Introduction
- Audience
- Steps to Implementation
- Accessing logs
- Using the table
- Host-based logs
- Table 1: External network communications (and host based logging)
- Table 2: Authentication and access
- Table 3: IT asset and configuration information
- Assessing your log sources
- Structuring the system: Centralised versus decentralised logging
- Logging source
- Log transport
- Processing and storage
- Querying and analytics
- Configuring log sources
- Source links
Source and licence
National Cyber Security Centre
AttributionNational Cyber Security Centre, “Introduction to logging for security purposes” (8 July 2018), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesAdapted 16 September 2026: converted the official HTML article into neutral text-only DOCX and PDF editions. Preserved article headings, paragraphs, lists and plain-text source-link destinations; normalized web whitespace and typographic punctuation; omitted site navigation, topic and download cards, images, logos, scripts, styles and page furniture.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026