Event Logs: Defining Their Purpose in Today's Network Security Environment

The purpose of this research topic is to identify the purpose of the event log in today's network security environment. This topic came about to solve an every day business problem. Simply, there is not enough time in the day to perform all security analyst tasks and adequately monitor all network security devices. However, expectations were that monitoring all components of network security is essential. It's the way things had been done and anything short of that may render a device or component of network security as 'insecure'.