Re: Looking for some event and security log monitoring software

[Brett <cgkades () gmail com>]

Splunk is pretty awesome and free if you have under 500MB of log data a day. It's actually extremely easy to set up and 
use. As mentioned, you can go agentless if it's too much of a hassle to set up the systems. 



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On Jul 10, 2012, at 7:10, Brian Schultz <theconqueror () gmail com> wrote:

> So I recently started a new job at a small-ish hospital and was tasked with setting up something that can audit 
> security logs. It sounds and is pretty vague, but this is for HIPAA compliance. I'm more of an infrastructure guy and 
> haven't had a chance to deal with security much and my only exposure is really through the podcast. I have no idea 
> what products are out there to do these things. The environment here is about 99.99% Windows. I was taking a look at 
> Solarwinds Log and Event Manager which looks pretty good so far, but it also requires an agent to be installed on any 
> machines you want to monitor which can be a hassle. 
>
> Is there anything else that I should be taking a look at? GFI Events Manager or some open-source solution?
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