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Security logging and monitoring failures

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Security logging and monitoring failures

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- [Instructor] The ninth item in the 2021 OWASP top 10 is security logging and monitoring failures. OWASP says, "Without logging and monitoring, breaches cannot be detected." When I started my career in this field, I found it somewhat challenging to explain to my friends and family what I do for work. Now, everyone gets it because we see it all the time in mainstream media. Unfortunately, most people have also had their own personal information compromised as the result of a data breach. The ninth item in the OWASP top 10 is rooted in this fundamental belief that security incidents are bound to happen. The thing about security breaches is that it's not all or nothing. Hackers do their work one step at a time, and each step builds upon the previous one. Consider a burglar who's walking down the street, checking car doors to see if someone left their car unlocked. They find one and they get in. In the center console…

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