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M. SekarMachine Learning for Auditorshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8051-5_27

27. Log Analysis

Maris Sekar1  
(1)
Calgary, AB, Canada
 

This chapter looks at the analysis of system and application logs generated by the organization. It shows how logs can be used to derive insights, gain a better understanding of the business, and identify high-risk areas of systems and applications. The knowledge of the high-risk regions can be used in internal audit’s risk assessment process.

The chapter is organized like a recipe – the goal of the recipe, ingredients, instructions, and variation and serving. The accompanying code is available at the GitHub repository specified ...

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