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CHAPTER12

Audit for Accountability

Auditing is one of those not-so-exciting areas of security that everyone knows they should do, but rarely do. There are many reasons for this. Some don’t know what to audit, some don’t know how to audit, some don’t know what to do with the audit records once they have audited, and some believe the audit performance overhead is a penalty that does not justify the process.

In this chapter, we will respond to each of these issues. You will see why auditing is not only possible, but also invaluable in the modern IT era. Auditing allows you to meet compliance regulations and helps defend against cybersecurity attacks. ...

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