Anton A. Chuvakin - Logging and log management: The authoritative guide to understanding the concepts surrounding logging and log management

I would like to thank my beautiful wife, Inna, and my lovely children, Jacqueline and Josephine. Their kindness, humor, and love gave me inspiration and support while writing this book and through all of lifes many endeavors and adventures. I would also like to thank my father for always supporting and encouraging me to pursue a life in engineering and science. Rob Scudiere, Wayne Haber, and my employer Dell deserve acknowledgment for the valuable input they provided for this book. I would especially like to thank my co-author Kevin Schmidt for giving me the opportunity to be part of this great book. Kevin has provided tremendous guidance and encouragement to me over our many years together at Dell Secureworks and has helped me grow professionally in my career. His leadership and security knowledge have been inspiration to me, our customers, and to the many people he works with everyday.

Dr. Anton A. Chuvakin is a recognized security expert in the field of log management, SIEM and PCI DSS compliance. Anton is the co-author of Security Warrior (ISBN: 978-0-596-00545-0) and a contributing author to Know Your Enemy: Learning About Security Threats, Second Edition (ISBN: 978-0-321-16646-3); Information Security Management Handbook, Sixth Edition (ISBN: 978-0-8493-7495-1); Hackers Challenge 3: 20 Brand-New Forensic Scenarios & Solutions (ISBN: 978-0-072-26304-6); OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide (Syngress, ISBN: 978-1-59749-240-9); and others.

He has published dozens of papers on log management, correlation, data analysis, PCI DSS, security management, and other security subjects. His blog, www.securitywarrior.org, is one of the most popular in the industry. In addition, Anton has taught classes and presented at many security conferences around the world; he recently addressed audiences in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Spain, Russia, and other countries. He has worked on emerging security standards and served on the advisory boards of several security start-ups.

Until recently, Anton ran his own consulting firm, Security Warrior. Prior to that, he was formerly a Director of PCI Compliance Solutions at Qualys and as Chief Logging Evangelist at LogLogic, tasked with educating the world about the importance of logging for security, compliance, and operations. Before LogLogic, Anton was employed by a security vendor in a strategic product management role. Anton earned his Ph.D. degree from Stony Brook University.

Kevin J. Schmidt is a senior manager at Dell SecureWorks, Inc., an industry leading MSSP, which is part of Dell. He is responsible for the design and development of a major part of the companys SIEM platform. This includes data acquisition, correlation and analysis of log data.Prior to SecureWorks, Kevin worked for Reflex Security where he worked on an IPS engine and anti-virus software. And prior to this he was a lead developer and architect at GuardedNet, Inc.,which built one of the industrys first SIEM platforms. Kevin is also a commissioned officer in the United States Navy Reserve (USNR).