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that is a free solution. I like Splunk a lot, but it can be a little pricey depending on how much data you have coming in. However you can use up to 500 MB of log daily for free. It has its own plugins for collecting data and is regarded as a top soltution for log collection and analysis.
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that is a free solution. I like Splunk a lot, but it can be a little pricey depending on how much data you have coming in. However you can use up to 500 MB of log daily for free. It has its own plugins for collecting data and is regarded as a top soltution for log collection and analysis.

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I know this question has been asked before, but I'm not sure how recent, and I couldn't find anything specifically addressing in a search. &nbsp;We'd like to:<br />
1. collect security event logs off of our Windows servers<br />
2. consolidate those logs if possible considering that over time they can consume considerable space.<br />
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Goal is a free tool of course. &nbsp;However, if none is availabe, a good tool that is REASONABLY priced would be a second best option. &nbsp;We'd need to run this against 25 servers that are a mixture of Server 2003 and 2008.
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I know this question has been asked before, but I'm not sure how recent, and I couldn't find anything specifically addressing in a search.  We'd like to:
1. collect security event logs off of our Windows servers
2. consolidate those logs if possible considering that over time they can consume considerable space.

Goal is a free tool of course.  However, if none is availabe, a good tool that is REASONABLY priced would be a second best option.  We'd need to run this against 25 servers that are a mixture of Server 2003 and 2008.

security log collection and consolidation

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.

Security

A vulnerability is a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's information assurance. Vulnerability is the intersection of three elements: a system susceptibility or flaw, attacker access to the flaw, and attacker capability to exploit the flaw. To exploit a vulnerability, an attacker must have at least one applicable tool or technique that can connect to a system weakness, known as the attack surface. Vulnerability management is the cyclical practice of identifying, classifying, remediating, and mitigating vulnerabilities. Other vulnerabilities include security risks, security defects and constructs in programming languages that are difficult to use properly.

Vulnerabilities

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.