Wrap-up

Congratulations!
You've made it to the end of this section.
You've made so much progress in your security journey.
Let's review what we learned.
You learned all about how to read and analyze logs.
You examined how log files are created and used for analysis.
You also compared different types of common log formats and learned how to read them.
You extended your understanding on intrusion detection systems by comparing network-based systems and host-based systems.
You also learned how to interpret signatures.
You examined how signatures are written and also how they detect, log, and alert on intrusions.
You interacted with Suricata in the command line to examine and interpret signatures and alerts.
Lastly, you learned how to search in SIEM tools like Splunk and Chronicle.
You learned about the importance of crafting tailored queries to locate events.
At the forefront of incident response, monitoring and analyzing network traffic for indicators of compromise is one of the primary goals.
Being able to perform in-depth log analysis and knowing how to read and write signatures and how to access log data are all skills that you'll use as a security analyst.