A log data (or logs) is composed of entries (records), and each entry contains information related to a specific event that occur within an organization's computing assets, including physical and virtual platforms, networks, services, and cloud environments.
[1] The process of log management generally breaks down into:[2] The primary drivers for log management implementations are concerns about security,[3] system and network operations (such as system or network administration) and regulatory compliance.
Effectively analyzing large volumes of diverse logs can pose many challenges, such as: Users and potential users of log management may purchase complete commercial tools or build their own log-management and intelligence tools, assembling the functionality from various open-source components, or acquire (sub-)systems from commercial vendors.
[4] Logging can produce technical information usable for the maintenance of applications or websites.
This change would keep matters both purer and more easily maintainable: One view[citation needed] of assessing the maturity of an organization in terms of the deployment of log-management tools might use[original research?]