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We are the Computer Security and Incident Response Team (CSIRT) for the Janet network. Part of Jisc's Security Operations Centre, our mission is to safeguard the current and future network security of Janet (steering the security policies for all Janet connections) and of our customers, creating a secure environment to conduct your online activities. Our primary function is monitor and resolve any security incidents that occur on the Janet network, with specialists tracking a range of platforms, including Unix, Linux and Windows.

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What I find in my daily incident response work with different sites is the need to promote the importance of logging: namely centralised log collection. It cannot be understated how logs prove invaluable in a security incident. Tracing through logs on a central location makes investigation so much easier, and allows incident responders to locate a security event. There shouldn’t be any surprise for Windows Infrastructure owners that a free method to centralise logs from servers exists. That is Windows Event Forwarding.

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