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Secure auditing of information systems

  • US 20030220940A1
  • Filed: 04/15/2003
  • Published: 11/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for analyzing audit log data, comprising the steps of:

  • storing text strings from a plurality of devices in a log database, each of the text strings being indicative of an audit event in the respective device;

    retrieving at least a portion of the text strings from the log database;

    parsing the retrieved text strings according to pre-defined parsing rules;

    mapping each of the retrieved text strings to a respective audit event;

    filtering the retrieved text strings based on the respective audit event; and

    displaying representations of the filtered text strings on a grid using color-coded areas, the horizontal axis of the grid representing a first time scale and the vertical axis of the grid representing a second time scale different from the first time scale.

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