Log Management Opinion Survey Jan 2014 Question Title * 1. Please rank how important log management is for... Critical Important Somewhat important Not important Not sure Network Operations Monitoring Network Operations Monitoring Critical Network Operations Monitoring Important Network Operations Monitoring Somewhat important Network Operations Monitoring Not important Network Operations Monitoring Not sure Network Operations real-time troubleshooting Network Operations real-time troubleshooting Critical Network Operations real-time troubleshooting Important Network Operations real-time troubleshooting Somewhat important Network Operations real-time troubleshooting Not important Network Operations real-time troubleshooting Not sure Systems Operations Monitoring Systems Operations Monitoring Critical Systems Operations Monitoring Important Systems Operations Monitoring Somewhat important Systems Operations Monitoring Not important Systems Operations Monitoring Not sure Systems Operations real-time troubleshooting Systems Operations real-time troubleshooting Critical Systems Operations real-time troubleshooting Important Systems Operations real-time troubleshooting Somewhat important Systems Operations real-time troubleshooting Not important Systems Operations real-time troubleshooting Not sure Application Monitoring Application Monitoring Critical Application Monitoring Important Application Monitoring Somewhat important Application Monitoring Not important Application Monitoring Not sure Application real-time troubleshooting Application real-time troubleshooting Critical Application real-time troubleshooting Important Application real-time troubleshooting Somewhat important Application real-time troubleshooting Not important Application real-time troubleshooting Not sure PCI Compliance PCI Compliance Critical PCI Compliance Important PCI Compliance Somewhat important PCI Compliance Not important PCI Compliance Not sure Auditing Auditing Critical Auditing Important Auditing Somewhat important Auditing Not important Auditing Not sure Security Security Critical Security Important Security Somewhat important Security Not important Security Not sure Question Title * 2. What's your existing log management solution? (Choose all that apply.) IBM SaaS Log Insight HP/Arcsight Splunk None Home Grown Q1Radar SumoLogic SolarWinds Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. If you're currently logging on-premise, can you briefly describe your log management deployment? Question Title * 4. How much data do you log per day? Up to 100GB Up to 500GB Up to 1TB Up to 5TB No idea Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. Roughly how many virtual machines do you have per physical CPU in your organization? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 More (please specify) Question Title * 6. Approximately how many hosts are generating log data? 0 up to 50 up to 100 up to 1000 over 1000 Windows Virtual Machines Windows Virtual Machines 0 Windows Virtual Machines up to 50 Windows Virtual Machines up to 100 Windows Virtual Machines up to 1000 Windows Virtual Machines over 1000 Linux Virtual Machines Linux Virtual Machines 0 Linux Virtual Machines up to 50 Linux Virtual Machines up to 100 Linux Virtual Machines up to 1000 Linux Virtual Machines over 1000 ESX ESX 0 ESX up to 50 ESX up to 100 ESX up to 1000 ESX over 1000 Networking devices Networking devices 0 Networking devices up to 50 Networking devices up to 100 Networking devices up to 1000 Networking devices over 1000 Windows systems Windows systems 0 Windows systems up to 50 Windows systems up to 100 Windows systems up to 1000 Windows systems over 1000 Linux systems Linux systems 0 Linux systems up to 50 Linux systems up to 100 Linux systems up to 1000 Linux systems over 1000 Question Title * 7. What data retention do you require? (Queryable by Log Insight, not archived.) 2 days 7 days 30 days 90 days 1 year Other (please specify) Question Title * 8. About how long do you store archived log data? We don't archive 1 month 6 months 1 year 7 years Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. Does the ability to import archived data back into Log Insight reduce the required retention? Yes No Question Title * 10. Which of the following compliance systems are important to your business? PCI DSS (or PCI in general) SAS 70 NERC FERPA SOX Other (please specify) Question Title * 11. How is your log management solution used to aid in achieving compliance? (e.g. PCI, HIPAA, FISMA, SEC) Audit user access & actions Audit system transactions Log retention Log aggregation Role-based access control to log data Alerting Reports Intrusion Detection Monitor security events Ad-hoc search Other (please specify) Question Title * 12. What parts of your infrastructure are you currently logging to Log Insight? Applications Web Server Database Switches Windows OS Linux OS None Other (please specify) Question Title * 13. If there are parts of your infrastructure that you're not centralizing with Log Insight, is there something blocking you? I need a Windows agent I need an SDK or logging library I had trouble with the configuration I've hit the maximum recommended deployment I haven't had time to set it up yet There's a specific feature I'm waiting for I am not blocked from logging anything in my infrastructure Other (please specify) Question Title * 14. Please provide your name & email address so that we can follow up, if necessary. Name Email Company Done
