In a move to make cybersecurity logs more efficient LogRhythm joined the Payment Card Industry Security Council (PCI). IT departments typically use logs to monitor security breaches made either by malicious employees or outside hackers. While it can indicate unsuccessful attacks, the data is particularly valuable for identifying actual intrusions.

This week the IRS released a report saying that they weren’t properly collecting cybersecurity logs for the past 20 months and that means taxpayer data could have (or may have) been hacked over the Internet. While the PCI group is focused on payment security the addition of LogRhythm will extend the focus toward making logs across all organizations more secure.

“A significant percentage of LogRhythm’s customers must comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS), so we have acquired deep domain expertise in helping organizations meet its requirements,” said Andy Grolnick, president and CEO of LogRhythm.

Source: ecommerce-journal.com