Security Logging & Monitoring Basics

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About Course

Build the logging that lets you answer “what happened?” when something goes wrong. Following NCSC guidance, learn why logging matters, which logs to collect first, how long to keep them, why accurate time matters, how to protect logs from tampering, and how to start monitoring and alerting sensibly.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course is general awareness training written from published official guidance. It does not replace training required for your specific job, and it is not an accredited qualification.

© 2026 Tutwoo UK Limited. This course was created in-house by Tutwoo and is our original work. It is for your own learning only: please do not copy, share, record or resell it.

What Will You Learn?

  • Explain why security logging is the foundation of monitoring
  • Prioritise log sources using the questions you would need to answer in an incident
  • Set sensible retention, time synchronisation and protection for logs
  • Start simple monitoring and alerting, and review it regularly

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Why log?
  • What to log first
  • Storing, retaining and protecting logs
  • Monitoring and alerting

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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