IBM AIX log monitoring with ManageEngine Log360

ManageEngine Log360 is a comprehensive SIEM solution designed to strengthen network security and streamline log management. It effectively monitors, collects, analyzes, and archives logs from IBM AIX systems, among various other sources.

Whether it's capturing system events, user activity, or security violations, Log360 provides complete visibility into your IBM AIX environments for robust threat detection and audit readiness.

How Log360 ingests and processes IBM AIX logs

Log360 connects to IBM AIX devices by receiving logs via the Syslog protocol. To enable comprehensive monitoring, it's crucial to configure Syslog forwarding on the AIX system. This involves setting up the AIX system to send its system, security, and application logs to the Log360 server or a designated Syslog collector. Log360 then collects these forwarded logs for comprehensive monitoring and analysis. While native AIX auditing should be configured on the AIX system to generate desired audit events, Log360 relies on the Syslog service to transmit these events.

Log types and monitoring focus areas

Log360 processes critical IBM AIX event types to support both security and IT operations:

• System logs: Boot events, process starts and stops, kernel messages, and resource utilization
• Security audit logs: User authentication, authorization failures, privilege escalations, and file integrity monitoring
• Command logs: Execution of shell commands, sudo usage, and script executions
• Authentication events: Successful and failed login attempts, password changes, and account lockouts

Events Log360 closely tracks in IBM AIX

• Unsuccessful login attempts and locked user accounts
• Modifications to user privileges
• Access to critical files and directories
• Execution of sensitive system commands or unauthorized commands
• Changes to system configurations and security settings
• Service start and stop events and daemon failures

Core benefits of IBM AIX integration with Log360

• Unified log visibility: Centralize monitoring of IBM AIX alongside other critical systems like Windows, Linux, network devices, and cloud infrastructure.
• Real-time alerts and detection: Detect anomalies, insider threats, and policy violations as they occur using correlation rules and behavior analytics.
• Simplified compliance: Generate audit-ready reports for mandates such as the PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, and the GDPR using prebuilt templates.
• Faster forensics: Conduct rapid root cause investigations with powerful search, drill-down, and contextual log views.

Tackling IBM AIX security and audit challenges

Broader security coverage: Log360's unified advantage

• Cross-system insights: Correlate IBM AIX activity with events from other platforms, including Windows, firewalls, databases, and cloud applications.
• Threat intelligence integration: Automatically match IBM AIX log events against global threat feeds to detect known malicious indicators.
• Centralized command center: Access all monitoring, alerting, and reporting from a single, unified dashboard—for both compliance and threat response.

Monitor AIX health, privileged users, and security anomalies in real-time. Turn complex logs and commands into clear insights.

Secure and optimize your enterprise's backbone. Achieve unparalleled visibility and control over IBM AIX with Log360.