ManageEngine Log360 for Linux/Unix

ManageEngine Log360 is a comprehensive SIEM solution designed to enhance network security and streamline log management. It collects, monitors, analyzes, and archives logs from various sources, including Unix and Linux devices. Log360 provides complete visibility into your Linux/Unix environments, capturing system events, user activity, and security violations for effective threat detection and audit readiness.

How Log360 ingests and processes Linux/Unix logs

Log360 connects to Linux/Unix systems using agent-based or agentless methods. It supports:

• Syslog protocol (UDP, TCP, or TLS) to collect real-time logs from Linux machines.
• SSH/SCP-based log collection for secure, scheduled retrieval of audit and system logs.

To ensure complete auditing, Linux servers must have appropriate logging facilities enabled, such as rsyslog, auditd, and journalctl for capturing key security and operational data.

Log types and monitoring focus areas

Log360 processes critical Linux/Unix event types to support both security and IT operations:

• System logs: Kernel messages, boot-up events, service status, and hardware errors
• Security audit logs: sudo commands usage, failed login attempts, privilege escalations, and changes to sensitive files
• Authentication events: User logins/logouts, failed authentication attempts, password changes, and account lockouts
• File integrity monitoring (FIM): Changes to critical system files and directories

Events Log360 closely tracks in Linux/Unix

Log360 pays close attention to the following events in Linux/Unix environments:

• Repeated failed SSH login attempts indicating brute-force activity
• Unauthorized execution of root-level commands
• Changes to critical configuration files
• Unusual process creation or privilege escalation patterns
• Unexpected service shutdowns or kernel crashes
• Failed or unauthorized cron job executions and modifications

Core benefits of Linux/Unix integration with Log360

• Unified log visibility: Centralize monitoring of Linux/Unix alongside other critical systems like Windows, firewalls, databases, 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 pre-built templates.
• Faster forensics: Conduct rapid root-cause investigations with powerful search, drill-down, and contextual log views.

Tackling Linux/Unix security and audit challenges

Broader security coverage: Log360's unified advantage

• Cross-system insights: Correlate Linux activity with events from other platforms, including Windows, firewalls, databases, and cloud applications.
• Behavioral analytics (UEBA): Detect advanced threats with user and entity behavior analytics based on historical baselines.
• Threat intelligence integration: Automatically match Linux 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 commands, users, and config changes in real-time. Unify security, compliance, and efficiency.

Bring precision and foresight to your Linux/Unix administration with Log360.