A security engineer is overwhelmed by repeated log entries from the same source, obscuring suspicious behaviors. The engineer wants to refine these entries to keep them in a manageable format. Which method would best reduce repeated details while still retaining essential fields?
Breaking out entries into multiple files, grouping each set of repeated lines independently
Summarizing repeated lines from a single origin into a condensed record that tracks repeated events
Deleting repeated entries whenever they come from the same source
Separating log files by software category rather than focusing on repeated lines
Summarizing repeated lines into a condensed record is the best method because it reduces noise but retains key data, such as source information and frequency of events. Deleting repeated entries is destructive and risks missing significant context, separating logs by application does not specifically address repeated entries for the same source, and creating separate files for each repeated line still increases complexity.
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