It’s critical to make informed decisions about the tools and services that safeguard your environment. One recurring challenge we’ve encountered is the misunderstanding surrounding Managed Detection and Response (MDR) providers that claim to include advanced features like log management.
The catch? Many of these solutions delete your logs after 30 days, leaving your organization exposed to compliance violations, investigative dead-ends, and potential legal liabilities.
Log Retention: More Than Just a Checkbox
Logs are more than just lines of code. They’re a detailed map of your network’s activity, an essential resource for:
- Forensic Investigations: Re-analyzing past activity during incident investigations.
- Regulatory Compliance: Many regulations, such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS, require organizations to maintain logs for specific periods.
- Legal Holds: During litigation, your ability to produce historical data can be the difference between resolving a case quickly or facing prolonged legal challenges.
- Continuous Improvement: Detecting advanced threats often requires applying new threat intelligence to historical logs.
When your MDR provider deletes logs after 30 days, you’re left in the dark, unable to meet these critical needs.
Perpetual Legal Holds: A Non-Negotiable
As cybersecurity professionals, we’ve repeatedly emphasized the importance of perpetual legal holds to our customers. Whether you’re responding to a breach, ensuring compliance, or navigating legal disputes, having full access to historical logs is indispensable.
Here are the key reasons to adopt robust log retention practices:
- Incident Response: Without historical logs, tracing the origin and scope of a breach becomes nearly impossible.
- Compliance Audits: Regulatory audits often demand records that span months, if not years.
- Litigation Support: Your ability to defend against legal claims or regulatory inquiries hinges on your data retention practices.
The Léargas Difference: A Comprehensive Cybersecurity Platform
At Léargas Security, we’ve built a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Platform that eliminates the limitations imposed by traditional MDRs. Our platform is designed to prioritize extended log retention and ensure your organization has the tools to secure its data and meet compliance requirements.
Here’s how we address this critical need:
- Tailored Retention Policies: Customized to meet your industry’s regulatory requirements.
- Scalable Storage Solutions: Ensuring you never run out of space for critical logs.
- Legal Hold Capabilities: Enabling you to flag and retain specific logs indefinitely for ongoing investigations or litigation.
- Unified Threat Visibility: Combining advanced detection with actionable insights, ensuring nothing gets overlooked.
The Bottom Line
Don’t let your MDR dictate how long you can keep your logs—this decision should be based on your operational needs and regulatory obligations, not arbitrary limitations. The stakes are too high, and your organization deserves a solution that works for you.
At Léargas Security, our Comprehensive Cybersecurity Platform empowers organizations to own their data, strengthen their defences, and stay ahead of evolving threats. If you’re ready to break free from MDR limitations, contact us today.
