# Log collection and monitoring Being proactive provides you with more visibility and ensures system reliability. ## Why does it matter? Logging and monitoring your infrastructure and network is crucial for identifying and responding to security incidents, system issues or unauthorized access in real-time. ## How can I proceed? Log critical event and implement alerts to be notified if everything goes wrong. ## Mitigations - [Configure logs and implement real-time monitoring](OPS.MON.001_log_and_implement_real_time_monitoring.md) - [Keep your logs](OPS.MON.002_keep_your_logs.md) - [Be automatically notified of issues](OPS.MON.003_automatically_notified_of_issues.md)