What is the consequence of not maintaining proper security logs?

• A. Hinders accountability and investigations.
• B. Helps reduce security staffing needs.
• C. Hinders accountability, investigations, and trend analysis.
• D. Improves scanning efficiency.

Answer: (C)

Security logs provide the records needed to show who did what, when, and where, and they enable investigators to reconstruct events and spot patterns over time to strengthen defenses. When those logs aren’t kept properly, you lose the documentary trail that assigns responsibility, hampers incident investigations, and prevents reliable trend analysis. That combination of lost accountability, stalled investigations, and missed pattern detection is the core consequence of not maintaining proper security logs. The other options don’t reflect the real impact—lack of logs doesn’t reduce staffing needs or directly improve scanning efficiency.