<s>
Logging	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
(	O
LaaS	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
IT	O
architectural	O
model	O
for	O
centrally	O
ingesting	O
and	O
collecting	O
any	O
type	O
of	O
log	B-Application
files	I-Application
coming	O
from	O
any	O
given	O
source	O
or	O
location	O
such	O
as	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
applications	B-Application
,	O
devices	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
enterprise	O
situation	O
,	O
the	O
IT	B-Operating_System
datacenter	I-Operating_System
becomes	O
the	O
hub	O
for	O
all	O
log	B-Application
files	I-Application
and	O
normalization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
managed	O
service	O
provider	O
(	O
MSP	O
)	O
environment	O
,	O
the	O
log	O
sources	O
would	O
be	O
coming	O
from	O
applications	B-Application
outside	O
the	O
enterprise	O
but	O
still	O
hosted	O
and	O
managed	O
by	O
the	O
MSP	O
as	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
this	O
model	O
,	O
the	O
IT	B-Operating_System
datacenter	I-Operating_System
acts	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
private	O
cloud	O
"	O
under	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
to	O
provision	O
the	O
logs	O
to	O
various	O
stakeholders	O
within	O
the	O
organization	O
for	O
future	O
forensics	O
or	O
analysis	O
to	O
identify	O
risks	O
,	O
patterns	O
of	O
activity	O
or	O
predict	O
behaviors	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
data	O
collected	O
within	O
the	O
logs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
as	O
IT	O
becomes	O
the	O
"	O
hub	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
the	O
stakeholders	O
become	O
the	O
beneficiaries	O
of	O
the	O
centralized	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
alerts	O
,	O
reports	O
or	O
any	O
periphery	O
applications	B-Application
for	O
predictive	O
analysis	O
or	O
insight	O
from	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
through	O
graphical	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
