Log Analysis & Forensic Review
Hands-on review of security logs to answer the questions your SIEM can't
What this engagement covers
The service
Targeted, analyst-driven review of your log data - incident triage, compromise assessments, audit support, or just "what happened last Tuesday at 2am?"
What we test
Any log source you have - endpoint, identity, network, cloud, SaaS audit logs, email gateways, WAF, DNS. We query, correlate, and deliver a narrative.
Scoping & Assessment Depth
Black Box Assessment
Zero-KnowledgeSimulates an external adversary targeting Log Analysis & Forensic Review with no internal credentials, source code, or architecture documentation. Assesses perimeter exposure, unauthenticated attack paths, and edge resilience.
Gray Box Assessment (Recommended)
CredentialedSimulates an authenticated user, tenant, or insider threat within Log Analysis & Forensic Review. We evaluate role segregation, authorization boundaries, privilege escalation, and business logic flaws across user tiers.
White Box / Source-Assisted
Full-KnowledgeConducted with direct access to architecture schematics, configuration files, and API/code documentation. Eliminates blind spots and provides exhaustive coverage of security mechanisms governing Log Analysis & Forensic Review.
Attack Surface & Vulnerability Vectors
Account takeover via token replay
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Account takeover via token replay across your Log Analysis & Forensic Review environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Insider data exfiltration patterns
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Insider data exfiltration patterns across your Log Analysis & Forensic Review environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Dormant backdoor activity
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Dormant backdoor activity across your Log Analysis & Forensic Review environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Misconfigured service accounts
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Misconfigured service accounts across your Log Analysis & Forensic Review environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Audit evidence gaps
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Audit evidence gaps across your Log Analysis & Forensic Review environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
How we run it
Scoped engagement with a defined question. We ingest the relevant logs, run analyst-driven queries, build a timeline, and hand back a written narrative plus the queries so you can re-run them yourself.
Scope definition and log source identification
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting scope definition and log source identification across your log analysis & forensic review deployment.
Data ingest and normalization
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting data ingest and normalization across your log analysis & forensic review deployment.
Analyst-driven querying and pivoting
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting analyst-driven querying and pivoting across your log analysis & forensic review deployment.
Timeline construction
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting timeline construction across your log analysis & forensic review deployment.
Findings write-up and delivery
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting findings write-up and delivery across your log analysis & forensic review deployment.
What you receive
Findings land in your tracker as you go, not only in a PDF at the end. Retest is in scope, not a change order.
- Written narrative answering the scoped question
- Reusable queries and dashboards
- Timeline of relevant events
- Indicators of compromise if found
- Recommendations for future monitoring
What we usually find
The issues this engagement surfaces most often. Yours will differ, but this is the shape of it.
Who this is for
Auditor-Ready Compliance Crosswalk
| Framework | Control Section | Testing Evidence & Report Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 Type II | CC4.1, CC7.1, CC7.2 | Technical testing evidence validating system boundaries, access restrictions, and vulnerability identification controls. |
| HIPAA Security Rule | 45 CFR § 164.308(a)(8) | Formal technical evaluation verifying the integrity of ePHI safeguards, network segmentation, and privileged access safeguards. |
| PCI DSS v4.0 | Requirement 11.4 & 11.4.3 | Adversary-driven external and internal penetration testing with application-layer validation and vulnerability remediation verification. |
| GDPR Article 32 | Art. 32(1)(d) | Documented evidence of regular testing, assessing, and evaluating the effectiveness of technical measures protecting personal data. |
Findings are mapped to SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, so the report drops into an audit package rather than needing to be translated first. If you need the readiness work behind one of those, that is a separate engagement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Direct answers on scoping, methodology, compliance validation, and deliverables.
Our Log Analysis & Forensic Review service combines deep manual testing with automated verification. We cover: Written narrative answering the scoped question, Reusable queries and dashboards, Timeline of relevant events, Indicators of compromise if found, Recommendations for future monitoring. Every engagement includes reproducible proof-of-concept exploits, developer-ready remediation guidance, and a free retest.
Yes. Findings are directly mapped to SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR control requirements. The resulting report is auditor-ready and formatted for immediate submission to SOC 2 CPAs, PCI QSAs, and enterprise vendor risk assessment teams.
Yes. Every Lorikeet Security engagement includes free retesting within 30 to 60 days to validate that your remediation patches successfully resolve the identified vulnerabilities before your final report is issued.
Typical active testing turnaround is 1-3 weeks per engagement, with critical findings reported immediately via your Talon portal so your engineering team can begin remediation without waiting for the final PDF.
Pricing starts from $6,500. We scope the engagement in one call based on your environment's surface area, user roles, and complexity, providing a transparent, fixed-price quote with no hidden change orders.
Scope it in one call
Tell us what is in scope and we come back with a fixed price and a start date. No discovery-call maze, no hourly estimate that moves.
