# DotNet Security Cheat Sheet — A09 Security Logging and Monitoring Failures

> DO: Ensure all login, access control, and server-side input validation failures are logged with sufficient user context to identify suspicious or malicious accounts.

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DO: Ensure all login, access control, and server-side input validation failures are logged with sufficient user context to identify suspicious or malicious accounts.

DO: Establish effective monitoring and alerting so suspicious activities are detected and responded to in a timely fashion.

DO NOT: Log generic error messages such as: csharp Log.Error("Error was thrown");. Instead, log the stack trace, error message and user ID who caused the error.

DO NOT: Log sensitive data such as user's passwords.

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