On Applying Graph Database Time Models for Security Log Analysis.

For aiding computer security experts in their work, log files are a crucial piece of information. Especially the time domain is of interest, since sometimes, timestamps are the only linking points between associated events caused by attackers, faulty systems or similar. With the idea of storing and analyzing log information in graph databases comes also the question, how to model the time aspect and in particular, how timestamps shall be stored and connected in a proper form.