Web Server Auditing

 Web server auditing can go a long way in enforcing tighter security and  ensuring business continuity. The power of log data is tremendous. Web  server logs record valuable information pertaining to usage, errors, and  other important security events. Using a specialized auditing tool can  be extremely helpful during the audit of web servers. Please discuss the methods of identifying weak web server configurations and how to mitigate them for a secure web server. Possible concepts to include are SSL certificates, HTTPS usage, attack  surface, SQL injection, vulnerability migration, and least privilege. 

Note: Please write about 250 words in APA format with in-text citation and include scholarly articles.