A host device and method for efficient distributed security forensics. The method includes creating, at a first host device configured to run a first virtualization entity, a first event index for the first virtualization entity; encoding at least one event related to the first virtualization entity; updating the first event index based on the encoded at least one event; and sending the first event index to a master console, wherein the master console is configured to receive a plurality of event indices created by a plurality of host devices with respect to a plurality of virtualization entities.