diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/boot/security/src/main/java/example/app/security/client/BootGeodeSecurityClientApplication.java b/spring-geode-samples/boot/security/src/main/java/example/app/security/client/BootGeodeSecurityClientApplication.java
index ef62621f..9e23c4b5 100644
--- a/spring-geode-samples/boot/security/src/main/java/example/app/security/client/BootGeodeSecurityClientApplication.java
+++ b/spring-geode-samples/boot/security/src/main/java/example/app/security/client/BootGeodeSecurityClientApplication.java
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ import org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.EnableEntityDefinedRegions;
 import org.springframework.geode.config.annotation.EnableClusterAware;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import example.app.security.client.model.Customer;
 
 /**
@@ -49,6 +52,8 @@ import example.app.security.client.model.Customer;
 @EnableEntityDefinedRegions(basePackageClasses = Customer.class)
 public class BootGeodeSecurityClientApplication {
 
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("example.app.security");
+
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
 		new SpringApplicationBuilder(BootGeodeSecurityClientApplication.class)
@@ -67,16 +72,15 @@ public class BootGeodeSecurityClientApplication {
 
 			customersTemplate.put(williamEvans.getId(), williamEvans);
 
-			System.err.printf("Successfully put [%1$s] in Region [%2$s]%n",
+			logger.info("Successfully put [{}] in Region [{}]",
 				williamEvans, customersTemplate.getRegion().getName());
 
 			try {
-				System.err.printf("Attempting to read from Region [%s]...%n", customersTemplate.getRegion().getName());
+				logger.info("Attempting to read from Region [{}]...", customersTemplate.getRegion().getName());
 				customersTemplate.get(2L);
 			}
 			catch (Exception cause) {
-				System.err.println(String.format("Read failed because \"%s\"",
-					cause.getCause().getCause().getMessage()));
+				logger.info("Read failed because \"{}\"", cause.getCause().getCause().getMessage());
 			}
 		};
 	}
diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/boot/security/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/spring-geode-samples/boot/security/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15009c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-geode-samples/boot/security/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration debug="false">
+
+	<statusListener class="ch.qos.logback.core.status.NopStatusListener"/>
+
+	<appender name="console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>%d %5p %40.40c:%4L - %m%n</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<appender name="programAppender" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>%highlight(%m) %n</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<logger name="ch.qos.logback" level="${logback.log.level:-ERROR}"/>
+
+	<logger name="example.app.security" level="${logback.log.level:-INFO}" additivity="false">
+		<appender-ref ref="programAppender"/>
+	</logger>
+
+	<logger name="org.apache" level="${logback.log.level:-INFO}"/>
+
+	<logger name="org.springframework" level="${logback.log.level:-INFO}"/>
+
+	<root level="${logback.log.level:-ERROR}">
+		<appender-ref ref="console"/>
+	</root>
+
+</configuration>