Windows Event Logs & Monitoring
Master Windows event log analysis and security monitoring
Learn to navigate Windows event logs, identify critical security events, analyze logs for threats, and implement advanced logging with Sysmon for enhanced security monitoring. Master event correlation, detection use cases, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.
This module contains 4 lessons covering Windows event log analysis and security monitoring techniques.
What You'll Learn
By the end of this module, you'll master Windows event log analysis and security monitoring techniques.
Module Lessons
This module contains the following lessons:
Navigate Event Viewer, understand log structure, and learn to export and filter Windows event logs for security analysis.
Identify logon events, privilege escalation, account changes, and suspicious activities using key Windows security Event IDs.
Correlate events, build detection use cases, identify logon anomalies, and detect failed authentication patterns.
Install and configure Sysmon for enhanced logging including process creation, network connections, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.
Perfect For
SOC Analysts
Security analysts investigating incidents and hunting for threats using Windows event logs.
Threat Hunters
Security professionals proactively hunting for threats and building detection use cases.
Incident Responders
Responders who need to analyze Windows logs during security incident investigations.