The default event logging in Windows 10 won't give you enough information to properly conduct intrusion forensics. These settings and tools will help you collect the needed log data. After a ...

I'm writing a Windows app in unmanaged C++ and want to log some simple events to the Application log. I'm normally a *nix guy and am used to being able to just call syslog() (or asl(3) on Mac OS X). I ...

If you want to enable or disable Protected Event Logging in Windows 11 and Windows 10, this step-by-step guide helps you go through the process. However, you must include an Encryption certificate if ...

If the Event ID 1108: The event logging service encountered an error keeps troubling you, this post could help you. When this error occurs, your computer may behave ...

Incident responders and blue teams have a new tool called Chainsaw that speeds up searching through Windows event log records to identify threats. The tool is designed to assist in the first-response ...

Collecting too much log data overwhelms systems and staff. Centralized event log management lets you filter for the most significant security data. More companies are using their security logs to ...

Like a triage nurse, security professionals have to prioritize the data that will help them best identify problems and keep the organization, its data, and devices safe from intruders and cyberattacks ...

My SQL Server is logging all logins to the system.<BR><BR>This obviously creates a bit more log traffic than one would normally get otherwise.<BR><BR>Two questions really:<BR><BR>1. Any reason I can't ...

Log and event management is now a requirement for organizations that need to monitor security and IT policy enforcement, document compliance, and achieve IT operations excellence without increasing ...

When an unexpected problem occurs in a Windows environment, the first step in resolving that problem is usually to gather information. After all, you need to know what happened before you can fix it.