Microsoft eventlog mindmap provides an overview on well-known Microsoft products and solutions, as well as their auditing capacities. It enables defenders to enhance visibility on monitored environments for purposes like:
- Log collection (eg: into a SIEM)
- Threat hunting
- Incident response
- Forensic
- Troubleshooting
The following mindmaps are currently provided (PDF/PNG/SVG formats):
- Windows OS auditing baseline
- Windows Server roles auditing (includes SQL Server and Advanced Threat Analytics)
- Active Directory (ADDS) auditing
- Exchange Server 2016/2019 auditing
- Exchange email forwarding hunting
This map provides an overview of the native Event logs shipped in Windows OS. They are classified into different categories (network, security, application,...) and their related auditing settings.
This map provides an overview of the different Event logs and auditing capacities provided by Windows Server roles (ADCS, DHCP, DNS, OCSP, IIS, NPS, ADFS, MSSQL, RDS...).
This map provides an overview of the different Event logs and auditing capacities provided by Active Directory (ADDS) role.
This map provides an overview of the different data sources provided by Exchange Server.
This map provides an overview of the different hunting capacities regarding Exchange email compromise rules abused in BEC attacks.
