Re: [logs] Monitoring Windows Security Events

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Date: Thu Oct 02 2003 - 13:58:21 PDT

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    Has anyone looked into preventing the modification (or just notification
    of possible unauthorized modifications) of windows event logs?
    
    On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 06:01:51 -0700 Brian Anon <brian_anon@private>
    wrote:
    >I would appreciate hearing how others monitor events in their Windows
    >>
    >security event logs in a large distributed network.
    >
    >Specifically, I've got six Windows domains (totaling about 1500
    >servers and
    >6-8 domain controllers in each domain).  I need to begin monitoring
    >security
    >events on these domain controllers.
    >
    >Considering that each domain controller generates about 100+ MB
    >a day in he
    >security event log, it's not really practical having someone manually
    >review
    >this on a weekly basis.
    >
    >Any suggestions about what events to be looking for and acting on?
    >
    >I'm now thinking that an automated host-based IDS may be the best
    >option to
    >monitor events in realtime.  Any recommendations?
    >
    >Should we only be considering centralizing these events first so
    >that they
    >can be correlated?  Any suggestions?
    >
    >Brian
    >
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