Event Logs Course

A look at the importance and uses of event logs.

24 minutes

Course description

When a security breach is suspected, there's no way to entirely know the extent without auditing being enabled. It also helps to troubleshoot issues after an attack. We'll set up advanced auditing on a Windows server and then watch what happens when files are deleted off the system.

Syllabus

Best Practices Analyzer (BPA)

Video - 00:04:00
BPA is shown and demonstrated on how it can improve both security and performance.
Security logs discussion and demo

Video - 00:05:00
A discussion of how security logs can protect your Windows Server.
System logs discussion and demo

Video - 00:06:00
A discussion and demonstration of how system logs can protect your Windows Server.
Application logs discussion and demo

Video - 00:08:00
A discussion and demonstration of how application logs can protect your Windows Server.

Meet the author

Robert McMillen

Professor Robert McMillen is a college instructor with over 50 technical certifications. He has an MBA and teaches Computer Science at Portland based colleges. Robert has earned multiple MCSEs and an MCT from Microsoft. He is the owner of Tech Publishing, a Portland-based network new media company. Robert has over 20 years of experience in network engineering and earned certifications from companies like Microsoft, Checkpoint, IBM, and Cisco. Some of his higher profile jobs have been restoring email for the government to prosecute Enron executives, training the network vulnerability assessment team for the U.S. Army, and relocating the Xbox world for Microsoft.

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