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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An important part of any project, logging can be used as a debugging tool during development, and a troubleshooting tool once a system has been deployed in a production environment. Because most ...

This publication defines a baseline for event logging best practices to mitigate cyber threats. It was developed by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) ...

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 ...

Have you ever needed to look for a certain event with the Event Viewer logs? If you did, you probably went through the normal method – opening the Event Log viewer, and performing a filter on the ...