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AD auditing and detection

Audit policy that actually captures the events that matter, and what to alert on.

DRAFT OUTLINE. This page is a structure to fill in, not finished research.

# Lab environment

  • A small home Active Directory lab (details kept general on purpose)
  • [TBD: generic lab summary for this write-up: no host names, IPs or domain names]

# Advanced audit policy

  • Which subcategories to enable on DCs
  • [TBD: your configured policy]

# Events worth watching

  • Privileged group changes
  • Account lockouts and password spray patterns
  • Kerberos ticket anomalies
  • [TBD: event IDs and examples from your lab]

# Collecting the logs

  • [TBD: forwarding / SIEM setup]

# Detections I tested

  • [TBD: simulation, what fired, what didn't]

# Tuning

  • [TBD: noise you filtered and why]

# References

  • [TBD: sources you used]

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