Analysis
As was highlighted, the use of triage tools is a useful first step, but any incident investigation where event logs are available will require the use of specialized tools to dig deeper into the data that they provide. The Windows operating system has a native event log viewer. In the experience of many responders, that viewer is more suited to limited troubleshooting than to a deep analysis of the event logs. There are several tools, either open source or commercial, that can be leveraged for event log analysis. SIEM tools provide one of the best types of tools, especially if they have the ability to analyze offline event logs or those logs that have been acquired through scripts or other tools. In this chapter, two tools will be ...
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