So, I decided to perform a full system security audit of my Windows PC. It revealed something a bit concerning: software that ...

I'm trying to figure out how audit policy settings work, and there's something I don't understand. This is Windows 7 64-bit (my home PC). Not in a domain. In the group policy editor, under Computer ...

Long story short I changed the Default Domain GPO (stupid I know) so that only Administrators had the Manage auditing and security log right under Computer Configuration > Security Settings > Local ...

In Event Viewer, Audit Success is an event that records an audited security access attempt that is successful, whereas Audit Failure is an event that records an audited security access attempt that ...