# Windows Event Log analysis made easy with EventLog Analyzer Windows event logs are comprehensive activity records that provide detailed information about every activity in your Windows devices. These traces can help you identify the root cause of a security breach, right down to who initiated it in the first place. By using a powerful event log analysis tool, you'll be equipped with actionable data derived from these event logs, allowing you to identify potential threats and combat cybersecurity attacks. [EventLog Analyzer](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/?eventlog-analysis) is a competent log management tool that can collect, analyze, and archive event logs—along with multiple other log formats—to ensure your network's security. ## Here's how **EventLog Analyzer** helps with **Windows event log analysis** ### Event log collection ![Event log collection](https://www.manageengine.com/de/eventlog/images/eventlog-analysis-ss1-23.png) Log collection is a tedious task since it involves collecting a large amount of data from various sources and in different formats. Regardless of the volume of log data, number of devices in your network, and different types of log formats, a robust and flexible log collection solution is required to collect and process logs effectively. EventLog Analyzer, a comprehensive log collection solution, collects logs from multiple log sources such as Windows systems, Unix or Linux systems, applications, databases, firewalls, routers, switches, and IDSs or IPSs. EventLog Analyzer supports both agent-based and agent-less log collection mechanisms that cater to all devices and applications in your network, and is even capable of parsing custom log formats. ### Flexible log parsing ![Flexible log parsing](https://www.manageengine.com/de/eventlog/images/eventlog-analysis-ss2-23.png) In IT security, even the tiniest details can play a huge role. To leverage the event logs at hand, you need a log management tool that's flexible enough to normalize, parse, and extract every bit of critical information that each event log has. If there's an event log field that isn't extracted by default, simply configure EventLog Analyzer's custom log parser to recognize that specific field, and it will take over from there. Event Log Analyzer will parse that field each time it receives a suitable event log and index it in its database. If your enterprise has a proprietary application with a unique log format and you need to monitor and analyze these logs, EventLog Analyzer can get the job done for you. It's a cakewalk to kick-start the custom log parser to recognize, normalize, and parse logs from your custom applications. ### Real-time event correlation ![Real-time event correlation](https://www.manageengine.com/de/eventlog/images/eventlog-analysis-ss3-23.png) While analyzing logs, a single log may indicate nothing out of the ordinary, but a group of related logs could show a potential attack pattern. With pre-defined correlation rules, EventLog Analyzer can identify common attack patterns within your logs and alert you to take proactive steps against potential attacks. With EventLog Analyzer, you can also get predefined event correlation reports that can help you combat security threats and possible attacks such as user account threats, web server threats, database threats, ransomware, file integrity threats, and more. EventLog Analyzer also helps you create custom rules with a custom correlation rule builder. ### Event log forensics ![Event log forensics](https://www.manageengine.com/de/eventlog/images/eventlog-analysis-ss4-23.png) The logs generated by all your network devices are useful to construct the crime scene of a breach in detail, and drill down to the root cause of the breach. With EventLog Analyzer, you can centrally [collect](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/collect-eventlogs.html?eventlog-analysis), [archive](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/eventlog-archiving.html?eventlog-analysis), [search](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/log-search.html?eventlog-analysis), [analyze](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/eventlog-analysis.html?eventlog-analysis), and [correlate](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/event-correlation.html?eventlog-analysis) machine generated logs obtained from heterogeneous systems to generate comprehensive forensic reports, such as [user activity reports](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/privilege-user-monitoring-reports.html?eventlog-analysis), [system audit reports](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/eventlog-reports.html?eventlog-analysis), and [regulatory compliance reports](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/eventlog-compliance.html?eventlog-analysis). EventLog Analyzer's versatile log search module supports free searches, group searches, and range searches, along with supporting queries using wild cards, phrases, and Boolean operators. EventLog Analyzer lets you archive logs, which can later be imported for forensic analysis. EventLog Analyzer also helps you conduct investigations on attack attempts or ongoing attacks by using its powerful correlation module. The aggregated incident reports provide detailed timelines of suspicious incidents, and review activities related to both the device and user accounts involved, thus narrowing down to the incident in seconds. ### Event log archiving ![Event log archiving](https://www.manageengine.com/de/eventlog/images/eventlog-analysis-ss5-23.png) While analyzing event logs, referring to historical logs can help with identifying patterns to see if an event is likely to occur again. But to do that, you need a tool that can systematically store event logs and retrieve them when needed. One major problem is the terabytes of memory space that historical event logs occupy, leading to loss of storage space and higher overhead costs. With EventLog Analyzer, you can automate event log archival by setting the number of days after which the event logs need to be moved to the archive. Once that's configured, EventLog Analyzer will automatically move event logs into folders, and compress the folders before encrypting them to ensure integrity and prevent tampering. At any point in time, the archived log files can be loaded into EventLog Analyzer for log forensics purposes. ## Other solutions offered by **EventLog Analyzer** ### Advanced threat intelligence Prevent cybersecurity threats and attacks by instantly detecting malicious IPs, URLs, and domains that interact with your network. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/advanced-threat-analytics.html?eventlog-analysis) ### IT compliance management Get out-of-the-box, audit-ready compliance reports for various IT regulations such as [PCI DSS](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/pci-compliance-reports.html?eventlog-analysis), [FISMA](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/fisma-compliance-reports.html?eventlog-analysis), [GLBA](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/glba-compliance-reports.html?eventlog-analysis), [SOX](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/sox-compliance-reports.html?eventlog-analysis), [HIPAA](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/hipaa-compliance-reports.html?eventlog-analysis), [ISO 27001](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/eventlog-compliance.html?eventlog-analysis#ISO-27001), and more. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/eventlog-compliance.html?eventlog-analysis) ### File integrity monitoring Monitor sensitive data and identify modifications made to that data with real-time alerts. Get insights with predefined reports based on information such as who made the change, as well as what was changed, when, and from where. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/file-integrity-monitoring.html?eventlog-analysis) ### Privileged user monitoring Monitor user activities—such as User Logons, Failed Logons, Objects Accessed, and more—to identify threats of privileged user abuse that can impact your business' critical operations. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/privileged-user-activity-audit.html?eventlog-analysis) ## Resources you might be interested in ### Solution briefs [Explore](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/solution-briefs.html?eventlog-analysis) - **EventLog Analyzer datasheet:** [View now](https://download.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/reseller_docs/eventlog-analyzer-flyer.pdf?eventlog-analysis) - **EventLog Analyzer's Best Practices guide:** [View now](https://download.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/ELA_Best_Practices_Guide.pdf?eventlog-analysis) - **Successful customer case studies:** [View now](https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/case-studies.html?eventlog-analysis)