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The main points I will be going over will be What is Auditing, what is an audit policy, audits and volumes, planning the policy, implementing the policy, the event viewer, and the security log. What is Auditing? Auditing is tracking activities of users by record ....

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.... On windows nt workstation or on member servers, the audit policy determines the amount and type of security logging performed on the individual computer. You will first plan the policy, then implement it, and finally view the results. You can set up on audit policy for a domain to: track the success and failure of events, such as when users attempt to log on, read a file, make changes to user and group permissions, change the security policy, and make a network connection. Eliminate or minimize the risk of unauthorized use of resources. Track trends over time by maintaining an archive of security logs. Tracking these trends is useful in dete ....