Extracting Windows Event Logs Artifacts When to Use - When investigating security incidents on Windows systems through event log analysis - For detecting lateral movement, privilege escalation, and persistence mechanisms - When performing threat hunting across Windows event log data - During compliance audits requiring review of authentication and access events - When building forensic timelines from Windows system activity Prerequisites - Windows Event Log files (EVTX format) from forensic image or live system - Chainsaw, Hayabusa, or EvtxECmd for parsing and detection - Sigma rules for auto…