Sysmon Community Guide¶
Welcome to the Sysmon Community Guide — an open-source, community-driven resource for understanding and using Microsoft Sysinternals Sysmon on both Windows and Linux.
This guide covers everything from basic concepts to advanced configuration, event types, and detection engineering fundamentals. Whether you're just getting started with Sysmon or looking to fine-tune your monitoring setup, you'll find practical guidance here.
About this project
This guide is maintained by TrustedSec and the security community. The original source is available on GitHub.
Licensed under Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0.
What's Inside¶
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What is Sysmon
Learn what Sysmon is, how it works on Windows and Linux, and why it's essential for security monitoring.
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Detection Engineering
Understand the fundamentals of detection engineering and how to build effective detection rules.
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Configuration
Master Sysmon configuration including XML schemas, filtering operators, and rule writing.
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Sysmon Events
Deep dive into every Sysmon event type — from process creation to DNS queries and beyond.