# SwiftOnSecurity/sysmon-config

Sysmon configuration file template with default high-quality event tracing

Repository: https://github.com/SwiftOnSecurity/sysmon-config
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sysmon-config
License Family: other
Topics: sysmon, threatintel, threat-hunting, sysinternals, windows, netsec, monitoring, logging
Last push: 2024-07-03T17:26:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3500, "days_push": 791, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5630, forks 1865 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:26.230564+00:00)

## What it is
A heavily commented Microsoft Sysmon configuration file template providing high-quality default event tracing for Windows systems. It serves as both a deployable monitoring baseline and a tutorial for learning Sysmon's filtering capabilities.

## Use cases
- set up sysmon event tracing on windows endpoints
- find a starting point sysmon config for threat hunting
- learn how sysmon filtering rules work
- monitor process creation and system changes on windows
- reduce sysmon log noise with tuned exclusions
- deploy endpoint telemetry for incident investigation

## When to choose
- you want a well-commented, community-proven Sysmon baseline to deploy quickly
- you are learning Sysmon and want a self-documenting configuration
- you need a lightweight starting point you can fork and customize

## When to avoid
- you need an exhaustive, modular rule set - use sysmon-modular instead
- you expect it to cover Windows authentication and native event log auditing - Sysmon complements, not replaces, those
- you want a turnkey solution without environment-specific tuning like antivirus exclusions

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, logging, security
- domain: security, windows, monitoring, developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: sysmon, sysinternals, threat-hunting, threat-intelligence, endpoint-monitoring, configuration-template, incident-response

## Member repositories
- SwiftOnSecurity/sysmon-config (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:26.230564+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:55:20.847513+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SwiftOnSecurity/sysmon-config (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:26.230564+00:00, sha c617d709fba3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.