The Windows event log contains masses of valuable information. Using the event log scanning, you can detect Windows firewall setting changes to identify any unauthorized changes performed by people or programs which might result in a security risk. You can read more about this use case and find other useful events to scan in the Pro Tips #8 blog post.
This audit will provide you with a complete overview of all events with event ID 4950.
Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID, tblAssets.AssetName, tblAssets.Domain, tblAssets.Username, tblAssets.Userdomain, Coalesce(tsysOS.Image, tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10) As icon, tblAssets.IPAddress, tsysIPLocations.IPLocation, tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer, tblAssetCustom.Model, tsysOS.OSname As OS, tblNtlog.Eventcode, tblNtlogSource.Sourcename, tblNtlogMessage.Message, tblNtlog.TimeGenerated, Case When tblErrors.ErrorText Is Not Null Or tblErrors.ErrorText != '' Then 'Scanning Error: ' + tsysasseterrortypes.ErrorMsg Else '' End As ScanningErrors, tblAssets.Lastseen, tblAssets.Lasttried From tblAssets Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID = tblAssets.LocationID Inner Join tblNtlog On tblAssets.AssetID = tblNtlog.AssetID Inner Join tblNtlogMessage On tblNtlogMessage.MessageID = tblNtlog.MessageID Inner Join tblNtlogSource On tblNtlogSource.SourcenameID = tblNtlog.SourcenameID Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State Left Join tsysOS On tsysOS.OScode = tblAssets.OScode Left Join (Select Distinct Top 1000000 tblErrors.AssetID As ID, Max(tblErrors.Teller) As ErrorID From tblErrors Group By tblErrors.AssetID) As ScanningError On tblAssets.AssetID = ScanningError.ID Left Join tblErrors On ScanningError.ErrorID = tblErrors.Teller Left Join tsysasseterrortypes On tsysasseterrortypes.Errortype = tblErrors.ErrorType Where tblNtlog.Eventcode = 4950 And tblAssetCustom.State = 1 Order By tblAssets.Domain, tblAssets.AssetName
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