Building a Detection Foundation: Part 4 - Sysmon

## Executive summary This blog-style guide explains how Sysmon augments native Windows logging by capturing process creation (with hashes and parent info), network connections by process, module/driver loads, file and registry activity, named pipes, WMI events, and DNS queries; it includes rationale for monitoring each event, a production-ready Sysmon XML configuration with examples for filtering and exclusions, and practical deployment and tuning advice for operational use.