From 6d2d48751f5c93be28772a5f81e44916ded8d032 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sravanigannavarapu <95500630+sravanigannavarapu@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:26:47 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update audit-registry.md --- windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/audit-registry.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/audit-registry.md b/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/audit-registry.md index ace2bfd284..39a62a47c9 100644 --- a/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/audit-registry.md +++ b/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/audit-registry.md @@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ If success auditing is enabled, an audit entry is generated each time any accoun > [!NOTE] -> On creating a subkey for a parent (RegCreateKey), the expectation is to see an event for opening a handle for the newly created object (event 4656) issued by the object manager. You will see this event only when "Audit Object Access" is enabled under **Local Policies** > **Audit Policy** in Local Security Policy. This event is not generated while using precisely defined settings for seeing only registry-related events under **Advanced Audit Policy Configurations** > **Object Access** > **Audit Registry** in Local Security Policy. For example, you will not see this event with the setting to just see the registry-related auditing events using "auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:{0CCE921E-69AE-11D9-BED3-505054503030} /success:enable". +> On creating a subkey for a parent (RegCreateKey), the expectation is to see an event for opening a handle for the newly created object (event 4656) issued by the object manager. You will see this event only when "Audit Object Access" is enabled under **Local Policies** > **Audit Policy** in Local Security Policy. This event is not generated while using precisely defined settings for seeing only registry-related events under **Advanced Audit Policy Configurations** > **Object Access** > **Audit Registry** in Local Security Policy. For example, you will not see this event with the setting to just see the registry-related auditing events using "auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:{0CCE921E-69AE-11D9-BED3-505054503030} /success:enable". This behaviour is expected only on the newer versions of the OS (Windows 11 / Windows Server 2022 and above). On older versions, 4656 events are not generated during subkey creation. > -> Calls to Registry APIs to access an open key object to perform an operation such as RegSetValue, RegEnumValue, and RegRenameKey would trigger an event to access the object (event 4663). For example, creating a subkey using regedit.exe would not trigger a 4663 event, but renaming it would. +> Calls to Registry APIs to access an open key object to perform an operation such as RegSetValue, RegEnumValue, and RegRenameKey would trigger an event to access the object (event 4663). For example, creating a subkey using regedit.exe would not trigger a 4663 event, but renaming it would.