Impair Defenses: Disable Windows Event Logging

Threat Actors may disable Windows event logging to limit data that can be leveraged for detections and audits. Windows event logs record user and system activity such as login attempts, process creation, and much more. This data is used by security tools and analysts to generate detections.

ID: ATAGS-T1097.008
Sub-technique of:  ATAGS-T1097
Tactic: Defense Evasion
Targeted Components: Software
Responsibility: Provider
Created: 18 April 2026
Last Modified: 18 April 2026

Mitigations

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.