* Add reviewed existing-only updates for disabled WEC subscriptions * Pin loaded updater and flush locked recovery artifacts; reference PR 426 * Compare formatted WEC queries semantically before pinning raw native state * Read native WEC subscription XML with bounded explicit Unicode pipes * Use explicit Unicode reads for reviewed update and native cleanup * Keep timestamp strings exact in inherited native evidence fixtures * Reject XML-invalid descriptions before any native save * Decode native WEC XML BOMs without unsupported Unicode switch * Describe native XML byte decoding accurately * Reference System.Xml explicitly when compiling under Windows PowerShell
WELA (Windows Event Log Analyzer) ゑ羅
A tool for auditing Windows event log settings.
Created by Yamato Security — make sure you are
actually recording the events that matter for DFIR.
📖 Read the Documentation →
Available in 15 languages — English · 日本語 · 繁體中文 · 한국어 · Deutsch · Türkçe · Français · Español · Português (Brasil) · Українська · हिन्दी · Bahasa Indonesia · မြန်မာဘာသာ · ไทย · العربية🦅 About
WELA (Windows Event Log Analyzer, ゑ羅) is a tool for auditing Windows event log settings. Windows event logs are a vital source of information for Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) — WELA checks your audit policy and log file sizes against best-practice guidelines and real-world Sigma-rule detectability, and can apply the recommended settings for you.
Advanced audit policy can also use versioned WELA, Microsoft, CIS and ASD profiles for shared audit, plan and configure behavior. Profiles cover advanced audit policy only.
📖 Documentation
All documentation now lives on a dedicated, searchable, multi-language site:
👉 yamato-security.github.io/WELA
| Section | |
|---|---|
| 🚀 Getting Started | Prerequisites, downloads and running WELA |
| ⌨️ Command Reference | audit-settings, audit-filesize, configure, configure-sacl, update-rules |
| ✨ Features | What WELA can do |
| 📦 Resources | Companion projects, changelog, contributing |
⬇️ Download
Grab the latest release from the Releases page.
🗂️ Looking for the old README?
The previous single-page README is preserved unchanged:
- 📄 OLD-README.md — English
- 📄 OLD-README-Japanese.md — 日本語
🤝 Contributing & License
Contributions and bug reports are welcome — see Contributing & Support. WELA is released under the MIT license.
