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sysmon-modular

MIT

Modular Sysmon configuration mapped to ATT&CK — the baseline many EDR and log tests start from.

Summary

This is a Microsoft Sysinternals Sysmon download here configuration repository, set up modular for easier maintenance and generation of specific configs. Please keep in mind that any of these configurations should be considered a starting point, tuning per environment is strongly recommended.
from the project README
Formats
sysmon-xml
License
MIT
Added
2026-09-10

Get it

From the project’s own instructions where it documents any; otherwise a plain clone.

  1. shell
    $ git clone https://github.com/olafhartong/sysmon-modular.git
  2. shell
    $ sysmon.exe -accepteula -i sysmonconfig.xml

    On Windows, in an administrator shell, with a sysmonconfig.xml generated as the README describes.

Contents

423 files 5.2 MB repository

  • .xml 405
  • .md 5
  • .txt 4
  • .yml 2
  • .csv 1
  • .gif 1
  • .json 1
  • (no ext) 1

Use it with

Commands are curated, not yet run by us.

Sysmon — Install Sysmon on a Windows test host with the generated configuration.

sysmonconfig.xml
$ sysmon64 -accepteula -i sysmonconfig.xml
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