Audit system events This policy setting is very important because it allows you to monitor system events that succeed and fail, and provides a record of these events that may help determine instances of unauthorized system access. System events include starting or shutting down computers in your environment, full event logs, or other security-related events that affect the entire system. (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Audit Policy!Audit system events (2) WMI: root\rsop\computer#RSOP_AuditPolicy#Success, Failure#Category='AuditSystemEvents' and precedence=1