Monitoring user accounts helps identify suspicious activities such as unauthorized access attempts, privilege escalation, or brute-force attacks. Logs provide early warnings of potential security breaches, allowing for quick investigation and mitigation before any damage occurs.

Many regulatory standards (like CMMC, HIPAA, and SOX) require organizations to maintain detailed logs of user access and activities. Regular monitoring of these logs ensures compliance and provides an audit trail that can be used for internal reviews or external audits.

Account and audit logs offer valuable information when diagnosing issues such as account lockouts, failed login attempts, or system performance problems. Monitoring logs enables faster root cause analysis and resolution of issues, minimizing downtime and disruption for users.

Windows Security Logs track changes made to user accounts, permissions, and password changes. Monitoring these changes ensures accountability and helps prevent unauthorized or accidental modifications that could affect system integrity or user access.