The Per-user audit policy table was created
A per-user audit policy (`AuditPol /set /user:...`) was established or initialized.
Event ID 4902 logs creation of per-user audit policy tables (`PerUserPolicy`). Per-user auditing allows administrators to exclude specific user accounts from global audit policy generation or apply heightened logging to sensitive accounts.
Failure Reason / Root Cause:
Initialization of per-user audit policy (`AuditPol` per-user table created).
Raw Event XML snippet
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}" />
<EventID>4902</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>0</Level>
<Task>12544</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2026-07-17T09:54:44.921Z" />
<EventRecordID>1048576</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="612" ThreadID="1024" />
<Channel>Security</Channel>
<Computer>DC01.enterprise.internal</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-5-18</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectUserName">SYSTEM</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectDomainName">NT AUTHORITY</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x3e7</Data>
<!-- Event telemetry fields specific to The Per-user audit policy table was created -->
</EventData>
</Event>MITRE ATT&CK mapping
| ID | Technique | Tactic |
|---|---|---|
T1562.001 | Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools | Defense Evasion |
Recommended actions
- Verify that per-user audit policies are not being created to selectively exclude compromised service accounts from security event logging.