# Successful authentication after 3 failures

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/successful-authentication-after-3-failures/275491>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [June 9, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/successful-authentication-after-3-failures/275491 "2021-06-09T19:04:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![bilel\_meddeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bilel\_meddeb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bilel_meddeb)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/successful-authentication-after-3-failures/275491/1 "2021-06-09T19:04:03Z")

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Hello,  
I'm new in ELK

I want to create an alert if a windows user makes a successful login after he make 3 failed authentication

that's mean after 3 failed (4625 event id ) and 1 success (4624 event id ) he make alert

I use winlogbeat to collect log from windows machine

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/successful-authentication-after-3-failures/275491/2 "2021-07-07T19:04:24Z")

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