Docs: fit-it-to-your-environment checklist

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Releases are tagged `vX.Y.Z` and published with a zip and a SHA256 checksum.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- 🧭 **One checklist for fitting the kit to your environment.** The Safety page opens with what to settle before rolling out (your selection, a pilot, SIEM cost, sensitive logs, Group Policy precedence, change process, rollback, your own obligations), linked from the README and Getting started.
+
 ## [2.2.1] - 2026-09-24
 
 More of the logs that matter for lateral movement, and one fix, from a cross-check against other published Windows auditing baselines: SMB server guest logons and security events, the two RDP logs written before a session starts, and Group Policy-forced "do not overwrite" retention reported instead of fought.

README.md

@@ -98,7 +98,13 @@ The kit never touches the settings that can hang or lock out a host
 (`CrashOnAuditFail`, "do not overwrite" retention, global object access
 auditing, blanket SACLs) and never reboots, restarts services or shrinks
 logs. Heavy settings carry a risk note the builder shows before you select
-them. Use at your own risk.
+them.
+
+It's a starting point: fit it to your own infrastructure (selection, pilot,
+SIEM cost, Group Policy, change process) before rolling out, using the
+checklist in
+[Safety & FAQ](https://spydisec.github.io/WinLogKit/safety/#fit-it-to-your-environment-first).
+Provided as is, without warranty; use at your own risk.
 
 ## Contributing
 

docs/getting-started.md

@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@ pipeline or an Intune/RMM check as-is.
    decisions; [Coverage](mapping.md) shows what they add. To build a
    selection from scratch instead, run `.\New-LoggingBaseline.ps1`
    ([Baselines](baselines.md#building-your-own)).
-3. **Roll it out** with Intune or Group Policy ([Deploy](deployment.md)).
-4. **Collect it centrally**, if you use Windows Event Forwarding
+3. **Fit it to your environment**: SIEM cost, Group Policy, change process
+   and your own obligations
+   ([checklist](safety.md#fit-it-to-your-environment-first)).
+4. **Roll it out** with Intune or Group Policy ([Deploy](deployment.md)).
+5. **Collect it centrally**, if you use Windows Event Forwarding
    ([Collect](wec.md)).
 
 ## Where things land

docs/safety.md

@@ -4,6 +4,43 @@ The settings that can genuinely hurt a Windows machine, how the kit avoids
 every one of them, and which of the *safe* settings still cost real disk
 and money.
 
+## Fit it to your environment first
+
+WinLogKit is a sourced starting point, not a finished policy for your
+estate. Before rolling it out:
+
+- **Pick, then adjust, a selection.** Start from the role preset, copy it,
+  and turn settings on or off for your hosts
+  ([Baselines](baselines.md#role-presets)). Keep your copy in version
+  control.
+- **Pilot it.** Run `-WhatIf`, apply on a test host that mirrors
+  production, and watch it for at least a week: event volume, disk (the
+  [storage check](#disk-space)) and anything your monitoring or backup
+  agents do differently.
+- **Check the cost downstream.** Every event you turn on is ingested,
+  stored and licensed by your SIEM. Agree ingest and retention with whoever
+  runs and pays for it.
+- **Treat the logs as sensitive.** Command-line capture and PowerShell
+  logging can record credentials typed on a command line. Restrict who can
+  read these logs and where they're forwarded.
+- **Know what else sets policy.** On domain-joined hosts, Group Policy
+  replaces local settings at the next refresh: deliver fleet-wide through
+  [Group Policy or Intune](deployment.md), and check that nothing else
+  (other baselines, security tools) sets conflicting audit policy or log
+  retention.
+- **Follow your change process.** The kit never reboots or restarts
+  services, but it does change audit policy and log settings. Schedule it
+  like any other configuration change, especially on domain controllers
+  and certificate authorities.
+- **Verify, and keep the way back.** Run `Test-LoggingBaseline.ps1` after
+  every change. The first real run saves a rollback copy, and `-Rollback`
+  restores it.
+- **Check your obligations.** Retention periods, privacy and sector rules
+  differ by organisation and country; the kit doesn't decide them for you.
+
+WinLogKit is provided as is, without warranty, under the
+[MIT License](https://github.com/spydisec/WinLogKit/blob/main/LICENSE).
+
 ## What the kit will never do
 
 Windows auditing has settings that can hang, halt or lock out a server. The