Techniques are described herein that are capable of using security event correlation to describe an authentication process. Multiple events may describe a common (i.e., same) attempt to authenticate the user. For instance, a first event may include a first description of the attempt, a second event may include a second description of the attempt, and a third event may include a third description of the attempt. The first, second, and third events may be correlated based at least in part on the first, second, and third descriptions. The first, second, and third events may be aggregated to provide an aggregated event that includes an aggregation of the first, second, and third descriptions. An authentication report may be generated to include the aggregation of the first, second, and third descriptions to describe the authentication process.