ATB Market finds a powerful auditing solution in ADAudit Plus

Business challenges

• Need for enhanced AD monitoring: ATB Market required a proactive approach to AD auditing, ensuring that all changes and activities were closely monitored.
• Lack of real-time insights: ATB Market wanted a tool that could assist its security department in tracking GPO changes and suspicious AD activity to strengthen internal investigations.

The problem

Being a retail chain that operated across various locations across Ukraine, ABB recognized the importance of having an AD monitoring tool. Naumov Sergey, Administrator at ABB, explained, “We recognized the importance of having a comprehensive auditing and monitoring solution to proactively identify and address potential security risks.”

The company wanted a powerful yet user-friendly solution that could provide real-time insights into AD changes, detect unusual behavior, and ensure compliance with security policies.

The solution

ATB Market implemented ManageEngine ADAudit Plus to gain comprehensive visibility into AD changes and strengthen security monitoring. The platform enabled the IT team to proactively track modifications across the AD environment, ensuring that all changes were logged and auditable. By using ADAudit Plus, ATB Market significantly improved its ability to detect and investigate suspicious activities, enhancing the security team’s efficiency in handling potential threats.

ADAudit Plus’ comprehensive library of 150+ reports proved to be an effective resource for ATB's IT team, which helped them effectively audit GPOs and user activity. These reports became instrumental in supporting compliance efforts and security audits, ensuring that ATB Market could consistently meet organizational and regulatory requirements.

ATB Market’s security department benefited greatly from ADAudit Plus' user monitoring capabilities, which played a crucial role in investigations and security assessments. Sergey noted how ADAudit Plus helps his team keep an eye on sensitive actions: "ADAudit Plus helped us to detect users who used their account to run scripts."

The company also received valuable support from ManageEngine’s team, ensuring a smooth implementation process. The support team assisted ATB Market in setting up the solution and fine-tuning GPO reporting, making it easier for administrators to track policy changes and security events.

Reflecting on the impact of ADAudit Plus, Sergey stated, “ADAudit Plus is a powerful auditing and monitoring tool with a user-friendly interface.” With a 9/10 overall experience rating and a 10/10 recommendation score, ATB Market continues to rely on ADAudit Plus as an essential tool for AD auditing, security monitoring, and compliance management.

About ADAudit Plus

ADAudit Plus is a real-time Active Directory change auditing solution that features file and folder monitoring, plus access and permission change capabilities. With more than 200 event-specific reports and real-time email alerts, it provides in-depth knowledge about changes made to both the content and configurations of Active Directory, Azure AD, and Windows servers. Additionally, ADAudit Plus provides thorough insights on workstation and file server access (including NetApp and EMC). For more information about ADAudit Plus, visit https://www.manageengine.com/products/active-directory-audit/.