Muller Engineering Company strengthens server and file monitoring with ADAudit Plus

Business challenges

• Lack of monitoring and alerts: Muller Engineering Company faced significant visibility gaps in monitoring who was logging into their critical infrastructure.
• Audit and compliance needs: For improved compliance, the organization needed detailed yet easy-to-generate reports for auditing login events, access to critical files, and user activities across its servers.

The problem

According to Kevin Bolger, the IT operations manager at Muller Engineering Company, his team struggled with very limited control over server access and file tracking. With critical files at risk of being copied or moved without detection, the organization required a solution to help monitor who accessed specific servers, what actions they took, and when.

Furthermore, the company lacked a reliable alerting system for tracking key events—an issue highlighted during an external penetration test. Muller Engineering Company needed an effective solution to address these vulnerabilities while simplifying its audit reporting process.

The solution

With ADAudit Plus, Muller Engineering Company successfully addressed its audit and security needs. The product enabled the organization to track logins to critical servers, monitor file movements, and receive real-time alerts on user access. The solution’s customizable reports allowed Muller Engineering Company to easily generate detailed audit logs.

ADAudit Plus provided Muller Engineering Company with an efficient way to establish an audit trail. As Bolger pointed out, ADAudit Plus' reports "are sufficiently detailed to track our necessary audit information, and are also easy to generate". The solution was praised for its easy setup, and the team noted that they had not required additional support since implementation, a testament to its reliability.

By deploying ADAudit Plus, Muller Engineering Company achieved greater visibility over server and file access, enhancing both their security posture and audit readiness. Implying that ADAudit Plus stays true to its name, Bolger remarked "it [ADAudit Plus] has been very successful in monitoring and alerting us to AD changes and permission changes for key accounts."

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/.