Elevating Active Directory management: SEA Gas enhances IT governance with ADAudit Plus

Business challenges

• Active Directory (AD) monitoring: SEA Gas encountered difficulties in effectively monitoring and logging changes to AD user accounts and groups, especially those associated with administrator privileges.
• Audit readiness: The organization's IT team sought a tool that could fetch custom reports about its AD environment and user activity for compliance audits.

The problem

SEA Gas faced significant hurdles in maintaining robust IT governance, primarily stemming from the lack of comprehensive solutions for AD management. Craig Young, IT manager at SEA Gas, recounted how the IT team had a pressing need for robust tools to address these challenges, particularly concerning administrator accounts and group modifications. Insufficient reporting capabilities and the absence of user monitoring functionalities further compounded the organization's IT governance woes.

The solution

Deploying ADAudit Plus ushered in a transformative era for SEA Gas's IT governance and AD management practices. Young lauded the solution's efficacy in promptly notifying the IT team of user account and group changes, notably those pertaining to administrator privileges. ADAudit Plus's robust reporting capabilities proved instrumental during audits, furnishing essential insights into AD modifications and enhancing the organization's compliance efforts. Additionally, the solution's user monitoring functionalities empowered SEA Gas to track changes to administrator groups and user creations, bolstering accountability and fortifying security measures.

Additionally, ADAudit Plus's user behavior analytics (UBA) features provided valuable insights into user login patterns and locations, enabling SEA Gas to detect and remediate security risks effectively. Overall, ADAudit Plus emerged as a dependable AD auditing solution for SEA Gas, aligning seamlessly with the organization's requirements and catalyzing improvements in its IT governance practices.

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/.