Titan Roofing makes AD auditing effective and user-friendly with ADAudit Plus

Business challenges

• Limited AD visibility: Titan Roofing lacked real-time insight into user logons, failed access attempts, and privilege escalations, making it difficult to detect anomalies quickly.

The problem

Titan Roofing's IT team struggled to keep pace with the evolving security risks and end-user issues in their AD environment, according to Alex Ramos, the organization's network Systems Administrator. "Before implementing ADAudit Plus, we faced challenges related to visibility in our environment. Some of the concerns were tracking user logons, failed attempts, and privilege escalation," Ramos explained. Without proactive monitoring and alerts, any unusual behavior could go unnoticed — and undetected changes to AD posed compliance and security hazards. The absence of real-time insights severely limited their ability to conduct forensic analysis and react swiftly to incidents.

The solution

Implementing ManageEngine ADAudit Plus transformed Titan's Active Directory (AD) management by delivering real-time auditing of user activities, GPO changes, and group membership alterations. This empowered Titan with clear visibility into critical AD events. “ADAudit Plus has been helping us track down changes in Active Directory with real-time auditing. Reporting on user logons, GPO changes, and group memberships provides additional visibility on our environmental actions,” noted Ramos. The team now relies on rich, configurable reports for detailed forensic investigations.

ADAudit Plus also provides robust monitoring and alerting capabilities. Real-time alerts are triggered for failed logon attempts, privilege escalations, and anomalous access events. “ADAudit Plus offers robust monitoring capabilities, real-time alerts, and user behavior analytics that provide information on anomalous activity,” shared Ramos. The solution's User Behavior Analytics (UBA) flags suspicious patterns—like repeated failed logons or folder access attempts—enabling early detection of potential threats. Ramos added, “ADAudit Plus enables me to set up real-time monitoring of failed logon attempts and failed folder access attempts.”

Ramos was delighted by the product's ease of use and the exceptional support during deployment. “The support team is the best part of this product. They literally held my hand through the entire implementation. I cannot emphasize enough how important that is to me. Happy, happy, happy!” He also praised the tool's immediate impact: “ADAudit Plus is a great auditing solution. It's relatively easy to use. ADAudit Plus provided me with all the info I wanted immediately after implementation. No waiting. No time wasted. No unknowns.” Ramos rated his overall experience a 10/10 and expressed the highest likelihood to recommend the product.

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/.