JBGroup replaces Varonis with ADAudit Plus for its AD auditing

Business challenges

1. Required an immediate replacement for Varonis as it no longer met organization's requirements
2. Real-time monitoring of its AD environment
3. Get notified on key security events such as sensitive group changes, file share access, and permission modifications

The problem

The organization initially replaced manual AD auditing and heavily relied on Varonis. However, replacement of this solution was imminent as it no longer met the team's evolving security requirements. Without an automated alerting platform, the security team faced a significant visibility gap across both identity and file system environments. The team needed a solution that could consolidate AD and File Server monitoring into a single tool, enabling faster and more consistent threat response.

Solution

The team looked for an ideal replacement for Varonis through research, identified ADAudit Plus, and validated their decision through a colleague with direct prior experience using the product.

After deployment, our solution provided the organization with a centralized platform to monitor AD and file server activity without relying on manual log analysis. Real-time alerting on sensitive group changes, file share access, and permission modifications gave the IT team the required details at the moment when threats emerged, rather than after a delayed review cycle.

With AD auditing along with file server monitoring in a single solution, ADAudit Plus simplified administration while delivering measurable improvements in threat visibility and response capability.

OnboardPro offered an optimized ADAudit Plus deployment

Chris and his team required technical assistance to deploy ADAudit Plus to replace Varonis and availed OnboardPro, ManageEngine’s professional services, which helped them in planning and deploy the solution using a phased-approach. This implementation approach allowed the team to prioritize the highest-risk areas first while planning additional alert configurations as familiarity with the platform grew. One such instance was the file deletion. As the implementation progressed with solution-specific implementation manager, Chris discovered that ADAudit Plus offered granular visibility into AD activities and custom alerts. With the help of the implementation manager, the team now receives immediate notifications for critical events such as administrative group changes, file share access, and permissions modifications, enabling faster identification and response to potential threats.

Chris highly regarded the implementation manager’s expertise with the solution and appreciated the reception and courteousness. Thus, making his entire experience with our implementation service exceptional. The ongoing rollout of additional alert types, including file deletion monitoring, reflects growing reliance on the platform as the primary threat detection layer.

About ADAudit Plus

ADAudit Plus is a unified auditing solution that provides full visibility into activities across Active Directory (AD), Entra ID, file servers (Windows, NetApp, EMC and more), Windows servers, and workstations—all in just a few clicks. ADAudit Plus helps organizations streamline auditing, demonstrate compliance, and enhance their identity threat detection and response with capabilities like real-time change auditing, user logon tracking, account lockout analysis, privileged user monitoring, file auditing, compliance reporting, attack surface analysis (for AD, Azure, AWS, and GCP), UBA, response automation, and AD backup and recovery. For more information about ADAudit Plus, visit www.manageengine.com/products/active-directory-audit/.