# Privilege Management Audit & Reports

Last Updated On: 14 Jul 2026  
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Track elevation events, audit justifications, and detect potential privilege misuse across managed endpoints. Two reports surface the elevation activity most relevant to compliance and security monitoring.

## Applications Elevated with Reason

This report records every application elevated by a user, along with the justification provided at the time of elevation. Use it to verify that elevations are happening for legitimate reasons and to maintain an auditable record for compliance purposes.

![Applications Elevated with Reason report showing elevated apps and user justifications](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/images/elevated-apps-reason-report.png)

*Elevated Applications with Reason — a full log of user-justified elevation events.*

## Applications Running with Administrator Privileges

This report lists all applications currently executing with administrative rights across managed endpoints. Use it to detect potential privilege misuse — any application running with admin privileges that isn't expected to be elevated warrants investigation.

![Applications Running with Administrator Privileges report listing apps with elevated execution](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/images/elevated-apps-report.png)

*Admin-privileged applications — identify unexpected or unauthorized elevation.*

## Related

- [Endpoint Privilege Management overview](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/endpoint-privilege-management/epm-overview.html)
- [EPM policy deployment and elevation events](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/endpoint-privilege-management/epm-policy-deployment.html)
- [JIT access for privilege elevation](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/endpoint-privilege-management/epm-jit-access.html)
- [Application Control audit reports](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/application-control/ac-audit-reports.html)