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Active Directory log monitoring with Log360

ManageEngine Log360 delivers comprehensive visibility into your Active Directory (AD) environment by collecting, parsing, correlating, and archiving AD-related event logs.

From user authentications and group changes to account lockouts, Log360 enables efficient log management, advanced threat detection, and streamlined investigations from a centralized console.

How Log360 collects and processes AD logs

Log360 supports flexible log collection methods to suit varied AD environments and deployment scales:

Agent-based collection: Lightweight and secure. This is used when you want to ingest data from restricted environments.

Agentless collection: In this method, Log360 listens in on the log data received on some of the specific ports using WMI.

Syslog forwarding: Collects event data forwarded via syslog from intermediary log collectors or security devices.

Note: If you have installed Log360 on your Unix machine, you need to convert Windows event logs into syslogs to forward through Log360's syslog listener.

Log360's AD Monitoring capabilities

Log360 ingests event data from multiple log channels to provide complete coverage of AD activities, including:

Logon attempts, account lockouts, and group membership changes
Service operations—system events that impact AD functionality
Errors from AD-integrated services or domain-linked applications
Audit-specific or application-generated logs tied to AD usage

Critical AD events tracked

Log360 helps security teams monitor key AD events, including:

Successful and failed user logon attempts
Privileged group membership changes
User account creation, deletion, and modification
Password resets and account lockouts
Group Policy changes and replication errors
Security settings and permission modifications

Key benefits

Real-time AD change auditing: Log360 monitors key AD activities, such as group membership modifications, account lockouts, and privilege escalations, with prebuilt reports and instant alerts to flag security risks as they arise.

Correlate logs across sources: Log360 correlates AD events with logs from endpoints, firewalls, cloud services, threat intelligence feeds, and other sources, enabling comprehensive detection of complex attack patterns.

Enhanced forensic readiness: Easily reconstruct incident timelines with context-rich data across AD and other integrated sources.

Solving key AD security challenges

Challenges	What Log360 offers
Privileged access abuse	Tracks admin activity and privilege escalations with alerts and behavior profiling.
Credential-based threats	Detects anomalies in logon patterns and brute-force login attempts.
Regulatory compliance gaps	Prebuilt compliance reports for AD-related controls and access reviews.
Streamlined correlation	Correlates AD events with logs from endpoints, servers, and firewalls for a full view.

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With ManageEngine Log360, you can:

Monitor your resource usage to ensure optimal performance to avoid any issues from escalating further.
Secure your ADManager Plus, ensuring consistent uptime by detecting any potential vulnerabilities with advanced threat detection capabilities.
Avoid falling prey to known web-based attacks like cross-site scripting.
Ensure you are complying with industry standards with confidence by maintaining a strong security posture.

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