Community Choice achieves efficient hybrid auditing with ADAudit Plus

Business challenge

Community Choice used a hybrid environment to manage its employees and customers with minimal resources. Auditing all the devices available in both its on-premises and cloud environments was mandatory to stay SOX compliant.

Community Choice had previously purchased ManageEngine ADManager Plus, which proved to be extremely reliable. This promise of reliability across ManageEngine's solutions made the organization choose ADAudit Plus over other auditing solutions.

Hybrid auditing simplified with ADAudit Plus

Community Choice was right—ADAudit Plus effortlessly helped the organization achieve its auditing requirements. The solution provided comprehensive reports to audit and monitor changes made to NAS file servers, workstations, domain controllers, and more. With its real-time change auditing capabilities, the organization is now able to monitor both its on-premises and cloud environments, with detailed reports for Group Policy Objects, password resets, AD permissions, and configuration changes.

File integrity monitoring was one of the features in ADAudit Plus that intrigued Priya Vaya, a security analyst from Community Choice. This feature offered reports to monitor and track all file modifications, permission changes, failed attempts to read/write, and more. With the help of such reports, the organization now has a bird's-eye view of the files being accessed and modified, thereby ensuring that sensitive files stay secure. Additionally, ADAudit Plus offers reports to track LDAP queries executed, monitor SYSMON logs, and audit AD Federation Services, enabling the organization to secure its environment.

OnboardPro: The extra hands of expertise that Community Choice needed

Vaya and her team wanted to customize ADAudit Plus to fit their hybrid environment and unique requirements. With few hands on their deck, they faced challenges and soon required assistance. OnboardPro, an implementation service offered by ManageEngine to its customers, answered their need.

With the help of a dedicated implementation expert, Vaya and her team not only perfected their setup but acquired the knowledge to tweak it in the future. New requirements were discovered as the implementation progressed, such as creating custom alerts to notify stakeholders of changes made to files, reports to audit their internal policies, record user sessions, personalize the solution's dashboard, and more.

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/.

About OnboardPro

OnboardPro is a ManageEngine service that provides solution implementation to clients upon request. This service includes the installation and customized configuration of ManageEngine solutions. It enables clients to seamlessly begin work without worrying about the complexities of product installation, deployment, and use. Every client environment is unique and requires additional support beyond basic installation and standard features. With our onboarding support, clients have the option to engage a team of product experts to manage the installation, implementation, customization, and training based on their business needs. For more information, visit manageengine.com/onboarding/manageengine-onboardpro-iam-and-siem-professional-service.html.