Account Management Event: 695

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Account Management » Event ID 695 - LDAP Query Group Changed

Event ID 695 - LDAP Query Group Changed

Event ID 695
Category Account management
Sub category Application group management
Description A basic application group was changed

In Active Directory, when a LDAP query group or Business Rule Application Group (BRAP) is changed, event ID 695 gets logged. 

This log data gives the following information:

Subject: User who performed the action Security ID
Account Name
Account Domain
Logon ID
New Account: Created user account  Security ID
Group Name
Group Domain
Attributes SAM Account Name
SID History
Additional Information Privileges

Why event ID 695 needs to be monitored?

  • Prevention of privilege abuse
  • Detection of potential malicious activity
  • Operational purposes like getting information on user activity like user attendance, peak logon times, etc.
  • Compliance mandates

Pro tip:

ADAudit Plus alerts and tracks critical activities such as creation, deletion or modification of user/group/computer, thus making Active Directory auditing much easier. 

Event 695 applies to the following operating systems: 

  • Windows Server 2000
  • Windows 2003 and XP

Corresponding event ID for 695 in Windows Server 2008 and Vista is 4791

 

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