Audit the use of Backup and Restore privilege

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The Who, Where and When information is very important for an administrator to have complete knowledge of all activities that occur on their Active Directory. This helps them identify any desired / undesired activity happening. ADAudit Plus assists an administrator with this information in the form of reports. In real-time, ensure critical resources in the network like the Domain Controllers are audited, monitored and reported with the entire information on AD objects - Users, Groups, GPO, Computer, OU, DNS, AD Schema and Configuration changes with 200+ detailed event specific GUI reports and email alerts.

Object Access » Audit the use of Backup and Restore privilege

What is Audit: Audit the use of Backup and Restore privilege

This security policy setting, when enabled, will audit user rights to backup and restore. This setting is necessary because Audit privilege use policy setting audits all the user rights except, backup and restore. It should be noted that enabling this setting will generate a large volume of security events, of little significance.

This setting can be accessed by navigating to Local Security Policy > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options > Audit: Audit the use of Backup and Restore privilege.

About ADAudit Plus:

ADAudit Plus is a real time change auditing software that helps keep your Active Directory, Azure AD, Windows file servers, NetApp filers, EMC file systems, Synology file systems, Windows member servers, and workstations secure and compliant. With ADAudit Plus, you can get visibility into:

  • Authorized and unauthorized AD management changes
  • User logons, logoffs, and account lockouts
  • GPO changes
  • Group attribute and membership changes
  • OU changes
  • Privileged access and permission changes
  • Azure AD logons, and changes to roles, groups, and applications
  • PowerShell scripts and modules

among other things.

There are more than 200 event-specific reports, and you can configure instant email alerts. You can also export the reports to XLS, HTML, PDF and CSV formats to assist in interpretation and forensics. For more information on ADAudit Plus, visit: https://www.manageengine.com/active-directory-audit/.

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