Process Tracking Event: 4816

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Process Tracking » Event ID 4816 - RPC detected an integrity violation while decrypting an incoming message

Event ID 4816 - RPC detected an integrity violation while decrypting an incoming message

Event ID 4816
Category Process tracking
Sub category RPC events
Description RPC detected an integrity violation while decrypting an incoming message

In Active Directory, when decrypting an incoming message if RPC detects an integrity violation, event ID 4816 is logged.

This log data gives the following information:

  • Peer Name
  • Protocol Sequence
  • Security Error

Why event ID 4816 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:

User management audit reports from ADAudit Plus help in monitoring user management actions in real-time and maintaining a record of actions done by users, administrators and technicians that helps in efficient functioning of an organization.

Event 4816 applies to the following operating systems: 

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
  • Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10

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