Swyft Fiber strengthens Active Directory visibility and security with ADAudit Plus

Business challenges

• Limited visibility into user activities: Swyft Fiber faced challenges in auditing user activities within Active Directory (AD), leading to several security blind spots.
• Inefficient tracking of AD changes: The absence of real-time insights hindered the IT team's ability to promptly detect and respond to changes in the AD environment.
• Need for robust user monitoring: There was a pressing requirement for comprehensive monitoring capabilities to oversee user behavior across the network effectively.

The Problem

Prior to implementing ADAudit Plus, Swyft Fiber's IT infrastructure lacked the necessary tools to provide comprehensive visibility into user activities and changes within Active Directory. This deficiency made it challenging to monitor user behavior, track modifications, and ensure compliance with security protocols. The IT team struggled with delayed responses to potential security incidents due to the absence of real-time alerts and detailed reports. As Raheem, a system administrator at Swyft Fiber, recounted, “Before implementing ADAudit Plus, we faced several IT challenges, particularly around visibility of auditing user activities.”

The Solution

Swyft Fiber deployed ADAudit Plus, ManageEngine real-time IT auditing solution, to address these challenges. The solution provided real-time auditing of user activities, enabling the IT team to monitor and track changes within Active Directory efficiently. With ADAudit Plus, Swyft Fiber gained access to detailed reports and real-time insights into user activities, changes in Active Directory, file access, and logon patterns. Raheem highlighted, “ADAudit Plus does a good job of helping us track and audit user activities. The real-time insights and reports really were what we needed.”

The robust monitoring capabilities of ADAudit Plus significantly enhanced Swyft Fiber’s visibility into user activity across the network. The solution's user behavior analytics (UBA) feature, helped Swyft Fiber's IT team define the activity baseline for all users. Raheem affirmed, “ADAudit Plus has been quite helpful in the area of user behavior analytics. It establishes a baseline of normal user activity and helps us detect anomalies.”

Furthermore, Swyft Fiber benefited from ADAudit Plus's effective reporting features, which provided detailed, real-time insights necessary for compliance and security audits. The support team at ADAudit Plus also played a crucial role in ensuring a smooth implementation and addressing any queries promptly. Raheem appreciated the support, stating, “The ADAudit support team has always been helpful and exceeding our needs.” Reflecting on his overall experience, Raheem summarized, “ADAudit Plus is a solid and dependable solution for AD auditing. It gives us a deep visibility into all critical changes and user activities.”

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/.