Zane State College uses ADAudit Plus to ace its state and federal compliance programs

Business challenges

• Need to establish user audit trail: The IT team needed a solution to track who, when, and where users were logging into the AD environment, ensuring accountability and IT visibility.
• Ensuring compliance with state and federal standards: The institution needed a solution that could generate accurate, audit-ready reports to meet regulatory requirements at both the state and federal level.

The problem

Before implementing ADAudit Plus, Zane State College struggled with limited visibility into AD activity and had no efficient way to generate detailed audit reports. Bryan Baker, an IT representative at Zane State College, explained, “We needed the ability to determine who, when, and where users were logging into our AD environment, along with detailed reporting for compliance.”

Additionally, tracking administrative actions—such as account creation, deletion, and permission changes—was a manual process, making it difficult to ensure policy adherence and visibility

The solution

Zane State College deployed ManageEngine ADAudit Plus, which significantly improved AD monitoring, compliance reporting, and security tracking. The organization's IT team primarily use ADAudit Plus to monitor changes, with Baker noting " We use ADAudit Plus for change tracking, audit and notification of AD account creation, deletion, and changes."

Baker noted, “We use ADAudit Plus primarily for auditing and reporting at the State and Federal level. It also helps us ensure company procedures are followed.” ADAudit Plus' user behavior analytics (UBA) feature helped Zane State College's administrative teams track suspicious activities. Baker noted that UBA assists his team with tracking "unusual hours and high number of logins."

As an illustration of the comprehensive nature of ADAudit Plus' canned reports, Baker recounted that his team did not have to create custom reports, as ADAudit Plus has all the information they need. Furthermore, Zane State College has not encountered any issues with support, and whenever tickets were submitted, the responses were timely, and technicians were knowledgeable and helpful.

Baker concluded, “ADAudit Plus is an essential solution for us. It helps us track AD activity for compliance and security, and most of the built-in reports provide exactly what we need.” With an 8/10 rating and a 9/10 recommendation score, Zane State College highly recommends ADAudit Plus for organizations needing robust AD auditing, compliance reporting, and security monitoring.

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/.