Câmara Municipal do Porto streamlines IT auditing with ADAudit Plus

The Problem

Câmara Municipal do Porto faced several IT challenges prior to implementing ADAudit Plus. Artur Carvalho, IT admin at Câmara Municipal do Porto, and his team were confronted with the challenge of aggregating huge amounts of event data automatically and in real time so that they could analyze this data, infer security insights, and prepare reports. The next challenge was doing all of this in a short period while facing significant data loss. The team was also looking for a solution that could provide detailed audit reports on GPO changes and Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) usage.

The outcome

Câmara Municipal do Porto deployed ADAudit Plus, after which Carvalho and his team experienced a significant improvement in their Windows Server event analysis. ADAudit Plus' automated data compilation and reporting has allowed them to monitor and analyze events more effectively.

Additionally, ADAudit Plus’ alert notification system has proved to be a great bonus as it promptly apprises the team of any critical events. Furthermore, the tool provides the team with the user monitoring and GPO and LAPS auditing capabilities for which it was looking. In fact, ADAudit Plus’ exhaustive, prebuilt reports have satisfied the organization's IT auditing needs so much that Carvalho and his team have not had any use for the tool’s custom reports at all.

As an added advantage, ADAudit Plus’ user behavior analytics (UBA) has helped Câmara Municipal do Porto understand the usage patterns of various resources in its network, thus equipping the organization with the insights needed to fine-tune resource management. Furthermore, Câmara Municipal do Porto now has a clear picture of what its baseline for user and system activities looks like, which improves its chances of spotting anomalies.

Rating ADAudit Plus a perfect 10 out of 10, Carvalho mentioned that the ease of implementation; automated, prebuilt reports; and effective product support influenced Câmara Municipal do Porto to choose this solution.

About ADAudit Plus

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is an IT security and compliance solution. With over 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 insight on workstation and file server access (including NetApp, EMC, and other NAS devices). For more information about ADAudit Plus, visit manageengine.com/active-directory-audit.