Post on 22-Dec-2015
Review of NetwrixChange Auditing Software
What is it? It is a change and configuration auditing software.
Ability to automatically track configuration changes to:
Active Directory
Microsoft Exchange
Windows Servers
Group Policy
File servers
Microsoft SQL Server
SharePoint
VMware
Ability to track file changes
Files on file servers
SharePoint
NetApp Filer
EMC Storage
Netwrix Auditor
Other tools included:
User Activity Recording
Inactive User Tracking
Password Expiration Alerting
What is it?Netwrix Auditor
Netwrix Auditor
Meet compliance requirements for auditors
What changed
When was it changed
Who changed it
Peace of mind
Receive immediate notifications of critical changes
Ability to trace changes made
Rollback capability
Netwrix gives the ability to easily rollback changes to Active Directory
Files changes can also be rolled back if your have volume shad copy enabled.
Why?
Netwrix AuditorHow?
Netwrix Auditor for Active Directory
Active Directory configuration, Group Policies, password expirations and inactive users
Netwrix Auditor for ExchangeExchange configuration, mailboxes, permissions and mailbox access
Netwrix Auditor for File ServersPermissions and access on Windows, EMC Storage and NetApp Filers
Netwrix Auditor for SharePoint SharePoint farm configurations, security and content
Netwrix Auditor for SQL Server SQL configurations and security
Netwrix Auditor for VMware VMware vSphere and ESX configuration
Netwrix Auditor for Windows Server
Windows configuration, registry, services, and more, including user activity video recording
Purchase the components you need. License based on number of users.
Netwrix AuditorHow?
Hardware/Software requirements:
Windows 7 or 2008 or later (we are running Windows 7)
8 GB RAM (we have 16GB)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2x 64bit, 3GHz (ours is a corei5 3.2GHz)
500MB for install
1GB for audit archive
500MB for SQL Server DB (we are using an existing SQL 2012 server)
Netwrix AuditorOur Experience with Netwrix
We are using the following components:
Auditor for Active Directory
Auditor for Group Policy
Auditor for Exchange
Auditor for Windows
Auditor for File Servers
Total cost (based on 205 AD users) $2,500
Annual maintenance $625
Netwrix AuditorAt a glance
The interface
Netwrix AuditorAt a glance
Configuration
Netwrix AuditorAt a glance
Reports
Netwrix AuditorAt a glance
It has a subscription feature
Netwrix AuditorAt a glance
Example – Daily Email Summaries
Netwrix AuditorAt a glance
Real-time Alerts and ability to create your own
Netwrix AuditorAt a glance
Example – Alert Email Notification
Netwrix AuditorOur Experience with Netwrix- the Good
Ability to drill down on dashboards
Netwrix AuditorOur Experience with Netwrix- the Good
Tons of Pre-built Reports >200
The ability to run reports across modules
Other useful reports
Netwrix AuditorOur Experience with Netwrix- the Good
Real-time Alerts and ability to create your own
Netwrix AuditorOur Experience with Netwrix- the Bad
Lots of information generated from normal server processes can be a bit overwhelming.
Netwrix AuditorOur Experience with Netwrix- the Bad
Report creation does not have the most intuitive interface
Netwrix AuditorConclusion
Buy, Try, or Don’t Buy?
Buy
Questions?