What We Monitor
How CimTrak for AD Works
When CimTrak locks an Active Directory installation for monitoring, it reads the entire contents of the directory database. It calculates a digital signature for each member, configuration, or schema entity and stores it in CimTrak’s master repository along with a copy of the entity itself.
At user-configured intervals, CimTrak reads the contents of the directory database, calculates the digital signature of each entity, and compares it to the signature stored in CimTrak’s master repository. When CimTrak detects a changed (or an added or deleted) entity, the entity and its digital signature
Benefits of Using CimTrak for Active Directory
CimTrak detects any change to the attributes of any member entity or configuration. When changes are detected, CimTrak for Active Directory can be used to compare the entity’s attributes to the entity’s previous
- CimTrak for Active Directory can detect when a user has been added to or deleted from the domain, log the activity, and notify the responsible parties by e-mail,
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- CimTrak for Active Directory can detect, log, and notify when users have been given additional privileges.
- CimTrak for Active Directory can detect, log, and notify when a device has been added to or deleted from the domain.
- CimTrak for Active Directory can detect, log, and notify when the domain configuration has been modified.
