Lepide Auditor

Windows File Server Auditing Software

The easiest, yet most comprehensive way to audit file server changes and data access, track interactions with data and detect threats.

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icon Audit file server changes and interactions.

Detailed audit trails and pre-set reports for all file server interactions, including file deletions, file access attempts, file copy events, and file modifications.

icon Complete file server permission analysis.

See who has access to files/folders, what level of access they have, and where they are getting access from. Track permission changes.

icon Remediate excessive permissions.

Determine which users have permissions that they do not need and automatically implement least privilege by revoking excessive access.

icon Understand your sensitive data.

Discover and classify data on file server so that you can build a picture of what your risk surface looks like.

icon Spot data open to all users.

Data open to all users through open shares is a security risk. Generate a list of all open shares and get real time alerts whenever new open shares are created.

icon Audit and monitor file copy events.

Unlike our competitors, we can audit and alert you when your users are copying files with sensitive data.

What we audit in Windows file server.

Lepide Auditor for File Server enables you to audit when files and folders are created, accessed, modified, copied or deleted in file server. We also help organizations track and compare permissions across their file servers. Our File server auditing software addresses common sysadmin challenges, including investigating deleted files, failed access attempts, and generating detailed audit reports. Lepide overcomes the limitations of PowerShell and event logs to provide full Windows File Server auditing capabilities.

Audit critical file server changes and interactions.

  • Native Windows File Server auditing is noisy, time consuming, and often lacks the critical information you need to determine what is happening to your sensitive data. Lepide is simple.
  • With Lepide, you can get detailed audit reports for all critical file server changes and interactions, including permissions modifications, file modifications, deletions, file copy events, and more.
  • Understand how your users are interacting with files and spot when users are trying to access data they don’t have permissions to access (failed file reads).
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  • Get a complete understanding of what levels of access your users have to your files and folders and where they are getting that access from.
  • Spot data open to all users through open shares so that you can take immediate steps to reducing your threat surface area.
  • Spot users with excessive permissions to sensitive data and remediate excessive access in real time through automated policies.
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  • Identify data that is open to all users through open shares.
  • Spot stale data that can be archived to reduce your attack surface and reduce storage costs.
  • Get reports on which users have unnecessary access to sensitive data based on their data usage patterns.
  • Analyze user behavior with sensitive data (copying, moving, modifying, deleting, etc.) and spot anomalies in real time.
FSA

  • Automatically scan and classify sensitive or regulated data at the point of creation to add more context to your auditing reports.
  • Implement hundreds of pre-defined criteria sets to locate sensitive data across your unstructured data stores and map to compliance mandates.
  • Other solutions may take days to scan your environment for sensitive data. With Lepide, you can identify sensitive data at the point of creation for instant value.
  • Identify what content users have access to and what they are doing with your data to better inform access controls and security policies.
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Level up your File Server auditing game.

icon Real time alerts and response.

Alerts delivered in real time for any events or changes. Automated workflows and threat models for instant visibility and response.

icon Customizable, easy-to-use reports.

All our reports and dashboards are fully customizable, allowing you to search, sort, and filter to get to the information you need.

icon Flexible deployment to suit your needs.

Lepide’s file server auditing solution can be deployed on-premises or as SaaS to suit your requirements.

icon Analyze and spot anomalies.

Lepide’s machine learning tool enables you to spot and react to anomalies in what’s happening to your file server.

icon Our AI helper will be your best friend.

Get quick, concise answers and summaries of reports by asking our AI helper, Lepide IQ, so that you can interrogate data faster.

icon Audit file server on the go with our mobile app.

Get real time alerts, a live feed of events, and automatic threat response in the palm of your hand.

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Frequently asked questions.

File server auditing is the process of tracking and logging access to files and folders on a file server (in this case, Windows file server) in order to monitor user behavior, detect unwanted activity, track permissions, and more. In general, file server auditing is a crucial aspect of data security and compliance.

File server auditing works by logging events in the security logs, including things like file and folder access, modifications, and deletions. By logging these events, administrators can track user actions, detect unauthorized access, and enforce security policies.

The most common method companies use to check file server audit logs is using the Event Viewer. Within the Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc), go to Windows Logs → Security and search for event IDs 4656 or 4663 to check access attempts and success access respectively. You will need to ensure auditing is enabled via Group Policy. This method has several obvious drawbacks when compared to Lepide, including being cumbersome, reactive, and difficult to piece together event sequences.

To audit file server permissions natively, you will have to use tools like PowerShell, the Windows File Exporter Security tab, or (more likely) third party file server auditing tools. If using the security event log, you’ll have to search for Event ID 4670 for permission changes.

File server auditing is crucial for tracking unauthorized access, changes, and deletions of sensitive data. It enhances security, ensures compliance with regulations, and helps in identifying and responding to potential data breaches promptly.

Windows file auditing software tracks and logs activities on Windows file servers. It monitors file access, modifications, and deletions, providing detailed reports and alerts to help organizations maintain security and compliance.

Best practices for auditing file servers include defining clear auditing policies, regularly reviewing and updating audit logs, setting up real-time alerts for suspicious activities, ensuring data integrity, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.

Spot security threats by monitoring audit logs for unusual file access patterns, unexpected modifications, and unauthorized deletions. Real-time alerts and detailed reports help in quickly identifying and responding to potential security incidents.

File system audit tools monitor and log file access, modifications, permission changes, and any other event occurring on file systems. They typically collect logs and format them in readable reports so that administrators can use them to ensure compliance, track user activities, and identify security threats.

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