Automated NTFS Permissions Reporter
with Access Rights Manager
Use an NTFS permissions report tool to streamline user access control and compliance auditing.
Simplify NTFS permissions
Easily view NTFS permissions
SolarWinds® Access Rights Manager (ARM) allows admins to quickly run and view reports on New Technology File System (NTFS) file and folder permissions. Secure folder management is critical for protecting file contents from unauthorized access, but manually monitoring NTFS file system permissions can be a burden. For instance, admins must ensure folders are noninheritable and that objects can only be accessed by the correct users and groups.
ARM offers scalable, automated reporting to bring together NTFS settings data from across your system and log files and is designed to eliminate the need to run PowerShell scripts. The inbuilt NTFS and Active Directory folder permissions reports in ARM can also help you track permissions for vital system directories and provide a comprehensive overview of user access and behavior.
Create compliance-ready reports for auditing with an NTFS permissions reporter
Compliance reporting can take up valuable hours, but ARM is built to automatically generate and easily send reports to the appropriate stakeholders on demand or on a regular basis. The inbuilt report templates in ARM can be customized to include only the activities needed, such as settings, changes, and user activity, to create an audit-ready NTFS permissions report that helps you demonstrate compliance with various regulatory standards, including GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. ARM compliance reports are designed to offer real-time insights into user actions so you can quickly see and monitor who is accessing or modifying critical drives and directories.
On top of supporting compliance reporting requirements, ARM also has the ability to generate a report showing broken access control lists (ACLs). Broken ACLs can interfere with NTFS inheritance on file servers and lead to subdirectories not getting the correct inherited permissions, even though inheritance is enabled.
Tighten access controls with an NTFS permissions report tool
The SolarWinds shared folder NTFS permission reporter is designed to provide a comprehensive security overview to help ensure settings and access rights are correctly configured to minimize risk.
ARM can help you more easily answer two of the most crucial questions about your NTFS permissions:
- Are your NTFS permissions set according to the principle of least privilege?
- Are you leaving inactive or expired temporary accounts open, potentially exposing your organization to a security breach?
With an NTFS permissions reporter, you can easily detect insecure user credentials, attempts to escalate privileges, and any misuse of credentials. You can also quickly understand the scope of your NTFS permissions management needs and flag insecure settings throughout your system. You can use ARM to automatically assign, modify, or revoke permissions in response to issues identified in NTFS file permissions reports.
Reduce the workload of monitoring file and folder permissions
Managing NTFS permissions manually can be daunting and time-consuming, particularly in large organizations. Using an NTFS permissions analyzer, you can significantly reduce your workload while closely monitoring file and folder permissions.
ARM offers automated reporting, which can help you keep track of permissions without needing to review them manually. It also provides a comprehensive real-time overview of file and folder permissions. As a result, you can quickly identify potential risks without needing to sift through individual files and folders.
Automate and streamline security maintenance
Effective security maintenance requires regular monitoring, reporting, and adjustments to ensure file system permissions are properly configured and aligned with best practices. However, this can easily get overwhelming. ARM offers automated access management, which reduces the burden on IT teams without sacrificing security.
With this NTFS permissions reporter, you will have centralized management capabilities and detailed reports. This streamlines security maintenance and prevents chaos by providing a clear overview of user access, changes, and potential risks. Thanks to real-time alerts, you can take proactive steps to mitigate risks and respond quickly to issues.
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Do you find yourself asking…
Windows uses NTFS to store and organize files. It was first released by Microsoft in 1993 as part of Windows NT 3.1 and has since been the primary file system for Windows OS. It is also supported in Linux OS, and macOS has read-only NTFS support.
NTFS can be used across spinning-disk drives, solid-state drives, USBs, and similar storage devices. Compared to the previous FAT32 file system, NTFS can offer better metadata support, more efficient data structuring, and improved overall reliability. NTFS can restore file system consistency after a system failure and tag bad sectors so they aren’t used. The NTFS file system also supports large partition sizes while controlling storage space based on disk quotas.
NTFS is a journaling file system that logs information for files that have been added, removed, or modified. Files created with NTFS have both data (content) and metadata (a description of characteristics). Since any drive formatted with NTFS includes NTFS permissions, admins often use NTFS to control and manage access to files, folders, containers, and other objects on the network to support their system security efforts.
Windows uses NTFS to store and organize files. It was first released by Microsoft in 1993 as part of Windows NT 3.1 and has since been the primary file system for Windows OS. It is also supported in Linux OS, and macOS has read-only NTFS support.
NTFS can be used across spinning-disk drives, solid-state drives, USBs, and similar storage devices. Compared to the previous FAT32 file system, NTFS can offer better metadata support, more efficient data structuring, and improved overall reliability. NTFS can restore file system consistency after a system failure and tag bad sectors so they aren’t used. The NTFS file system also supports large partition sizes while controlling storage space based on disk quotas.
NTFS is a journaling file system that logs information for files that have been added, removed, or modified. Files created with NTFS have both data (content) and metadata (a description of characteristics). Since any drive formatted with NTFS includes NTFS permissions, admins often use NTFS to control and manage access to files, folders, containers, and other objects on the network to support their system security efforts.
Easily create the NTFS permissions reports you need to help ensure security
Access Rights Manager
- Automate the process of implementing NTFS settings across your domain
- Demonstrate compliance with HIPAA, PCI DSS, and other regulations.
- Use built-in default templates and create custom reports