File Integrity Monitoring Software
File integrity monitoring (FIM) protects sensitive information from theft, loss, and malware
Track file and directory access, movement, and shares
SolarWinds® Security Event Manager (SEM) file integrity monitoring tool is designed to detect and alert on changes to key files, folders, and registry settings. Using SEM, you can easily correlate system, Active Directory, and file audit events to obtain information on which user was responsible for accessing and changing a file and identify other users activities occurring before and after the file change. You can also use this information to create an alert or run reports to review activity.
Use a file integrity checker to detect malware threats
Malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs) often access and modify local files. Security Event Manager file integrity monitoring software is built to correlate logs from anti-virus tools and IDS/IPS with file audit events to more easily detect APTs, malware, and improve FIM security.
You can also configure Security Event Manager's integrated incident response actions to trigger when certain conditions exist that can kill a malicious process or quarantine systems for complete endpoint protection.
Demonstrate FIM security compliance requirements
Many industry compliance standards—like PCI DSS, SOX, HIPAA, NERC CIP, FISMA, and SANS Critical Security Controls—require you to both secure sensitive data and demonstrate how you’ve secured it.
Security Event Manager file integrity monitoring is built to help you more easily demonstrate these requirements. You can use built-in file integrity monitoring templates to audit key files, folders, and generate out-of-the box reports to help demonstrate compliance.
Easily perform Windows file integrity monitoring
With a simple configuration process, you can integrate Security Event Manager into your Microsoft OS by following steps from SolarWinds Customer Success here.
In line with the SolarWinds commitment to customization, you have the option to set up your Windows FIM tool to monitor either individual nodes or an entire connector profile. During the configuration process, you can customize the files, folders, or access criteria you want to monitor. You can also specify the conditions for the FIM security monitoring, so highly critical data can be scrutinized more thoroughly than less sensitive files.
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Do you find yourself asking…
File integrity monitoring, also referred to as FIM, is the process of monitoring changes to specific files to detect potential security compromises.
There are several ways a file could become vulnerable to a security threat, including when a privileged user account is compromised. Since this type of user typically has access to data modification credentials, they could be at a higher-risk of being the target of zero-day malware, advanced persistent threats, and other kinds of malware targeting files from outside the system.
File integrity monitoring, also referred to as FIM, is the process of monitoring changes to specific files to detect potential security compromises.
There are several ways a file could become vulnerable to a security threat, including when a privileged user account is compromised. Since this type of user typically has access to data modification credentials, they could be at a higher-risk of being the target of zero-day malware, advanced persistent threats, and other kinds of malware targeting files from outside the system.
Comprehensive file integrity monitoring flags user access threats
Security Event Manager
- Keep track of changes in file data with an interactive dashboard.
- Get alerts when unusual file modifications occur.
- Demonstrate FIM security audit standards.