NetWrix Customer Success Story

1. NetWrix Customer Case Study
Tracking Active Directory and Group Policy Changes
for SOX Compliance
“NetWrix Active Directory Change Reporter has enabled me to
provide accurate visibility regarding what changed when.”
Customer: Kathryn J. Roxby, IT Systems Administrator Sr.
L-3 Electron Technologies Division
Web Site:
In order to comply with SOX regulations, the L-3 Electron
www.l-3com.com/ Technologies Division’s IT department was burdened with
Number of Users: 800 the strenuous task of tracking and auditing significant events
Industry: Aerospace and Defense taking place within its IT infrastructure. Understanding
the strict penalties and unwanted stigma that result from
Solutions:
Change Auditing failed SOX audits, as well as the need to document all
Compliance modifications in order to investigate unwanted changes, the
IT department was in search of a solution that would provide
Products:
its administrators with simple and effective change auditing
Active Directory Change Reporter
Group Policy Change Reporter capabilities.
Vendor:
Challenge: Undocumented AD Changes and SOX Audits on the
NetWrix Corporation Horizon
Phone: 888-638-9749
Undocumented changes to Active Directory and or Group Policy settings
Web Site: www.netwrix.com
are often the cause of failed compliance audits. Moreover, these unknown
modifications leave many IT administrators in the dark as to why unwanted
Customer Profile:
changes have occurred within their IT infrastructure. Knowing exactly
L-3 Communications is a prime federal
government contractor in Command,
what Active Directory changes have occurred at all times is the only way to
Control and Communications,
ensure adherence to SOX regulations while supplying the internal control
Intelligence, Surveillance and
that AD administrators need in order to keep their infrastructure secure.
Reconnaissance, Government Without NetWrix, the L-3 Electron Technologies Division struggled to find
Services, Aircraft Modernization and an efficient solution that provided the IT department with the visibility it
Maintenance, and has the broadest needed into Active Directory and Group Policy changes.
base of Electronic Systems in the
industry. L-3 is also one of the largest
Solution: NetWrix Active Directory Change Reporter
providers of homeland defense Fortunately, NetWrix Active Directory Change Reporter was able to
products and services for a variety of provide a quick and painless solution that solved its most pressing concerns.
emerging markets.
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2. NetWrix Customer CaseCase
NetWrix Customer Study
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After searching for a product that would provide the Active Directory changes, organizations are putting
visibility and auditing capabilities necessary to meet themselves at risk for failed SOX audits and dangerous
its needs, the L-3 Electron Technologies Division’s IT security breaches. As the L-3 Electron Technologies
department landed on NetWrix and hasn’t regretted it Division has seen firsthand,
since.
NetWrix Active Directory Change Reporter prevents
“I tried some other solutions, such as Prism such IT disasters by lending a bird’s eye view to
Microsystems® EventTracker®, to set up automated the administrators responsible for IT infrastructure
reports regarding security success and failure audits, management.
but found them very confusing and difficult to
configure,” Roxby said. “That’s when I Googled Conclusion:
for systems monitoring tools and saw that other
NetWrix Active Directory Change reporter was able
companies we were familiar with were using NetWrix. to quickly provide the L-3 Electron Technologies
When I tried it for the first time, I was encouraged by Division with an answer for its SOX compliance and
how quickly I was able to get the NetWrix tools up change auditing needs. The NetWrix tool has quickly
and running.” proven invaluable, and the IT department has already
After installing Active Directory Change Reporter, purchased additional auditing modules from NetWrix,
a purpose-built solution for audit reporting that that seamlessly integrate with each other.
tracks who changed what, when, and where in “I really like the low system overhead of the NetWrix
Active Directory, Group Policy and Exchange, the tools and how easy they are to get up and running,”
L-3 Electron Technologies Division finally had Roxby said. “I have been challenged to monitor our
the visibility it needed to ensure a more stable and Exchange server and file server access more closely,
secure infrastructure. The solution sends daily reports and we are currently using the Exchange and File
notifying the IT department of all changes made with Server modules for change auditing. I am happy to
detailed “who, what, when and where” information, as report that these modules are also providing us with
well as before and after values of each modification, valuable information. We are also looking to upgrade
allowing administrators to satisfy SOX auditors and to NetWrix SOX Compliance Suite at some point in
detect unauthorized and unwanted changes. the future.”
“Active Directory Change Reporter has enabled me
to provide accurate visibility regarding what changed About NetWrix Corporation
when”, Roxby said. “We gave a user privileges Established in 2006, NetWrix Corporation
to add and remove users from an AD distribution provides innovative and cost-effective solutions
group. One day, this user called me complaining that that simplify and automate the management of
someone had removed more than half of the users Windows networks. With in-depth knowledge and
from the distribution group. I scrolled through my experience managing Windows environments of
reports and found that he was the one who deleted all sizes, the company delivers solutions to meet
them—probably by mistake, but nevertheless, mystery complicated business requirements while fulfilling
solved.” the best expectations of IT professionals.
Without internal controls and awareness over
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