Auditing Computer Security

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first plan the policy, then implement it, and finally view the results.

You can set up on audit policy for a domain to: track the success and failure of events, such as when users attempt to log on, read a file, make changes to user and group permissions, change the security policy, and make a network connection. Eliminate or minimize the risk of unauthorized use of resources. Track trends over time by maintaining an archive of security logs. Tracking these trends is useful in determining the use of printers or files.

Audits and volumes.

Auditing can be set up on any computer running Window NT. However, to audit folders and files, the folder and files must be located on an NTFS volume.

Planning the Policy.

The audit policy determines the types of events to audit and how to track each event–by its success or failure. Before you implement the audit policy, it is important to determine the following: Determine the events to audit for your network. Determine whether to ...

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