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This article explains how to configure EventSentry to generate an alert whenever a file with a highrisk extension .exe .msi .ps1 .cmd .com .reg is written to a monitored share. Prerequisites: Before configuring EventSentry ensure your Windows environment is prepared to track file operations: 1. Advanced Audit Policy: Audit File ...

KB-ID 546
Category: File Monitoring

Prerequisites: Before configuring EventSentry ensure your Windows environment is prepared to track file operations: 1. Advanced Audit Policy: Audit File System Object Access must be enabled for Successpreferably through Group Policy. 2. Auditing must be enabled on the specific folders/drives you wish to protect. Ensure the audit ent...

KB-ID 543
Category: File Monitoring

File integrity on Linux hosts can be monitored by integrating the Samhain tool and EventSentry. Note: This guide was created with Debian/Ubuntu in mind the process should be similar for other distributions with a slightly different command line. 1. Configure Syslog on Linux and verify that Syslogs are sent to EventSentry 2. Download / Unz...

KB-ID 476
Category: File Monitoring
Applies to: 4.1 and later

Utilizing a PowerShell script that outputs files not accessed or modified in a certain number days EventSentry can then import the structured output from a temporary text files and facilitate ondemand searching as well as reports and jobs. 1. Create an embedded script 2. Schedule the script to run periodically with the Application Scheduler 3...

KB-ID 454
Category: File Monitoring
Applies to: 3.5 and later

Please see the link below for a detailed discussion on the differences between File Monitoring System Health and File Access Tracking Compliance Tracking.

KB-ID 168
Category: File Monitoring