File Integrity Monitoring

Employing steady-state monitoring to ensure the integrity of sensitive files is more than just a security best practice.  For many organizations it is a regulatory mandate as well.  By combining File Integrity Monitoring with enterprise-class Log & Event Management and Endpoint Monitoring & Control, LogRhythm allows customers to simplify and strengthen their security, audit and compliance posture with a single, fully integrated solution.

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PCI-DSS 11.5 mandates: "Deploy file integrity monitoring to alert personnel to unauthorized modifications of critical system or content files, and perform file comparisons at least daily or more frequently if the process can be automated."

User-Aware File Integrity Monitoring

LogRhythm’s holistic approach allows security personnel to be notified immediately when critical files are viewed or modified so that the activity can be traced back to the individual user or process.   For selective monitoring, LogRhythm provides granular controls and filters that can pinpoint specific files and perform scans at desired intervals.  File level behavior can then be correlated to additional security and audit activities to build a comprehensive window into potentially harmful network activity. 

With the addition of File Integrity Monitoring, LogRhythm can be used to protect against a variety of malicious behaviors, from improper user access of confidential files to botnet related breaches and transmittal of sensitive data.  The combined solution allows organizations to meet specific regulatory compliance requirements, such as Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 11.5 and 12.9, without purchasing a separate product.

Fully integrated with Log & Event Management & Endpoint Monitoring & Control

• Addresses 35 specific mandates of PCI DSS 1.2.
• Sends contextualized alerts whenever confidential data is viewed, modified or deleted.
• Provides a complete set of forensic data for rapidly identifying the root cause of security breaches.
• Centralized, policy-based configuration and administration.

 Monitors All Types of Files in Near-real Time

• Including executables, configuration files, content files, log and audit files, web files, database files, and more.
• Fine-grain controls ensure that each monitored file is scanned at the desired frequency.
• User activity monitoring adds relevant context to file modifications and views by identifying what users and/or processes are authenticated at the time of the activity.

Out-of-the-box policies are provided for common applications.

LogRhythm File Integrity Monitoring is Supported on Windows, Unix and Linux systems.