Case Study: a large U.S. university achieves complete audit trail of file changes with STEALTHbits File Activity Monitoring

Large University Maintains a Complete Audit Trail of File Changes on NetApp NAS devices

A large U.S. university was facing challenges with its IT department being wrongly blamed for unintentional file changes, deletions, and renames of sensitive AutoCAD drawings made by its staff. To gain visibility into this file activity and protect this sensitive information, the university turned to STEALTHbits and implemented its File Activity Monitoring solution.

STEALTHbits’ solution provided the university with a complete and easy-to-use audit trail of all file changes, allowing IT and Helpdesk staff to quickly identify who made changes and when. This saved system administrators significant time previously spent searching backup tapes and allowed the head of IT support to delegate inquiries, freeing him to focus on more strategic projects. The university is now also evaluating STEALTHbits’ Sensitive Data Discovery capabilities to further secure its data.