Hi! Anyone here using an auditing windows file system?? Will companies benefit from this? I was asked to research about this fro our company. Thanks!
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Hi! Anyone here using an auditing windows file system?? Will companies benefit from this? I was asked to research about this fro our company. Thanks!
Not me, but my husband has a knowledge about it. Auditing a windows file system can benefit any company. It is important because it can monitor and review changes to important file system resources. But, there must be planning in the auditing process and an audit policy is needed for security. According to my husband, a software or tool is necessary for managing audits securely and to organize work flow efficiently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roslyn Galasso
Thanks for sharing what you know, bavinmoor. The research I'm doing is almost complete. Due to a tight schedule at work, I wasn't able to check on this thread for some time but no worries, I surely appreciate the effort you put in to share what you know.
Along the way, I've learned lots of things about audit management software and companies that provide this type of solution just like Verse Solution, ETQ, and Sparta. But, it's not applicable for companies/businesses that just have a few employees (say 10-12 employees). It's more of a software tool utilized by medium to large companies to ensure that everything runs in tip top shape and future errors are prevented. That's good news for most companies and their consumers alike. What I don't know as of this time is how much it would cost to run this type of software. :(happy):
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Nvidia doesn't seem to know how to price its GPUs lately.
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