Falcon Identity Threat Detection vs. ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

Falcon Identity Threat Detection offers an extensive overview of Service and Privileged accounts within both network and cloud settings, providing in-depth credential profiles and pinpointing weak authentication practices in every domain. This solution enables a meticulous examination of organizational domains to identify vulnerabilities associated with outdated credentials as well as poor password habits, while also surfacing all service connections and insecure authentication methods being utilized. It persistently observes both on-premises and cloud domain controllers via API integration, capturing authentication traffic in real time. By creating a behavioral baseline for all entities, the system can detect anomalies such as unusual lateral movements, Golden Ticket attacks, Mimikatz traffic patterns, and other related security threats. Furthermore, it assists in identifying privilege escalation and dubious Service Account behaviors. With the ability to monitor live authentication traffic, Falcon Identity Threat Detection greatly speeds up the detection process, facilitating the prompt identification and resolution of incidents as they occur, thereby strengthening the overall security posture. This proactive approach to monitoring not only protects organizations from immediate threats but also fosters a culture of vigilance against identity-related risks in the long term.

ADAudit Plus offers comprehensive insights into all activities within your Windows Server environment, ensuring both safety and compliance. This tool provides an organized perspective on modifications made to your Active Directory (AD) resources, encompassing AD objects, their attributes, group policies, and much more. By implementing AD auditing, you can identify and address insider threats, misuse of privileges, or other potential security breaches. It grants a thorough overview of all elements in AD, including users, computers, groups, organizational units, and group policy objects. You can monitor user management actions such as deletions, password resets, and changes in permissions, along with information detailing who performed these actions, what was done, when it happened, and where. To maintain a principle of least privilege, it's essential to track additions and removals from both security and distribution groups, enabling better oversight of user access rights. This ongoing vigilance not only helps in compliance but also fortifies the overall security posture of your server environment.