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Security Event Log | Security Group Management Report

The Security Group Management enables you to scan the consolidated log database for Audit Security Group Management events. This report is typically used by compliance and audit professionals while auditing domain controllers and stand-alone servers.

Server Manager includes two methods to report Audit Security Group Management events:

MethodDescription
One-Off Security Group Management ReportParses Audit Security Group Management Event IDs, then returns a sub-set of the Event's columns. This report is supported on all locales.
Generic Security Group Management ReportUses Regular Expressions to parse Security Event Log Entries, extract values, validate subject and target accounts in Active Directory, then finally filter entries using Event Log Filters. This report is only supported on English locales.

How to configure the One-Off Security Group Management Report

How to configure the Generic Security Group Management Report

The Options Tab

  • Use the Filters drop-down to select all of the filters you would like to apply to the report.
Important
To target specific columns (e.g. Process Name), create a Complex Event Log Filter then, create a new Attribute Value Pair Criteria, specify the column's key (e.g. PROCESS_NAME) then, specify the full path to the process or regular expression to target.
Sample Regular Expression Driven Security Group Management Filter
Sample Regular Expression Driven Security Group Management Filter
  • Once a filter is assigned, use the Include entries that pass drop-down to select the filter method.
    The following filter options are available:
OptionDescription
AllInclude each entry that passes all assigned filters.
AnyInclude each entry that passes any filter.
NoneInclude each entry that does not pass any of the filters.
IgnoreInclude all entries.
  • Use the Apply filter frequency rules to display the Latest or Oldest entry when it occurs more than X times every X periods.
Note
A unique instance of these settings is attached to each assigned filter. Select the Filter to apply each instance's settings.
  • Use the Duplicates controls to group entries by Source and Event ID then display Latest or Oldest entry along with a count of entries in each group.
Generic Security Group Management Report Properties View
Generic Security Group Management Report Properties View

Related Topics

Security Event Log Reports