Introducing Netwrix Auditor 9.96

Level up your database and virtual security

Gain Visibility into SQL Server Permissions

See through the complex set of SQL Server permissions so you can mitigate the risk of insider misuse and limit the damage a compromised account can do.

Achieve More Scrutiny over VMware

Enforce the least-privilege model and respond to the most critical security incidents first to increase the resilience of your virtual environment.

Expand Netwrix Auditor to Nutanix AHV

Harden the security posture of your entire virtual infrastructure by quickly detecting and responding to suspicious activity in your Nutanix AHV.

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Gain visibility into sql server permissions

Close security gaps across your databases

Securing databases is hard because the complicated server-level and database-level permissions leave you unable to tell whether data is at risk and who has excessive permissions to sensitive data, which could result in data leaks and compliance nightmares. With Netwrix Auditor, you can find your way to staying out of the security breach spotlight

Should all these users have access to the database that contains customer information?

Do Sophie’s job responsibilities require her to have access to the production database?

Should all these users have access to the database that contains customer information?

Mike and Katie are from the Customer Support team, so they need at least “View” permissions to do their job. It's not clear why Jessica, a web designer, is on this list. You should contact her manager to help you figure it out.

Should all these users have access to the database that contains customer information?

Do Sophie’s job responsibilities require her to have access to the production database?

As a helpdesk administrator, Sophie can connect to the database. However, only a database administrator is supposed to have permissions to the entire SQL Server instance. You should revoke these permissions from her account immediately.

Do Sophie’s job responsibilities require her to have access to the production database?

Achieve more scrutiny over vmware

Don’t let attackers through your first line of defense

IT systems that run business-critical services or store valuable information are often virtualized. Unfortunately, organizations often fail to pay as much attention to the security of their virtualized environment as they do to their physical servers. Malicious actors are eager to exploit loose permissions or make critical changes in order to gain access to your virtualized systems and steal your sensitive data.

Keep VMware access under control

Spot accounts that have access rights beyond what they need, such as QA or DevOps team members who no longer use the virtual environment. Using this information, you can enforce the least-privilege principle and close security gaps before an image of a critical virtual machine gets stolen and your data breach nightmare becomes real.

Report the severity of a breach

Quickly see exactly which ESXi hosts or specific virtual machines a malicious insider or a compromised account had access to. Use this information to determine whether you need to report the incident and, if necessary, notify all affected parties or take other appropriate steps.

Focus on high-risk incidents first

Keep an eye on the most important modifications, as detailed in vSphere’s own Security Hardening Guide for vSphere, such as changes to host profiles, the Managed Object Browser or account unlock time. This way, you can easily prioritize investigation of critical security incidents.

Keep VMware access under control

Report the severity of a breach

Focus on high-risk incidents first

Expand netwrix auditor to nutanix ahv

Increase the resilience of your virtual environment

It’s important to stay on top of any suspicious activity in your virtual environment, regardless of which virtualization vendors you rely on. With Netwrix Auditor Add-on for Nutanix AHV, you can take advantage of one of the most modern virtual infrastructures while keeping your IT auditing top notch.

Watch privileged users closely

Ensure that privileged users are following internal policies and don’t misuse their elevated permissions by auditing each action across your Nutanix AHV environment.

Detect security incidents faster

Promptly detect suspicious logons to Prism and other actions that could undermine security, such as changes to user roles and hardware configurations, and investigate quickly so you can respond before a critical virtual machine gets stolen and you suffer a data breach.

Watch privileged users closely

Ensure that privileged users are following internal policies and don’t misuse their elevated permissions by auditing each action across your Nutanix AHV environment.

Detect security incidents faster

Let’s play the game

Don’t let attacker breach your company

Choose the action you’d take to stop an attacker

You

Attacker

Round 1

You’ve successfully mitigated the risk of a data breach!

Now make it happen in real life with Netwrix Auditor 9.96

Regularly ensure that no one except the HR and management teams has access to the database containing employees’ personal records

Exactly! It’s important to systematically ensure that employees have access to only what they need. This way, you can limit the damage a malicious insider or compromised account can do.

Verify that the QA team’s access is limited to specific database tables and does not extend to the entire production database

Nice move! You don’t want one of your users to deliberately or accidentally expose your critical database information.

Revoke the permissions of all DevOps engineers who no longer use the virtual machine for testing

That’s right! Unfortunately, one engineer still had elevated privileges to VMware vCenter and therefore had access to the corporate data stored on your virtualized file server, which put your corporate data at risk!

Systematically validate that the access rights of VMware administrators are in line with their job responsibilities

Impressive! You need to constantly review the permissions of privileged users and ensure they are aligned with the least-privilege principle. But don’t count on this best practice alone – one of your administrator accounts just got hacked!

Check what information Attacker had access to in your critical databases

Good job! Unfortunately, Attacker found his way to your sensitive data by exploiting the loose permissions on the virtual machine that runs your database.

See whether Attacker had permissions to the virtual machine your database runs on

Great idea! Even though the database permissions are correct, VM access rights may have blind spots that Attacker could use to gain access to your sensitive data.

Monitor changes to the Account Unlock Time setting in VMware vCenter

Good call! VMware recommends unlocking accounts automatically in 15 minutes. Changes that will unlock them sooner increase the risk of a successful brute-force attack.

Receive notifications whenever the Managed Object Browser (MOB) is enabled

Well done! The MOB should be disabled by default and used only for debugging when a corresponding ticket has been opened. Otherwise, attackers can use this weak spot to perform malicious configuration actions and get access to critical systems that store your sensitive data.

Keep an eye on what a departing administrator is doing in the Nutanix AHV environment

Smooth! Monitoring the activity of privileged users can help you ensure they are following internal policies and don’t misuse their elevated permissions.

Set up alerts on critical Nutanix AHV activity, like hardware configuration changes and logons to Prism outside of business hours

Correct! By quickly detecting suspicious activity, you can respond to security incidents before a critical virtual machine gets compromised.

Done. Move to the next round

Learn about additional enhancements in Netwrix Auditor 9.96 that improve usability, performance and stability.

What’s New in Netwrix Auditor 9.96

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