See every change. Stop the ones that matter. Prove the rest.
File integrity and configuration monitoring
Netwrix Change Tracker helps you harden configurations, detect unauthorized changes in real time, and separate planned work from real threats. Monitor file integrity, prove compliance, and stop configuration drift across your entire infrastructure.
File integrity monitoring made simple with closed-loop change control
Manual change review is slow and it misses what matters. Native logs are noisy, and it's hard to tell a patch from a breach. Netwrix Change Tracker combines file integrity monitoring with intelligent change control, so you can see every change, confirm what was planned, and investigate what wasn't.
Identify unauthorized changes before they become incidents
Netwrix Change Tracker monitors files, folders, registry keys, and configurations across Windows, Linux, Unix, network devices, and databases. It uses cryptographic hashing to fingerprint every file, so even a change disguised to look legitimate gets caught.
Reduce your attack surface
Unhardened, drifted configurations are an open door. Change Tracker benchmarks systems against CIS, DISA STIG, and other hardened build standards, then keeps them there by alerting the moment a system drifts out of compliance.
Improve compliance and audit readiness
Configuration drift creates compliance gaps, especially in regulated environments. Change Tracker maps monitored changes to frameworks like PCI DSS, HIPAA, NERC CIP, SOX, NIST, and CMMC, so audit evidence is ready on demand.
Cut alert noise and investigation time
Closed-loop change control reconciles detected changes against approved ITSM change requests. Planned changes are filtered out automatically, so your team investigates the changes that are actually unplanned, not the ones that were scheduled maintenance.
A finance company detects a change to a payment application's configuration file outside of its scheduled patch window.
Without Netwrix Change Tracker,
the change blends in with routine activity. There is no way to quickly tell whether it was authorized, and the security team has no baseline to compare it against. Investigation means manually reviewing logs across multiple systems, and by the time the change is understood, hours or days have passed.
With Netwrix Change Tracker,
the change is flagged immediately and checked against the ITSM change request queue. Because no approved change request matches, it is surfaced as unplanned and prioritized for review. The full history of the file, including its previous known-good state, is available instantly, cutting investigation time from days to minutes.
Key features supporting file integrity and configuration monitoring
File integrity monitoring (FIM)
Track changes to files, folders, and registry keys using SHA-256 hashing. Detect new, modified, and deleted files the moment they happen, whether via agent or agentless collection.
Closed-loop, intelligent change control
Automatically reconcile detected changes against planned change rules and ITSM change requests. Only unplanned, potentially unauthorized activity gets escalated.
"We found that Netwrix Change Tracker could be integrated with almost all systems and devices within our IT environment, which was important for us as we wanted one application to manage our entire heterogenous environment."
Holger Bossow, Head of IT Security
Standard Bank Namibia
Why choose Netwrix Change Tracker?
Baseline configuration and hardening
Define exactly what "known good" looks like. Build a baseline policy from a trusted source device, then track every device against it, down to the specific software version expected.
Broad platform coverage
Monitor Windows, Linux, Unix, AIX, Solaris, VMware ESXi, major cloud platforms, and network devices, using a Gen 7 Agent or agentless collection via SSH, WMI, or PowerCLI.
250+ prebuilt compliance reports
Run CIS Benchmark-aligned reports out of the box for PCI DSS, HIPAA, NERC CIP, SOX, CMMC, NIST, DISA STIG, NIS2, and DORA, with no manual mapping required.
ITSM and SIEM integration
Connect to ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, Cherwell, and ManageEngine to close the loop on change control. Forward events to Splunk or syslog for downstream analytics.
Ready to take control of unauthorized change?
Detect unauthorized changes as they happen. Minimize configuration drift. Use closed-loop change control to focus your team on what's actually a threat.