LOGbinder SP

SharePoint Audit Log Processing

Why do I need LOGbinder SP?

As more and more information and processes move to SharePoint, it becomes critical for compliance and security requirements to monitor and audit SharePoint activity. 

Doesn't SharePoint already have an audit log?

SharePoint does have an internal audit log but it is essentially unusable due to 5 key issues:

  1. SharePoint's audit log does not provide the names of users or objects.  The SharePoint audit log fails to translate record IDs, meaning you have no idea what object or user to which a given event refers!  Click here for an example  of an audit event from SharePoint before being processed by LOGbinder SP.
  2. SharePoint's audit log is buried in SharePoint's SQL server content database. To ensure the integrity of audit trails, logs must be moved from the system where they are generated to a separate and secure archive.  However in SharePoint, the audit log isn't really a log - it's a table in the SharePoint database.  This makes it inaccessible for most log management solutions.  Without the ability to collect the SharePoint audit log into a separate, secure log archive, its value as a high integrity audit trail is compromised.
  3. SharePoint's audit log has no reporting.  In Windows SharePoint Services the log is totally inaccessible, and in Office SharePoint Services it's exposed through a few rudimentary, impractical reports in Excel.
  4. Windows SharePoint Services provides no interface for enabling auditing at all.  The audit log is there, but without custom programming there's no way to turn it on, much less access the logs. 
  5. SharePoint's audit log built-in trimming feature can delete audit events before they are exported. Somne editions of SharePoint provide automatic log trimming of old events but there is no way to ensure events have been archived first.

LOGbinder SP solves all 5 of these problems and writes SharePoint audit events to the Windows event log. For alerting, reporting, and archiving you can use your existing log management/SIEM solution or use LOGbinder SP SIEM Edition.

LOGbinder SP is available in 2 editions:

* We provide alerting, reporting and compliance guidance that you can implement with your existing log management solution. Alert rules and definitions may already be available for your log management solution.

LOGbinder SP Agent Edition

LOGbinder SP Agent Edition is a small, efficient Windows service that monitors the internal SharePoint audit log without making any changes to your SharePoint installation.

For each event, LOGbinder SP resolves the user and object IDs and other cryptic codes, producing an easy-to-understand, plain-English translation of the SharePoint audit event. 

Output formats:

• local Windows Security event log

• custom Windows event log

• syslog server (future)

This variety of output formats allows you to extend any log management solution to now support SharePoint audit trails and security events.

more on Agent Edition

LOGbinder SP SIEM Edition

Don't already have a log management or SIEM solution to management events generated by the LOGbinder SP agent? No problem, LOGbinder SP SIEM Edition provides alerting, reporting, and archiving of SharePoint audit logs as well as the Windows security logs of all the servers in your SharePoint farm.

LOGbinder SP SIEM Edition is a complete security monitoring and log management solution for your SharePoint environment.

LOGbinder SP SIEM Edition comprises:

  • LOGbinder SP Agent - translates the unreadable native SharePoint Audit logs and writes them to the Windows event log
  • GFI EventsManager - collects SharePoint audit logs produced by the LOGbinder SP agent as well as the native Windows security log. EventsManager analyzes both SharePoint and Windows security events against pre-defined rules and alerts you of suspicious activity and high impact changes. Also included are pre-built reports with recommended guidance for usage and follow up as well as deep mapping to common compliance frameworks like PCI, HIPAA, SOX, ISO, COBIT, etc.

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