Author Archives: Chris Rich

About Chris Rich

I am the Senior Director of Product Management here at NetWrix. I have been involved in various technology roles from desktop support to network management and technical training to sales and product management for more than 16 years. Based out of the Boston office of NetWrix, my goal is to continue to shape and evolve our product portfolio into the most competitive in the industry. Happilly married, father of two, Technologist/Evangelist, Writer, Singer/Songwriter, Runner and all-around curious explorer of life and all that it has to offer.

Survey: More than half of organizations still do not use a SIEM or Log Management solution

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Chris Rich

This month, NetWrix poll results revealed a shocking fact: 57% of organizations still don’t employ any SIEM solution or log management tool. In 2011, more organizations than ever before confessed to major security breaches and experts predict the trend will … Continue reading →

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High marks for NetWrix Active Directory Change Reporter by Redmond Magazine

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Chris Rich

In a March 2012 product review of Active Directory Change Reporter 7.0, Derek Schauland of Redmond Magazine gave a high score. He started by pointing out how native tools simply aren’t enough to get the job done when auditing Active … Continue reading →

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Free Tip Sheet for Active Directory Auditing

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Chris Rich

Want to improve your auditing in Active Directory? Have a look at this tip sheet posted recently on our site. In it you’ll find some of the most important information you need to know about auditing Active Directory. This resource … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Active Directory auditing, AD auditing, AD auditing capabilities, auditing active directory | 1 Comment
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Respected Eastern European publication carries review of Active Directory Change Reporter

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Chris Rich

Below is an English translation of a product review for the NetWrix Active Directory Change Reporter. This was originally posted by Damir Dizdarevic on his blog last month. It was also posted in the local Bosnian-Herzegovinian IT community on the … Continue reading →

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Starting in 2012, change auditing will dominate while security measures catch up

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Chris Rich

Technology has produced a brave new world without physical boundaries, few rules and unprecedented risks. Our collective sense of security has deteriorated rapidly in recent years and that trend will continue through 2012. As much as technology has provided great … Continue reading →

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IT Survival 101: How to get approval for your auditing project.

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Chris Rich

Many of you may understand the importance of auditing changes in your environment. Perhaps some of you have been thinking about how to justify IT projects to satisfy your IT audit checklist. You know the face of IT as we … Continue reading →

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NetWrix Change Reporter Suite reviewed by respected Concentrated Technology

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Chris Rich

Recently, the NetWrix Change Reporter Suite received an in depth review by the great team over at Concentrated Technology. Don Jones and company took a close look at our change auditing suite of tools and surveyed numerous IT pros, managers … Continue reading →

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What makes using Group Policy so challenging?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Chris Rich

Recently on Spiceworks, I shared a handy resource for users interested in Group Policy management. The post was well received by the community and I was quite pleased to have provided it. Basically, it was a TechNet resource called the … Continue reading →

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Recent Download Poll Suggests IT Spending is on the rise

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Chris Rich

In the month of December, we saw one of our most active months for software downloads. Prior to download, a web-based form asks each visitor to choose what motivated them to download the product from a short list of potential … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged auditing solutions, IT Budgets, IT Spending, software downloads, Software Licensing | 1 Comment
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TechRepublic names audit logging among top 10 best practices for Windows security

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Chris Rich

TechRepublic recently produced a list of 10 best practices for Windows security. In it was mention of audit logging as a best practice to improve Windows security. They consider Windows auditing challenging because of the vast amounts of raw data … Continue reading →

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