DAG or alternatives for collecting server accounts

Discussion created by Sandeep Sharma on Sep 13, 2017
Latest reply on Sep 26, 2017 by Chuck Good

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Hi,

One of the clients is looking at using L&G for collecting Windows (2008,2012 etc.) and Unix (Solaris, Linux, AIX etc.) server accounts. They have a few hundred servers.

1. Technically can DAG module (StealthAudit v7.1) be used to collect server account information? L&G collector(s) - multi-app etc. can then collect these servers and accounts as different applications? Does DAG licensing for L&G allow this?

2. If not DAG, has anyone tried achieving this using custom scripts to get information remotely. Then L&G CSV based collector(s) - multi-app etc. can be used to collect this information?

The business case is to review server access via access certification reviews for audit/ compliance.

Any thoughts on this are welcome as it is not a uncommon requirement i believe.

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Sandeep

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Pradeep Kadambar

Sep 13, 2017 8:47 AM

Technically both 1 & 2 are possible.

StealthAudit OEM license can be used to collect Windows local accounts but not UNIX accounts. For UNIX you will need to purchase the license directly from Stealthbits.

Alternatively if you have the resources then you can write scripts to collect these accounts and groups from endpoints and dump it into a file or database and be collected like regular applications. But there is no point in reinventing the wheel when there are third part tools that do this like StealthAudit, Varonis ...

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Sandeep Sharma @ Pradeep Kadambar on Sep 13, 2017 9:51 AM

Thanks for your reply Pradeep

I shall certainly propose DAG (with appropriate license). Alternatively, custom scripts would be the way to go, in case budget or having an additional server (Windows) is a constraint.

The client has a big development team and they might already have some 3rd party tool or scripts which I can leverage and integrate with L&G.

Just read Boris Lekumovich post as well Account collection from *NIX servers. How to. which is relevant!

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Chuck Good @ Sandeep Sharma on Sep 26, 2017 2:54 PM

StealthAudit also makes collecting AD group sets as an application easier to do. Say you have 100 groups that make up an application. Writing that in an AD query is cumbersome. If you have StealthAudit you can write a database collector and get the information using SQL.

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Pradeep Kadambar Sep 13, 2017 8:47 AM
Technically both 1 & 2 are possible.

StealthAudit OEM license can be used to collect Windows local accounts but not UNIX accounts. For UNIX you will need to purchase the license directly from Stealthbits.

Alternatively if you have the resources then you can write scripts to collect these accounts and groups from endpoints and dump it into a file or database and be collected like regular applications. But there is no point in reinventing the wheel when there are third part tools that do this like StealthAudit, Varonis ...
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- Sandeep Sharma @ Pradeep Kadambar on Sep 13, 2017 9:51 AM
  Thanks for your reply Pradeep
  I shall certainly propose DAG (with appropriate license). Alternatively, custom scripts would be the way to go, in case budget or having an additional server (Windows) is a constraint.
  
  The client has a big development team and they might already have some 3rd party tool or scripts which I can leverage and integrate with L&G.
  
  Just read Boris Lekumovich post as well Account collection from *NIX servers. How to. which is relevant!
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  - Chuck Good @ Sandeep Sharma on Sep 26, 2017 2:54 PM
    StealthAudit also makes collecting AD group sets as an application easier to do. Say you have 100 groups that make up an application. Writing that in an AD query is cumbersome. If you have StealthAudit you can write a database collector and get the information using SQL.
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