I think what the CEO is asking for will cost as much, if not more as they have invested already in IT, based upon your size.
You need a proxy server for web surfing to log websites, so ISA for example. Servers need all the auditing logging turned up and then that will generate massive log files, so you need to export them to a storage server or log management system such as GFI EventsManager. And you will need that on your servers and your workstations since he wants 'any programs'. Go back and ask him/her what they are trying to accomplish and what they really need to monitor, perhaps he tossed out a list that is much bigger than they need. And perhaps point out that if this is a productivity issue that maybe this is an HR issue. If people are not doing their jobs then address that specifically don't try and prove they are using computers wrong. Just prove they are not doing their jobs......... From: Alex Carroll [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Auditing Everything I have a request from my CEO to audit everything that happens on our network. When users open files, when they change files, delete files, use any programs, go to any websites (we use ie7, firefox), etc etc etc. Do any of you have a good solution you can recommend for that? I can google all I want, but I won't know the real world experience by doing that. We are a smaller company - 16 users. Right now we have 3 servers (1 SBS 03, 2 that are 2003) in production. We use XP and Vista. Thanks in advance! Alex Carroll Software Support Crabtree Companies, Inc. 651-688-2727 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
