What’s a good monitor software or tool?
Posted by 0xRestrict@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 13 comments
Anyone have good idea for monitoring software like see what all employees going to or visiting? Idk how to word it so hopefully it makes sense.
Just trying to monitor are network and employees here. Free software would be cool but if you know some good paid ones it would work too. Company is about 200-250 employees.
CleverCarrot999@reddit
Whyd0Iboth3r@reddit
Really... Poor spelling/grammar really does make you look bad.
0xRestrict@reddit (OP)
Bad OPSec makes u look bad
United-Today-6053@reddit
There are plenty of solid tools. You can pick based on whether you want productivity tracking or security monitoring.
For your size (200+ employees):
Also, you shouldn't just monitor. Focus on useful signals (apps, websites, behavior), not overload. Many teams quit these tools because of too much noise.
0xRestrict@reddit (OP)
I super appreciate it and all the other users
SysAdminDennyBob@reddit
Please involve HR and Legal before pursuing a purchase.
Instead of spying on your employees, you could simply hire a person to manage those employees. You can give them a title like "Manager". That person's job could be to actually manage people. They can then walk over and talk with employees and track their work. "I see you only produced 5 widgets today, while your coworkers produced 25 widgets. Let's talk in my office"
Why do you care if someone checks the weather or news during the day. If someone is not working enough, it's pretty easy to tell. Are you going to hire someone to go through all this spying data you are going to collect? If you do spy on employees then start with the executives, make sure they are staying on task.
0xRestrict@reddit (OP)
I understand. I’m not spying on people. The bosses want data collected just to see which websites we need to block or put in place. We got locations all over USA. Just to see really a test. Don’t know if he wants to keep it or not. It’s been going years without it so.
TopTraker@reddit
u/SysAdminDennyBob is arguing against a problem you're not actually having. You want to block sites and see what's hitting your network across a distributed org. That's just IT doing IT things, not a surveillance operation.
The thing people miss is that the tool doesn't define the intent, the configuration and communication do. The same software can be "we block inappropriate sites and flag security risks" or "we track every minute of every employee's day". Same install, completely different deployment. What makes it surveillance isn't what you buy, it's what you actually turn on and whether you tell people about it.
For your situation, web filtering across multiple US locations with a boss who isn't even sure he wants to keep it long term, you're nowhere near that line. Just be upfront with employees about what you're collecting and why.
I work at ActivTrak so take that for what it is, but this holds regardless of what you end up using.
statikuz@reddit
Start with your firewall and see what it has in the way of web filtering. You should be able to block categories and could start with the obvious things that people should definitely not be accessing at work. Explain the capabilities of what you have and then do as you're told in writing, so when Jenny the CEO's assistant suddenly can't play her online slots it isn't your ass.
VA_Network_Nerd@reddit
What is your internet gateway appliance?
Is it a router, or a firewall? Can you share make/model ?
Do you have a solution in place for web content filtering?
If so, what is it?
0xRestrict@reddit (OP)
Unfi Dream Machines pros
VA_Network_Nerd@reddit
Do what this says:
https://medium.com/@cybercoinz/forwarding-netflow-and-syslog-from-ubiquiti-udm-pro-to-security-onion-2-4-6b1b3ad0be92
AdInevitable8483@reddit
You can install once or tightens server and see all screens in view only mode.