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23/06/2026 9:14 pm
TL;DR: The underlying issue is not tool availability but whether identity and control processes are being observed, explained, and evidenced well enough for audit and operations, according to Netwrix's on-demand webinar showing how customers can use lesser-known Netwrix Auditor tools to support internal controls, explore Windows Server auditing, and investigate account lockouts through practical demonstrations focused on audit needs and day-to-day administration.
NHIMG editorial — here’s why we think this discussion matters
Questions worth separating out
Q: How should security teams use audit tooling to prove identity controls are working?
A: Security teams should start with the controls they already operate and work backwards to the evidence those controls must produce.
Q: Why do account lockouts matter in identity governance?
A: Account lockouts matter because they often reveal failures in credential handling, lifecycle processes, or dependency management before those failures become larger outages or audit findings.
Practitioner guidance
- Map lockout causes to identity ownership Separate user, service account, and system-triggered lockouts so the right team owns remediation and recurring failures do not disappear into a generic help desk queue.
- Review the audit reports already embedded in current tools Inventory the evidence views, exports, and filters already available in Netwrix Auditor and similar platforms before buying new monitoring or reporting layers.
- Tie Windows Server events to control objectives Link the event types you collect to a specific control purpose such as access review, troubleshooting, or incident investigation so the data can be reused across governance and operations.
What to expect at the briefing
Netwrix's full on-demand webinar covers the operational detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:
- Hands-on demonstrations of lesser-known Netwrix Auditor functions for Windows Server review and support workflows
- Practical walkthrough of account lockout investigation steps that help teams move from symptoms to root cause
- Examples of how customers use existing tool output to prove internal controls and support audit needs
- A customer-success style walkthrough of features that many teams already own but do not actively use
👉 Watch Netwrix's on-demand webinar on hidden Auditor tools and account lockouts →
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25/06/2026 2:26 am
Audit-ready identity control depends on evidence, not just enforcement. The practical challenge in this webinar is not whether controls exist, but whether teams can prove how they behave under operational pressure. That distinction matters across human identity and NHI environments, because the same control can look strong on paper and weak in an audit trail. Practitioners should treat evidence generation as part of control design, not as an afterthought.
A few things that frame the scale:
- 92% of organisations expose NHIs to third parties, raising concerns about supply chain security, according to the Ultimate Guide to NHIs.
- 96% of organisations store secrets outside of secrets managers in vulnerable locations including code, config files, and CI/CD tools.
A question worth separating out:
Q: What should organisations do when a control is documented but hard to evidence?
A: Organisations should treat that as a governance defect, not a reporting inconvenience. First confirm whether the needed telemetry already exists in the platform. Then map the missing evidence to a control objective, so the team can close the gap with process, configuration, or reporting changes rather than guessing.
👉 Read our full editorial: Netwrix Auditor tools and audit controls for Windows servers
