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Our users are an integral part of NordPass. Your feedback is an essential part of our development process. We reach out and listen, and that’s how we came up with a feature for NordPass Business – the Activity Log. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
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Activity Log: what is it?
The Activity Log sets out to make user and password management simpler and smoother. It’s a single place within the NordPass Business Admin Panel where solution Owners as well as Admins can see a summary of actions performed by the organization’s members. It’s a handy way to have a clear view of what actions have been performed and by whom all at the same time.
The Activity Log is arranged so you can see the most recent action at the top of the page. Information about these activities is visually presented in 3 blocks:
Member: Actions performed by the organization’s members.
Action: The type of activity and the names of any members or items involved.
Activity data: The time when the activity was performed.
The only difference is that Owners can view everything, including item type and name, while Admins can only see generic activity details.
Why are activity logs important for your business?
Activity logs are a powerhouse for businesses, especially with log management software at their core. They track user activities systematically, offering transparency, enhancing security, and identifying potential discrepancies.
Log management solutions provide a structured way to store, manage, and analyze these logs. They also enable real-time monitoring, which is crucial for detecting threats and conducting compliance audits. These solutions also deliver valuable insights into system operations and integrity, including:
Merged data storage via unified log aggregation.
Improved security through real-time surveillance, minimized attack surfaces, enhanced detection, and faster response times.
Enhanced visibility into every part of the enterprise through a single event log.
Improved troubleshooting abilities using advanced network analytics.
Enhanced customer experience via log data, predictive modeling, and data analysis.
These benefits highlight the critical role of log management systems in streamlining operations, bolstering response times, and enhancing cybersecurity.
However, common challenges, such as latency, data uniformity, volume management, and reducing high IT workloads arise. Overcoming these challenges is achievable through automated, scalable, and flexible log management software, making it an indispensable tool for modern businesses.
Who says business security has to be hard?
Protect your company from cyber threats without sacrificing convenience
How does the Activity Log work?
The Activity Log is a comprehensive feature within the NordPass Business Admin Panel. It allows solution Owners and Admins to see a summary of actions performed by users within the organization, offering an all-encompassing view of user-related activities. These actions include, along with their timestamps:
Accessing either the Admin Panel or the NordPass vault.
Activities related to authentication and multi-factor authentication;
Invites to join the organization, and the following acceptance or rejection of these invites.
Changes to members’ roles and management of their account status.
Enabling or disabling company-wide policies.
Management of the Vanta integration and Activity Logs Tokens.
Creation and use of items, such as passwords, secure notes, personal info, etc.
Sharing or revoking item access, changing an item’s sharing rights, or changing an item’s owner.
Deletion of any item.
The use of log management tools such as the Activity Log ensures seamless password and user management, delivering an improved user experience.
Additionally, you can up your company’s cybersecurity by using the Sharing Hub that allows Owners to view and manage all item and folder-related activities, such as sharing, deleting, or revoking access to items. For instance, Admins and Owners can see who created an item, who it was shared with, who owns the item, or what the item's sharing policy is, all filterable by date.
The Activity Log filtering functionality
With the Activity Log, business Owners and Admins can streamline the massive feed of activity logs and see all actions made to a particular item by filtering them by date, member, and item ID.
The Activity Log's filtering functionality fosters quick identification and resolution of specific incidents, ultimately bolstering your organization's overall cybersecurity posture.
Transfer Activity Log data from NordPass to your system
Since some organizations may prefer using third-party security information and event management systems (SIEM) to log and monitor malicious actions, we’ve made it possible for them to export Activity Log data from NordPass in JSON format and integrate it with their SIEM system via API. NordPass offers direct integration with Splunk® and Microsoft Sentinel, facilitating seamless data synchronization for companies using these platforms.
This allows them to have a single, centralized source of information about user actions and potential issues or risks. For example, managed service providers (MSPs) can push logs for all supervised companies from NordPass to their monitoring system, enabling them to review all data using just one tool. Additionally, this integration can help organizations accelerate their SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or NIS2 certification processes and enhance their monitoring capabilities.