Compliance-ready logging.
No data leaves your network.

Auditors want proof that you're monitoring access, detecting threats, and preserving evidence. Arden gives you all three from your existing Windows event logs — without sending a single byte to the cloud. Fully offline. Fully auditable. Deploy in under 60 seconds.

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Built for the frameworks that matter.

Arden maps 73 compliance controls across 6 frameworks to 38 monitored Windows event categories — out of the box, with no configuration. Select frameworks in the dashboard, drill into specific requirements, and export filtered findings organized by control.

CJIS Security Policy

Criminal Justice Information Services

Organizations handling criminal justice information must log and audit all access to CJI systems. CJIS also restricts cloud-based solutions unless they meet strict encryption and access control requirements. Arden runs entirely on-premise — no data leaves your network, ever.

11 controls mapped — 5.4 Audit & Accountability, 5.4.1.1 Auditable Events, 5.4.2 Content of Audit Records, 5.4.3 Monitoring & Reporting, 5.4.6 Retention
5.5 Access Enforcement — 5.5.2 Access Enforcement, 5.5.6 Remote Access, 5.5.7 Session Termination
5.6 Identity & Auth — 5.6.1 Identification Policy, 5.6.2 Authentication Policy, 5.6.2.2 Advanced Authentication
25 event categories — Including computer account lifecycle, universal group membership, and full logon/logoff tracking

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

Healthcare organizations must implement technical safeguards to monitor access to systems containing ePHI. Most small clinics and practices can't afford a SIEM but still face the same compliance requirements as large hospital systems.

12 controls mapped — §164.312(b) Audit Controls, §164.312(a)(1) Access Control, §164.312(a)(2)(i) Unique User ID, §164.312(a)(2)(iii) Auto Logoff, §164.312(d) Authentication
§164.308(a) Admin Safeguards — Activity Review, Workforce Security, Information Access Management, Security Awareness, Incident Procedures
§164.312 Technical Safeguards — Integrity Controls and Transmission Security with computer account and group membership tracking
Exportable audit findings — CSV/JSON exports organized by HIPAA control, filtered by category, username, and computer

PCI DSS

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Any business that processes, stores, or transmits cardholder data must log and monitor access to network resources. Restaurants, retail stores, and e-commerce operations running Windows POS systems need this coverage.

11 controls mapped — Req 2.2 System Config, Req 7.1-7.2 Access Control, Req 8.1-8.3 User ID & Auth
Req 10 Logging & Monitoring — Req 10.2 Audit Trails, 10.3 Audit Entries, 10.5 Integrity, 10.6 Log Review, 10.7 Retention
Computer account tracking — Monitors machine account lifecycle alongside user accounts for full PCI coverage
Universal group membership — Tracks all group scope changes including local, global, and universal groups

CMMC / NIST 800-171

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

Defense contractors and their entire supply chain must demonstrate security monitoring to maintain DoD contracts. Thousands of small manufacturers need to meet these requirements but can't justify enterprise security tooling.

20 controls mapped — Largest framework coverage: AC (Access Control), AU (Audit & Accountability), IA (Identification & Authentication)
AC.1-AC.2 — System access limits, privileged functions, unsuccessful logon attempts, remote access, CUI flow control
AU.2-AU.3 — Audit requirements, user accountability, event review, record content, alerting, generation, protection, correlation, and reduction
IA.1 — User identification and authentication with computer account and scheduled task lifecycle tracking

SOX

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Publicly traded companies and their auditors need to demonstrate that access to financial reporting systems is monitored and controlled. Accounting firms and finance departments running Windows need audit evidence for Section 404 compliance.

10 controls mapped — Section 302 Management Responsibility, Section 404 Internal Controls, Access Control, User Lifecycle
Access & Privilege Monitoring — Privileged access, segregation of duties, universal group membership changes, and remote session tracking
Change Management — Service installations, scheduled task lifecycle (created, enabled, updated, deleted), and audit policy changes
Evidence & Integrity — Log clearing detection, audit trail protection, and computer account lifecycle tracking

FERPA

Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act

Schools, districts, and universities must protect student education records. IT departments managing Windows labs, administrative systems, and student information systems need logging and monitoring but rarely have dedicated security staff.

9 controls mapped — Access Monitoring, Unauthorized Access Detection, Account Management, Privilege Management, Remote Access
Session & System Changes — Session termination tracking, service installations, scheduled task lifecycle, and audit policy changes
Evidence & Log Integrity — Log clearing detection, audit trail protection, and computer account lifecycle tracking
Budget-Friendly — Single executable, no infrastructure, no per-endpoint fees — fits education budgets

What auditors actually need to see.

Compliance isn't about having the most expensive tool. It's about demonstrating that you're monitoring, detecting, and preserving evidence. Arden gives you exactly that — with proof.

Zero Cloud Exposure

No telemetry, no cloud sync, no data exfiltration risk. Arden processes everything locally. Your logs never leave the machine they came from.

Emergency Log Preservation

When Arden detects log clearing, it automatically exports all alerts and events to a local preservation file — capturing the evidence before it's gone.

User Attribution

For critical detections like Defender being disabled or firewall changes, Arden traces the action back to the specific user account — even when Windows doesn't log it in the standard fields.

Continuous Audit Log

38 event categories covering logon, account lifecycle, computer accounts, privilege use, group membership (local, global, and universal), scheduled tasks, and policy changes — written to a rolling CSV in real time. Export filtered by framework and control as CSV or JSON.

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