CimTrak Integrity Suite vs EventSentry File Monitoring

CimTrak Integrity Suite monitors IT infrastructure for unintended or unauthorized changes, with real-time alerts and records for analysis and reporting. It keeps incremental snapshots that teams can use to restore an earlier baseline or reverse a detected change. On certain platforms, it can block changes to selected files and directories. Its integrations include STIX/TAXII threat feeds, file reputation services, ticketing systems, and SIEM tools. Cimcor lists support for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, macOS, HP-UX, AIX, network devices, databases, hypervisors, cloud platforms, and containers. The company says the suite supports more than 50 compliance frameworks and provides continuous compliance reporting. It states that communications, data, and audit logs are encrypted. Deployments can be on premises, in the cloud, or hybrid. Cimcor describes its customers as small, mid-market, and enterprise organizations, including those in finance, healthcare, government, and critical infrastructure. The software is paid, pricing is on request, and a free trial is available.

EventSentry File Monitoring tracks file additions and removals, size and SHA-256 checksum changes, and transaction-log tampering. It can gather digital certificates and entropy, which may help detect certain ransomware outbreaks. Changes can be logged to the Application event log with customizable severity and previous and new sizes or checksums. The current status of monitored files can be consolidated in the EventSentry database for comparisons across computers.

Notifications and integrations can go to email, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle databases, HTTP(S), Syslog, SNMP traps, and executable processes. Exported text event logs can be cryptographically signed and timestamped to help identify tampering. EventSentry says its file integrity monitoring helps with PCI requirement 11.5. The full edition is an on-premise perpetual license listed at $85 per Windows device; EventSentry Light is free for five machines. A 30-day trial is listed. The feature is listed for Linux, macOS, web, and Windows, while the detailed supported operating-system list names Windows versions from NT 4 SP6 through Server 2025.