Compliance Monitoring: Auditing & Regulatory Reporting

In a large-scale enterprise environment, compliance is not merely a checklist—it is a critical legal and financial mandate. Hexnode UEM provides a robust auditing framework designed to meet the rigorous standards of SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001.

By maintaining an immutable record of every administrative action and endpoint state, Hexnode ensures that your organization remains “audit-ready” at all times, providing the transparency required by external governance bodies and internal CISOs.

The Audit Framework: Complete Visibility

Hexnode’s auditing system is built on two primary pillars: Administrative Accountability and Endpoint Integrity. This ensures a clear chain of custody for every command sent and every policy modified.

1. Administrative Audit Logs

   Hexnode maintains a chronological, write-once repository of all activities within the management portal. Every action performed by technicians is logged to prevent unauthorized changes and ensure accountability.

   • Technician Activity: Tracks logins (including SSO via IdP), policy creations, and modifications.
   • Critical Commands: Logs high-impact actions such as Remote Wipe, and Disenrollment.
   • Search & Filter: Administrators can instantly filter logs by Admin email, Date, or specific event module to pinpoint changes during a forensic review.

2. Endpoint Audit & Activity Feed

   To manage the lifecycle of thousands of devices, Hexnode tracks the real-time status and historical data of every endpoint.

   • Enrollment History: Records exactly when a device was added and by whom.
   • Compliance Checks: Logs every instance where a device checked in and whether it met the “Golden Baseline” (Compliance Standards).
   • Remediation Logs: Tracks CVE remediations, patch applications, and script execution results.

Executive Compliance Reporting

Hexnode transforms raw audit data into high-level visualizations for executive decision-making and regulatory submissions.

• Compliance Dashboards: Provides a weighted metric of your fleet’s health, showing the percentage of devices meeting corporate security standards across different sub-companies or regions.
• Trend Analysis: Identifies “compliance decay”—regions or departments where devices are falling out of compliance over time—allowing for proactive IT intervention before an audit failure occurs.
• Audit-Ready Templates: Leverage pre-built report templates mapped to specific regulations like SOC2, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS. These can be generated in seconds, replacing weeks of manual data gathering.

Data Integrity & Long-term Retention

Hexnode ensures that audit data remains secure and can be archived to meet multi-year legal requirements.

• Cryptographic Integrity: Digital certificates and communication are protected using strong hash algorithms (AES-256), ensuring that logs remain a “source of truth” and cannot be tampered with.
• Scheduled Reporting: For long-term auditing (e.g., 7-year retention), administrators can schedule Automated Reports (CSV/PDF) to be delivered to the CISO’s office or a secure internal archive.
• Manual Exports: Every report, from Action History to User Audits, can be exported instantly for manual submission to external auditors.

Implementation Checklist

• [ ] Configure Automated Exports: Set up monthly compliance reports to be emailed automatically to the CISO’s office.
• [ ] Map Templates: Identify which Hexnode reporting templates correspond to your specific regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR data residency).
• [ ] Enable SIEM Streaming: Verify that critical event telemetry is successfully reaching your organization’s SIEM tool.
• [ ] Set Retention: Define and apply audit log retention policies based on your industry’s legal mandates.