Randy Franklin Smith posted a good article in his blog last month on tips for automating the tasks involved in reviewing and responding to security events. ‘Tis the season for security admins to be even more overworked than usual, so there’s plenty of motivation to save yourself some time and effort by automating processes such as new user account verification and group membership additions, and following up on suspicious logon activity. Check out his article here:
http://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/blog/default.aspx?p=6070dbe4-eba4-4c1c-8080-1669d7a74bc1