# Elastic Endpoint File Monitoring vs Elastic Agent File Integrity Monitoring Integration

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-endpoint-file-monitoring-vs-elastic-agent-file-integrity-monitoring-integration/321599>\
**Category:** Elastic Security\
**Created:** [December 19, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-endpoint-file-monitoring-vs-elastic-agent-file-integrity-monitoring-integration/321599 "2022-12-19T20:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![BenB196](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benb196/32/83401_2.png) [@BenB196](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BenB196)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-endpoint-file-monitoring-vs-elastic-agent-file-integrity-monitoring-integration/321599/1 "2022-12-19T20:29:54Z")

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Hi All,

I was curious if anyone knows the answer to this question, what are the differences between the Elastic Endpoint Security [File Monitoring](https://docs.elastic.co/integrations/endpoint#file), and the Elastic Agent [File Integrity Monitoring](https://docs.elastic.co/integrations/fim) Integration?

Are they intended to be used at the same time? Are there any major differences between them? Should one be used over the other?

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**Author:** ![hendry.lim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hendry.lim/32/71328_2.png) [@hendry.lim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hendry.lim)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-endpoint-file-monitoring-vs-elastic-agent-file-integrity-monitoring-integration/321599/2 "2022-12-20T02:07:13Z")

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AFAIK, Elastic Defend `file` contains the file access logs, while file integrity monitoring (FIM) is based on Auditbeat FIM module, which monitors file changes.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-endpoint-file-monitoring-vs-elastic-agent-file-integrity-monitoring-integration/321599/3 "2023-01-17T02:07:34Z")

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