# File Integrity Monitoring for Windows Using Elastic Agent
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-integrity-monitoring-for-windows-using-elastic-agent/289476
**Category:** Endpoint Security
**Created:** [November 17, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-integrity-monitoring-for-windows-using-elastic-agent/289476 "2021-11-17T15:46:35Z")
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### Author:  [@afarley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afarley)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-integrity-monitoring-for-windows-using-elastic-agent/289476/1 "2021-11-17T15:46:35Z")
Hello all,
I have been looking into how to implement Elastic Security most effectively to meet PCI requirements and a snag I've run into with other tools is successfully implementing FIM in a Windows environment. I am not sure to what extent the Elastic agent is capable of doing this and would greatly appreciate some insight into how others have done it. I know you can utilize OSQuery to enable FIM (via iNotify) pretty easily in Linux, but OSQuery for Windows has given me plenty of trouble in the past. Any thoughts?
I am also aware you can use Beats to enable the FIM module. This question is strictly pertaining to the agent.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-integrity-monitoring-for-windows-using-elastic-agent/289476/2 "2021-12-15T15:46:58Z")
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