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Tuesday, February 16, 1999, 4:20 p.m. ET.
Taking Snapshots Of Enterprise Security
By RUTRELL YASIN
Enforcing security policy across a distributed enterprise network can be a
bear.
IT managers have to use a variety of tools and wade through reams of
reports to determine if their companies' applications and systems conform
to corporate security practices.
Axent Technologies Inc., however, is attempting to lighten IT managers'
workload. The network security vendor unveiled today a new version of its
Enterprise Security Manager software that lets security administrators
check, manage and enforce security policies from a central console.
ESM 5.0's new console and advanced reporting features provide a snapshot
of security levels across the enterprise in a single graph, said Mark
Ungerman, ESM product manager.
For more detailed information, ESM users can "drill down to find reports"
on specific systems or applications, said Tim Hahn, an information
security specialist at a consumer electronics maker.
Using ESM, IT managers can identify and prevent users from having security
privileges that exceed company security policy. In addition, ESM users can
identify files that are not getting backed up or files whose attributes
have been changed.
ESM is based on a manager/agent architecture in which software agents
residing in servers and workstations gather pertinent data that is
collected by the ESM console. A single console can collect data from and
manage up to 10,000 software agents.
Having a more comprehensive view of security levels doesn't mean IT
managers will suffer information overload, because ESM 5.0 has strong
filtering capabilities. ESM 5.0 "has the ability to weed out the noise,"
Hahn said.
ESM 5.0 also includes reporting templates designed for different audiences
such as the Executive Report module, which provides a high-level overview
of security compliance. Companies also can create their own customized
reports. Reports also are available in HTML format so security reports can
be posted on intranets or e-mailed directly to IT or senior management.
Available now, the ESM 5.0 Manager costs $1,995. Agents for servers cost
$995 and $95 for workstations.
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