Network Intelligence releases latest version of its event mgmt. software

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON WINDOWS NETWORKING TIPS
06/20/05
Today's focus: Network Intelligence releases latest version of
its event mgmt. software

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In this issue:

* Network Intelligence enVision
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Today's focus: Network Intelligence releases latest version of
its event mgmt. software

By Dave Kearns

Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, 21 CFR Part 11, HSPD-12 - if you've never
heard of any one of these, then you're excused from the rest of
this newsletter. Use the time wisely.

For the rest of you, these are U.S. regulations that you and
your organization might have to comply with:

* The Sarbanes-Oxley Act - rules for corporate governance,
  financial disclosure and the practice of public accounting.
* The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  (HIPAA).
* Part 11 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations
  covering electronic records and signatures for Food and Drug
  Administration clients.
* The Homeland Security Presidential Directive #12 - a policy
  for a common identification standard for federal employees and
  contractors.

Much of what these regulations specify is logging and auditing
procedures for tracking access to your network resources (a very
simplified explanation, but that's the general idea).

For many enterprises that are based on Windows networks,
tracking everything required by one regulation or another has
meant a lot of manual processes to audit the various Microsoft
services you might be using. Security vendor Network
Intelligence wants to ease your pain.

The company has released the latest version of its enVision
(Version 2.1.3) utilities. The upgrade is free for current
customers of The Network Intelligence Engine, and should be
seriously considered by others. Beside the usual improvements
that accompany a new version of a product (improved management
screen, new choices of automated actions, etc.), the product's
breadth has significantly increased.

The enVision product is a part of what's called "security event
management software." It monitors activity and reports to the
Network Intelligence Engine (a security appliance), which can
raise alerts when inappropriate (as defined by the
administrator) activity occurs or can even take immediate action
to remediate a problem. What's neat about enVision is that it's
agent-less. Nothing needs to be installed on the platforms it
monitors.

You'd think that might limit its coverage, but that's the big
news about the new release. Added to the coverage are Microsoft
Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft SQL Server 7, and Microsoft SQL
2000. That's in addition to the standard Windows server and
client operating systems that were previously covered.

But, that's not all! New device support includes: McAfee ePolicy
Orchestrator 3.5, Websense Web Security Suite 5.5 along with
Cusco VPN Concentrator 4.0, Juniper IDP 3.0, Juniper Netscreen
Firewall ScreenOs 5.1, McAfee Intrushield 2.1, and Checkpoint
NGX. (I don't know what all of those are, but you most likely
know which ones you have).

Those are just the new additions, by the way - check
<http://www.network-intelligence.com/SupportedDevices/index.asp>
for a complete list of all the software and hardware that the
Network Intelligence Engine can monitor and support. It's quite
an exhaustive list.

For security needs (protects your bottom line) or regulatory
compliance (keeps your executives out of jail) you need
something like this. If you don't already have a solution - or
you aren't happy with what you have - the latest enVision
release might just be enough to convince you that the Network
Intelligence Engine is right for you.
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To contact: Dave Kearns

Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's
written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print
"Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be
found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>.

Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows
Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management.
Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these
respective addresses: <mailto:windows@vquill.com>,
<mailto:netware@vquill.com>, <mailto:identity@vquill.com>.

Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books,
manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing,
technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill
provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at
<mailto:info@vquill.com>
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Reduce Fire Safety Risk in Your Network!

Concerns are rising about the growing number of combustible
cables present in buildings required to service the
ever-increasing demands of IT networks. More workstations are
taxing the infrastructure. These concerns are the thrust behind
new "limited combustible" cables that reduce fire safety risk.
Click here for news, a free demo CD and more. Visit DuPont's
Cabling center today!
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=107026
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