Technology & IT | Tuesday 28 April, 2015 12:00 am |

With New Security Device Configuration Management Capabilities
Provides Insight on Security Incidents, Network Traffic and Bandwidth Usage From a Single Console

• Tackles internal and external security threats from a single console
• Download the beta version at http://ow.ly/LTf0J

ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced the Firewall Analyzer add-on for EventLog Analyzer, the company’s log analysis solution at GISEC 2015. The new add-on enhances EventLog Analyzer with multi-vendor security device and configuration management features to help IT security administrators monitor and analyze security incidents better. Admins can now seal security loopholes due to firewall misconfigurations, monitor network traffic and bandwidth usage, and propagate and analyze security incidents from log sources across the network — all from a single, central console.

As hacking techniques get more sophisticated, detecting cyber threats at the initial stages is becoming difficult. Despite protecting the network with multi-level security, businesses continue to face cyber threats. The deployment of discrete, disconnected perimeter security systems, such as firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS) and intrusion detection systems (IDS), follows a granular approach to threat mitigation and also generates voluminous amounts of log data, which is often mistaken as an indicator of compromise. To track down security threats in the initial stages, companies need a unified security console that can accelerate responses to data breaches.

“Perimeter security devices have always been the crucial source in identifying early signs of network security anomalies,” said Pravin Kumar, product manager at ManageEngine. “In most cases, as a complement to log analysis, constant monitoring of security devices’ configuration changes helps contain attacks at the earliest stages. Our new add-on provides instant access to firewall device configuration details, network traffic and bandwidth usage details, and log data from sources across the network by collating them in one central location.”

EventLog Analyzer Firewall Analyzer Add-On Highlights

• Combats external security threats better: The add-on provides intuitive geo-location reports that help identify the origin of virus attackers and spammers, top hosts that are affected by the attacks and more.
• Unmasks shadow IT operations: The Firewall Analyzer add-on enables security administrators to monitor shadow IT operations that throttle the company’s bandwidth. Admins can also monitor the bandwidth consumed by unauthorized cloud-controlled applications and services with the intuitive graphical dashboard. The solution also provides detailed reports for user-wise bandwidth usage.

• Meets compliance requirements for security device configuration management: The solution helps meet the requirements of industry’s best firewall practices such as SANS, NIST, and NERC – CIP, besides the compliance requirements around security device configuration management.

• Provides contextual information to track down real security attack attempts: The integration provides security device configuration change details such as what rule was changed, when the change was made, who made the change and from where.

• Provides clear visibility into network bandwidth and traffic usage: The Firewall Analyzer add-on provides detailed information on inbound and outbound traffic and application bandwidth usage so that security admins gain better visibility on what is choking the bandwidth.

Pricing and Availability
The Firewall Analyzer add-on to EventLog Analyzer is available as a beta download. EventLog Analyzer customers can try it via the beta program at http://www.eventloganalyzer.com/firewallintegration.html. EventLog Analyzer starts at $3,495 for 50 log sources.

About EventLog Analyzer
ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer is a web-based, real-time log monitoring and compliance management solution that improves network security and helps organizations comply with the latest IT audit requirements. For more information on EventLog Analyzer, visit http://www.manageengine.com/eventlog.

About Firewall Analyzer
ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer is an agentless, log analytics, and configuration management software solution for network security devices. The product is used for end point and now beyond the boundary security monitoring and analysis, change management, employee Internet monitoring, bandwidth monitoring, capacity planning, policy enforcement and security, and compliance audit reporting. Firewall Analyzer is vendor-agnostic and supports almost all open sources and commercial network firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, proxies and related security devices. For more information about Firewall Analyzer, visit http://www.manageengine.com/firewall.

About ManageEngine
ManageEngine delivers the real-time IT management tools that empower IT teams to meet organizational needs for real-time services and support. Worldwide, established and emerging enterprises — including more than 60 percent of the Fortune 500 — rely on ManageEngine products to ensure the optimal performance of their critical IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, applications, desktops and more. ManageEngine is a division of Zoho Corporation with offices worldwide, including the United States, India, Japan and China. For more information, please visit http://www.manageengine.com/; follow the company blog at http://blogs.manageengine.com/, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ManageEngine and on Twitter at @ManageEngine.

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