Data and Database Management Software
Software provides security event management.
Press Release Summary:
Tivoli Risk Manager v4.2 helps user centrally monitor, view, and manage security incidents and vulnerabilities across enterprise from single security console. With reporting capabilities, administrators can pinpoint business security risks and take corrective action. Software can tie organization's security policies to specific security events. It helps eliminate false-positives, while quickly identifying and addressing real threats.
Original Press Release:
IBM Tivoli Risk Manager V4.2 Provides Enhancements for Installation and Performance
At a glance
IBM Tivoli Risk Manager V4.2, a security event management product, provides:
o Web-based application - real-time Web browser-based event console based on Tivoli Enterprise(TM) Console (TEC) V3.9
o Automated recommendations - ability to tie-in organizational security policies to specific security events
o Enhancements to help improve performance and installation
o Integration with Tivoli Configuration Manager - ability to extract hardware and software information from the Tivoli Inventory database
o Enhanced collection agent - for event capture, formatting, and transport
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Overview
Businesses continue to face internal and external security threats from a multitude of fronts - virus threats, unauthorized access, denial-of-service attacks, and other forms of intrusions that target applications, networks, hosting infrastructure, servers, and desktops. IBM Tivoli® Risk Manager can help you centrally manage security incidents and vulnerabilities across your enterprise from a single security console. With Tivoli Risk Manager's reporting capabilities, administrators can pinpoint business security risks and take corrective action.
Tivoli Risk Manager enables you to:
o Correlate and prioritize the vast number of security events generated across applications, operating systems, and network devices to provide an overall view of the security architecture
o Monitor, view, and manage security incidents and vulnerabilities, and perform security change management across your organization with an easy-to-use console
o Integrate security management from applications, operating systems, and network devices
o Help eliminate clutter, such as false-positives, while quickly identifying and addressing real threats
o Manage security incidents and vulnerabilities to help administrators respond with adaptive security measures
o Use predefined best-practice tasks to quickly resolve denial-of-service attacks, viruses, or unauthorized access
New features in Tivoli Risk Manager V4.2 include:
o Web-based application - real-time Web browser-based event console based on Tivoli Enterprise(TM) Console (TEC) V3.9
o Automated recommendations - ability to tie in organizational security policies to specific security events and take automated action based on the corporate policy
o Enhancements to help improve performance and installation
o Integration with Tivoli Configuration Manager - ability to extract hardware and software information from the Tivoli Inventory database
o Enhanced event collection agent - for event capture, formatting, and transport, based on industry standard, and provides simplified install and setup
Key prerequisites
IBM Tivoli Risk Manager V4.2 requires an AIX®, Sun Solaris, or Microsoft(TM) Windows(TM) operating system platform.
Planned availability dates
October 24, 2003: Electronic software and documentation delivery
October 31, 2003: Hardcopy media and documentation delivery
Description
IBM Tivoli Risk Manager V4.2 is a security event management product that utilizes the Tivoli Enterprise Console® V3.9. It provides you with a way to centrally manage threats and vulnerabilities in your IT resources. It also assists you with forensic and audit analysis through its reporting capabilities. Tivoli Risk Manager provides organizational efficiency for your IT departments. With this product, you do not have to manually wade through event logs from your security devices to identify threats or vulnerabilities. This helps save valuable time. It also can save you money by helping them identify potential threats early before damaging their IT infrastructure.
New features in Tivoli Risk Manager V4.2
Enhanced event collection agent
An XML-based format file provides an event definition facility based on an industry standard for capture, formatting, and transport, and provides a simplified install and setup. This provides functionality to have multiple instances of the same adapter.
Enhancements to help performance
Tivoli Risk Manager 4.2 provides significant enhancements designed to improve event throughput (end-to-end - from event source to store in database and event display).
