RE: security tools

From: James S. Ringold III (jringold_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/19/04

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To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com

    Aelita also has a tool, and Configuresoft.

    The major problem with the NetIQ and BindView
    offerings is the licensing.

    What is the goal of the reporting? Configuration
    management, Change management, overall security
    posture? That has a definate impact on the tools that
    are useful.

    --- Nicole Curcio <default@nik2.com> wrote:
    > Another similar tool is Symantec's Enterprise
    > Security Manager (ESM).
    > We've had Bindview and ESM both in our environment
    > for several years and
    > each has it's own specialties. We are also in the
    > process of reviewing
    > CA's Policy Compliance in comparison to ESM. I
    > personally like the
    > functionality of ESM better from what I've seen so
    > far, but there are
    > quite a few things you can do with Bindview that ESM
    > does not do.
    > -nicole
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Barrett, Andy
    > [mailto:andy.barrett@rma.usda.gov]
    > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 12:45 PM
    > To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: RE: security tools
    >
    > There's similar software made by Ecora (Auditor) and
    > CA (Policy
    > Compliance) that you can take a look at. We demoed
    > the offerings from
    > NetIQ, BindView, Ecora, and CA in this area, and are
    > in the process of
    > making a decision regarding which software to
    > ultimately purchase. Each
    > one is good in it's own right, and does a very good
    > job in auditing the
    > various aspects of LDAP Directories and servers.
    > The main differences
    > we've found, besides price, are in the reporting and
    > the detail of data
    > audited by the software, i.e. some will pull the
    > membership in a group,
    > others will only pull information on the group
    > itself. Good luck!!!
    >
    > Andy
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Augusto Quadros Paes de Barros
    > [mailto:augusto@paesdebarros.com.br]
    > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:12 AM
    > To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: security tools
    >
    > Greetings,
    >
    > I'd like to hear about tools like BindView -
    > BVControl and NetiQ - VSM /
    > FSA. Are there any other alternatives that people
    > from the list
    > know/use?
    >
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Augusto Paes de Barros
    > http://www.paesdebarros.com.br
    >
    >
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               James S. Ringold III
               jringold@yahoo.com

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