File Activity Auditing for Novell® Open Enterprise Server

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File Activity Auditing
for Novell Open
Enterprise Server
®
Novell Sentinel™ Log Manager for Novell Open
­Enterprise Server allows organizations using Open
Enterprise Server 2 SP2 to audit who is reading,
writing or modifying files. This unique solution
enables enterprise-wide monitoring and reporting
of operational issues and security violations, as well
as ensuring compliance with internal standards and
external compliance rules.
®
Auditing for Novell Open
Enterprise Server 2
Novell Sentinel Log Manager provides an
easy method to collect file-related events
from Novell Open Enterprise Server 2
environments, as well as the flexibility
to collect additional log data from Open
Enterprise Server 2. Sentinel Log Manager
supports native collection and parsing of
logs from Open Enterprise Server 2 providing transparency and giving administrators
a centralized, holistic view of security and
operations. Sentinel Log Manager for Open
Enterprise Server allows organizations using
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2 to easily
find out who is reading, writing or m
­ odifying
sensitive data stored in files. Sentinel Log
Manager supports the collection of this
information from file-systems including:
NCP
AFP
CIFS
NFS
Using Novell Sentinel Log Manager, it’s easy
to maintain audit trails to monitor for security
violations and also ensure compliance with
internal standards and external compliance
rules that require log retention and reporting.
Solutions:
Security Management
Products:
Novell Sentinel Log Manager
Novell Sentinel Log Manager
works with Novell Open Enterprise
Server 2 SP2 out of the box and
provides drill-down search and
reporting of Open Enterprise
Server 2 events.
Novell Sentinel Log Manager for Open
Enterprise Server provides robust reporting
capabilities with usable out-of-the-box
reports for Open Enterprise Server 2. It also
includes an intuitive one-click reporting
feature that enables a search to be
transformed into a repeatable report.
Novell Sentinel Log Manager will automatically
detect syslog sources and is easy to config­ure
and use with an intuitive, Web 2.0 interface.
Figure 2. Report showing all the times a file was modified
Reporting
Novell Sentinel Log Manager for Open
Enterprise Server provides robust reporting
capabilities with usable out-of-the-box
reports for Open Enterprise Server 2. It also
includes an intuitive one-click reporting
feature that enables a search to be transformed into a repeatable report. Sentinel Log
Manager’s built-in scheduler can run and
e-mail reports at any time, and reports can
also be run manually on an ad-hoc basis.
The included reports provide rich detail and
helpful summaries without any additional
customization required.
Figure 3. Report showing a summary of file modification activity
File Activity Auditing
for Novell Open
Enterprise Server
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Figure 4. Report providing a summary of file-related activity
Policy-based Storage
Novell Sentinel Log Manager for Open
­Enterprise Server solves a key storage
challenge for enterprises that need to maintain an audit trail of activities by providing
policy-based data archival and retention.
The system provides 10:1 compression and
allows organizations the flexibility to keep
data only as long as it’s needed. That means
that less important data can be discarded
while critical data is retained for a longerterm—significantly reducing storage costs.
Figure 5. Novell Sentinel Log Manager’s custom
retention policies provide the flexibility to keep different
types of log files for different periods of time.
Novell Sentinel Log Manager enables customers to easily grow from a
single instance to a comprehensive, enterprise-wide log management
solution by providing an efficient, flexible and cost-conscious solution
to distributed log collection.
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Novell Sentinel Log Manager
for Open Enterprise Server
Novell Sentinel Log Manager provides easy
and efficient centralized event log collection
for Open Enterprise Server environments
from remote locations across the IT enterprise. As part of the Novell Sentinel product
family, Sentinel Log Manager can work
either as a standalone log management
tool or alongside Novell Sentinel as part of
a comprehensive security information and
event management (SIEM) solution.
Novell Sentinel Log Manager enables
customers to easily grow from a single
instance to a comprehensive, enterprisewide log management solution by providing
an efficient, flexible and cost-conscious
solution to distributed log collection.
Through its out-of-the-box integration
with Novell Sentinel, Sentinel Log Manager
provides an easy route to achieving true
real-time user activity monitoring to provide
the highest levels of security and compliance in Open Enterprise Server 2—or any
other environment.
Contact your local Novell
Solutions Provider, or call
Novell at:
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