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VPN-SECURITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
Cierra Business Solutions provides a State-of-the-art VPN/Security Management Solution (VMS) as an integral component of the SAFE Blueprint for Enterprise Network Security from Cisco, and contributes to organizational productivity by combining Web-based tools for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting VPNs, firewalls, and network- and host-based intrusion detection systems (IDSs). Cierra Business Solutions’ VMS solution also offers network device inventory and change audit and software distribution features.

Functions that Cierra Business Solutions VMS offers include:

Firewall management
IDS management, network, and host-based
VPN router management
Security monitoring
VPN monitoring
Operational management

Cierra Business Solutions uses Cisco’s Management Center for Firewalls which features the look-and-feel of the PIX Device Manager (PDM) but offers centralized management scalability of up to 1,000 Cisco Firewalls. The Management Center for Firewalls provides entire SAFE coverage and features centralized management of access rules, network address translation, intrusion detection and EZVPN on Cisco Firewalls. The Management Center for Firewalls supports centralized management of virtually any Cisco Firewall security network including remote access, DMZ, SOHO, voice networks, storage networks, wireless networks, Internet security and management security provider scenarios.

Cierra Business Solutions offers enterprise and service provider users the features they need to easily manage Cisco PIX Firewalls. It features an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) to help you set up and configure your PIX Firewall. In addition, a wide range of informative, real-time, and historical reports provide critical insight into usage trends, performance baselines, and security events. Secure communication allows efficient management of local or remote Cisco PIX Firewalls. In short, PDM simplifies Internet security, making it a cost-effective tool that enhances productivity and network security saving both time and money.

The CiscoWorks Management Center for IDS Sensors is management software for the configuration of network IDS, switch IDS sensors and IDS network modules for routers. This tool is a featured component of the VPN/Security Management Solution (VMS). The software allows you manage multiple sensors concurrently by creating sensor groups and thereby saving time for the administrator. The software also provides an easy to use Web interface and wizards to reduce the learning time. The Management Center for IDS Sensors also delivers the capability to create new signatures so that administrators can more accurately detect threats, and the capability to edit signatures to reduce false positives.

Cierra Business Solutions uses the CiscoWorks Router Management Center (Router MC), a component of the CiscoWorks VPN/Management Solution (VMS), to provide a scalable security management for the configuration and deployment of VPN connections. Router MC provides a powerful, flexible, and intuitive way to configure and deploy large-scale and site-to-site VPN connections. Router MC provides administrative user-approval controls for control over individual user and deployment permissions, enabling large enterprises to define multiple administrative and operational roles. In addition, Router MC provides an intuitive GUI interface for simplified policy definitions, a heirarchical inheritance model, flexible deployment options and enhanced reporting capabilities.

With the addition of the Cisco Security Agent technology, Cierra Business Solutions offers its customers the most comprehensive security threat protection portfolio for securing large corporate networks by extending protection to desktops and servers.

This technology is a security software solution that helps prevent malicious behavior on servers and desktops (aka, “endpoints”). The technology is composed of several elements:

Cisco Security Agents – core endpoint software which resides on servers or desktops/laptops and autonomously enforces local policies that prevent attacks

CiscoWorks Management Center for Cisco Security Agents – core management software that provides a central means of defining and distributing policies, providing software updates, and maintaining communications to the agents.

The advanced CiscoWorks Management Center for Cisco Security Agents provides all management functions for agents in a centralized manner. Its role-based, Web browser "manage from anywhere" access makes it easy for administrators to control thousands of agents per MC. The CiscoWorks Management Center for Cisco Security Agents is a featured component within the CiscoWorks VPN/Security Management Solution (VMS).

CiscoWorks VPN Monitor is a Web-based management tool that allows network administrators to collect, store, and view information about IP Security (IPSec) VPN connections for remote-access or site-to-site VPN terminations. CiscoWorks VPN Monitor manages VPNs that are configured on Cisco VPN 3000 concentrators, Cisco 1700 modular access routers, Cisco 2600 and 3600 multiservice platforms, and Cisco 7100, 7200, and 7400 series VPN routers.

Cierra Business Solutions’ VMS introduces improved functions for monitoring and troubleshooting the performance of services that contribute to enterprise network security, with the Monitoring for Performance, Version 2.0. These functions will help to:

Monitor the status of VPN's

Correlate and graphically display metrics associated with active VPNs
Identify all the networks and users connected by VPNs on a per device basis
Monitor the real time device statistics of Firewalls

Monitor the performance of Cisco Catalyst Content Switching Module (CSM) and Cisco Catalyst SSL Module

Resource Manager Essentials is a powerful suite of Web-based applications offering network management solutions for Cisco switches, access servers, and routers. The Resource Manager Essentials browser interface allows easy access to information critical to network uptime and simplifies time-consuming administrative tasks. The Management Connection feature in Resource Manager Essentials adds Web-level integration of other management tools from Cisco and partner companies, thereby enabling utilization of these tools and applications to create a seamless, central point of network administration.

Essentials includes:

Inventory Manager
Change Audit
Device Configuration Manager
Software Image Manager
Availability Manager
Syslog Analyzer
Cisco Management Connection






 
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