NetIQ next month will boost its security information management offering by enabling it to collect data from a wider selection of vendors' security products and by improving its reporting capabilities.
NetIQ is extending its Security Manager to oversee Check Point Software firewalls, TrendMicro antivirus systems and Internet Security Systems' RealSecure intrusion-detection systems (IDS). Earlier versions added support for Cisco Secure Pix Firewalls and Symantec and Network Associates/McAfee antivirus products.
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NetIQ, which has specialized in managing Microsoft networks, also has a Unix agent for Security Manager in the works.
"Being vendor-agnostic would be the ultimate goal for any security event management product," says Charles Kolodgy, Internet security research manager at IDC.
Kolodgy says that while SIM products from companies such as e-Security and netForensics might offer more vendor support out of the box, products from companies such as NetIQ and IBM Tivoli help users go beyond collecting data to gaining real control of their networks.
"NetIQ can offer some lockdown features and do a bit more analysis" than some security-centric tools, he says.
Security Manager 4.0 costs $35 per workstation, $900 per server for the Basic Windows Agent and $1,500 per server for the Advanced Windows Agent. Add-on modules to manage firewalls, IDS and antivirus systems range widely in price - from $150 to $1,500, depending on the need to deploy sensors near devices to be monitored.
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