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FireScope Features

Performance and Security Monitoring Features

Real-time monitoring
  • Tested with 5,000 monitored devices and servers
  • Hundreds of availability and performance checks per second
  • Easily extendable native agents offer more granular monitoring
  • All data collected is stored in a SQL database
Device configuration
  • Auto-discovery wizard
  • Based on IP range
  • Based on ICMP ping
  • Based on running TCP services
  • Different templates for different types of discovered devices
Agent-less monitoring options
  • Availability and performance monitoring
  • Monitoring of remote services (FTP, SSH, HTTP, other)
  • Support of SNMP v1,2,3
  • SNMP traps
  • Support of HTTP and HTTPS
  • Step-by-step scenarios for monitoring (login, perform transaction, logout)
  • Support of GET and POST methods
  • User-defined scripts for enhanced remote checks and performance testing
Agent-based monitoring features
  • All platforms supported (UNIX, Windows, Novell)
  • Processor utilization
  • Available and used memory
  • Available and used drive space
  • Disk I/O
  • Operating System specific metrics such as page file usage
  • Application specific metrics such as transactions per second, memory usage and error messages
  • File checksums
  • Monitoring of log files
Integration with 3rd party security solutions
  • Extend the capabilities of existing 3rd party security and management solutions such as :
    • Tivoli
    • HP OpenView
    • TripWire
    • Snort
    • Net Manager
Issue identification
  • Security related issues such as:
    • Root-kit or trojan infections
    • Security policy violations
    • Abnormal network traffic
  • Performance and availability issues such as :
    • Memory or processor utilization exceeding thresholds
    • Application service not responding to requests (e.g. web server not delivering content)
    • Low disk space
    • Device unresponsive
  • Or create your own flags to conform with your existing policies and SLA's.
Issue resolution
  • Reaction instructions can be modified to meet any organization's policies and procedures.
  • Reactions can be defined to a specific device or issue
  • Flexible instructions can include any of the following:
    • Email, phone, SMS or IM notification of specific personnel
    • Automatic execution of remote commands on devices in question
    • Flag for follow up within the FireScope interface
  • Simpler root-cause analysis of issues with access to long term performance trending and log details

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Web Interface Features

Usability
  • Intuitive user interface requires little to no training to master
  • Information presented in easy to understand graphs, charts and tabular data
  • AJAX integration allows real-time data updates without the need to refresh the page
  • XHTML 1.0 Compliant
  • Compatible with any web browser
  • Built in templates to translate information to follow ITIL, COBIT or other IT process frameworks
Collaboration
  • Create an unlimited number of wikis, message boards, rss feeds, share bookmarks, blogs and calendars
  • Integrate collaboration tools directly within any page
  • Fine-grained permission architecture allows you to customize and control who can access sensitive information
  • Easily integrate commonly used chat programs or email
Security
  • Role-based security
  • Roles can be modified and new roles created to fit any organization
  • Users are organized by Role, Location and Organization
  • SSL secure connectivity
Flexibility
  • Portlet architecture allows every page to be customized to the individual user's needs
  • Data source of every chart and graph can be modified without requiring page refresh
  • Choose from any of three pre-defined layouts and color schemes, or build your own

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Reporting Features

Reporting Engine
  • A single report engine with a scope encompassing all of your critical infrastructure
  • Extensive report library offering dozens of pre-built reports covering Security, Capacity Planning, SLA weaknesses, Compliance issues and more
  • Flexible reporting engine with drag-and-drop report building
  • Drill down from any report to individual log file entries
  • Analysis of yearly/monthly/daily statistics
  • Scheduling option provides automatic email delivery of reports
  • Reports can be exported to pdf, excel or csv
Business Intelligence
  • OLAP engine allows you to analyze your enterprise from any angle, over any time period
  • Fast cube generation for quicker information delivery
  • Analyze any logical groupings from your enterprise as a whole to individual configuration items
Security and Compliance Reporting
  • Integrate the data collected from existing 3rd party security solutions for a comprehensive security posture analysis
  • Analyze effectiveness of existing security solutions and policies
  • Collection of compliance reports helps isolate weaknesses with any of the following compliance standards
    • Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
    • HIPAA
    • SAS 70
    • Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard
Trending and Capacity Planning
  • Capacity planning reports offer a more detailed understanding of the growth rate of your infrastructure.
  • Identify potential issues before they appear by analyzing performance trends of key systems.
  • Triangulate enterprise performance bottlenecks by aggregating data from multiple sources.
Service Level Agreement Reporting
  • Identify potential SLA issues before they become problems with long term analysis
  • Detailed long term trending makes it easier to define achievable SLA's.
  • By analyzing your complete infrastructure, root-cause of SLA failures are easier to diagnose
IT Frameworks
  • Built in framework to generate reports following ITIL, COBIT or other IT process frameworks
  • Pre-built collection of reports designed specifically for organizations using ITIL or COBIT frameworks
  • Report designer makes it easy to design reports that follow any of your existing processes and procedures or organizational needs

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Deployment Features

Rapid Deployment Features
  • FireScope appliances have the OS and all software pre-installed
  • Auto discovery identifies most devices without user intervention
  • Once plugged into your network, create your user accounts and define your notification triggers and reaction policies and FireScope is ready to go.

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Support Options

Bronze Level Support
  • Online Problem Resolution for a limited number of accidents per year provided via email, web and also telephone during business hours for Silver only.
  • Response time within 8 hours
Silver Level Support
  • Online Problem Resolution for a unlimited number of accidents per year via email, web and telephone 8x5
  • Response time within 4 hours
  • Standard Remote Troubleshooting
Gold Level Support
  • Online Problem Resolution for a unlimited number of accidents per year via email, web and telephone 8x5
  • Usual response time is within 4 hours
  • Standard Remote Troubleshooting
  • Performance Tuning (available as an option)
  • Assigned Technical Account Manager
  • Scheduled Onsite Visits (available as an option)
  • Scheduled Environment Review (available as an option)
Platinum Level Support
  • Online Problem Resolution for a unlimited number of accidents per year via email, web and telephone 24x7
  • Response time within 4 hours
  • Emergency response time within 90 minutes
  • Standard Remote Troubleshooting
  • Standard Performance Tuning
  • Assigned Technical Account Manager
  • Scheduled Onsite Visits (available as an option)
  • Scheduled Environment Review (available as an option)

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