Microsoft Windows Server

Despite the widespread adoption of Microsoft Windows Server many organizations are still struggling to assure their security, achieve administrative efficiencies, and get the most out of their investment. Native tools lack the granularity and scalability required to manage enterprise environments, creating administrative and reporting challenges, and present difficulties when attempting satisfy auditor demands.

As a long-term partner of Microsoft, and a founding member of the Microsoft SecureIT Alliance, NetIQ is well placed to assure the security and availability of your Windows Server infrastructure, and the availability and security of the applications that rely upon its integrity.

Key Features

NetIQ delivers modular, best-of-breed solutions that benefit Microsoft administrators by deploying quickly and easily, and integrating through an open, service-oriented architecture allowing for common reporting, analytics and dashboards. NetIQ products can improve the operation of Windows Server through specific features and functionality including:

• Configuration and Risk Assessment. NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager performs policy configuration assessments and produces scored risk results across your Microsoft environment. For example, Secure Configuration Manager can audit and report on system accounts that are rarely used (if at all), identify systems with large numbers of privileged accounts, and highlight systems where software patches need to be applied. NetIQ helps you protect your Windows systems from exploits and lowers your IT risk level by identifying those security issues needing immediate attention.
• End-to-End Monitoring and Incident Management. NetIQ AppManager monitors key performance indicators in real-time to ensure service level agreements are being met. Its out-of-the-box knowledge and service map views allows administrators to effectively manage their environments. NetIQ Security Manager monitors system changes and user activity in real-time, protecting you against possible security violations such as changes to user groups or system files. Correlation and alerting on unwanted processes such as ftp.exe, or suspicious activity such as clearing the Windows security event log, provide a reduction in overall security exposure. In addition, Security Manager provides summary reports for you to review logs regularly for items such as failed Windows log-on attempts.
• Change Auditing and Access Control. NetIQ Change Control solutions deliver controlled administration of, along with comprehensive alerting and detailed reporting on, Windows change activities. Organizations are assured that their change processes surrounding the management of their Windows Servers are enforced, improving the integrity and availability of their Windows infrastructure, and minimizing risks from unknown and unmanaged changes.
• Compliance Reporting. The NetIQ Security Compliance Suite addresses multiple compliance issues across Windows systems and servers, including segregation of duties, entitlement reporting and log management. Built-in knowledge enables scored compliance reporting against multiple regulations and standards, including the CIS Benchmarks for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. In addition, the NetIQ Risk and Compliance Center solution displays security metrics gathered from your Windows systems in a powerful yet easy-to-understand web-based dashboard for comprehensive compliance reporting.