Change Guardian includes a number of software components that you should plan to install strategically over a number of computers. The following diagram displays a traditional installation.
Change Guardian includes the following major components:
A Windows-based console through which you create and deploy policies to monitor critical files, systems, and applications in your enterprise.
A Linux-based computer that stores your policies and change events.
A web console that allows you to monitor security event details that pinpoint the who, what, when, where, and authorization status of a change or activity, including before and after details of the change.
Platform-specific software on Windows and UNIX computers that allows you to forward events to the Change Guardian server based on policies you have deployed. Opening ports on agent computers is not necessary unless you want the ability to browse the computer for files, processes, and users when you create policies.