2.2 Auditing and Reporting

By adding auditing and reporting, you can meet compliance standards that many companies must abide by. You can create audit trails for any events you need to track, and you can generate reports to meet audit standards for your company.

The Identity Reporting Module and Novell Sentinel are two different tools used to gather auditing and reporting information about Identity Manager.

The Identity Reporting Module is a component of the Identity Manager 4.0.2. Novell Sentinel is not bundled with the Identity Manager, but it is an optional component you can add to your Identity Manager system.

Figure 2-2 Auditing and Reporting

For more information about the Identity Reporting Module system requirements, see the “System Requirements” section in the Identity Reporting Module Guide. For configuration information about Sentinel with Identity Manager, see the Identity Manager 4.0.2 Reporting Guide for Novell Sentinel. For system requirements information about Novell Sentinel, see the Novell Sentinel Installation Guide.