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WhatsUp Log Management Suite

Log Management Software

Log files (Syslog, Windows events, W3C logs) contain critical information that could reduce your organization’s exposure to intruders, malware, damage, loss and legal liabilities.

Event Log Monitoring software should be a key component of your infrastructure management strategy.

Compliance Regulations

As an IT professional, government contractor or compliance officer, you are responsible for keeping your business applications and infrastructure up and running as well as ensuring that they are secure and protected. Your senior management depends on you to take the necessary steps to meet and report on regulatory compliance standards like:

  • PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standards) guidelines - for businesses that are a merchant or provider organization that handles or stores customer credit card data
  • SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) - for US public companies and accounting firms or are becoming part of one through an acquisition or merger
  • GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) - for financial institutions, mandating a policy and written information security plan be in place a policy to protect the information from foreseeable threats in security and data integrity
  • FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) - for Federal agencies or contracting organizations that provide services to the Government
  • FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) – for US-based educational institutions to secure access to student records
  • NISPOM (National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual) - for organizations that have access to and work with classified data
  • HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - for any employer, medical provider and insurance company in the United States, to maintain privacy and security of protected health information
  • Basel II Accord - for banking institutions located outside the United States, laying down broad recommendations on how your management needs to maintain operational oversight of all financial applications, data and reporting
  • MA Privacy Law - for any employer that does business with Massachusetts residents or has employees residing in Massachusetts, to protect and maintain the privacy of their personal information
  • Other examples are:
    • NERC - North American Electric Reliability Corporation
    • CIP - Critical Infrastructure Protection
    • FERC - Federal Energy Regulation Commission

While you know that vital information relating to network security is available in your log files right now, dealing with the volume of data constantly being generated from across your infrastructure is impossible without the right tools.