Integration Strategies of Various Network Monitoring/Management Platforms with HP Openview Service Desk IT Services Management is a vast field but still it contains broadly three pieces to it: Network Monitoring, Network Management and Service Delivery. Looking at the markets today, it is obvious that the best pitch is made by whatever comes cost effective to the pocket; and with a huge number of Network Monitoring tools coming into the market (some being free/open source), the primary concern is to bring together the three pieces in a seamlessly consolidated form. Breaking this into separate detailed parts, the first bit is the Network Monitoring. Monitoring a network is simple; there are tools which can check device availability, service availability, measure SNMP parameters, even get the process status with agent based monitoring. But adding to this the fact that these network monitoring tools will present the alerts on a platter without much internal correlation, and that these are available on different platforms, the task of Network Management comes into picture as a major concern. Network Management is a consolidated setup in which there is a network being monitored by one or more monitoring tools, and events being received from these are being correlated (if required, in another layer) to form precise and informatory alerts. Service Delivery comes into picture at this point when the information of the alert needs to be sent to a team of engineers who will then need to resolve the issue. This brings us to the integration of these independent pieces, and the layers existing between these. The bottom layer has the Network Monitoring tool. This is what gets the raw data from your network. This may also have the regular syslog enabled for quick fault detection. This usually has a layer of Event Correlation on top of it, which acts as a filtering layer to give the correct and informative alert. The more popularly known Network Monitoring/Management Tools currently available are: Free/OSS • Big Brother • Nagios/Netsaint • OpenNMS • Cheops-ng • OSSIM • MRTG • RRDTOOL • Weathermap • Nino Commercial • HP OV NNM • SMARTS • Aprisma • Netcool • Concord • Proviso • InfoVista • Sitescope • Solarwinds These tools are spread over different OS platforms. And considering that most of these do not come with an internal event correlation, it would be ideal to suggest an external Event Correlation Engine. External Correlation Engines • SEC • LogSerfer • ruleCore • Band Saw These correlation engines usually work on flat files, and parse them based on certain rules applied on them. These rules can then create a list of alerts, which look more English then the events received earlier, and are also not unnecessary.
The networks are controlled through use of a router. This router is the only device that sees every message sent by any computer on either of the company's two networks. The router ensures that information doesn't go where it is not needed. This is crucial for keeping large volumes of data from clogging the connections of other departments at MKS.
We are recommending they implement an Enterprise Network Monitoring System (NMS). An NMS system uses This product will monitor SNMP traps from all devices on the network and then report them to a central dashboard. We recommend the company start a Network Operations Center (NOC) that conducts automated monitoring for devices going down and also of any configuration changes to devices on the network. Items marked as ‘high priority’ will automatically be messaged to a small NOC team who will oversee the automated monitoring efforts 24x7. Also, make a policy change that stated any network change that is not management approved will be an unauthorized change to the network and grounds for disciplinary
In 1980, James Anderson’s paper, Computer Security Threat Monitoring and Surveillance, bore the notion of intrusion detection. Through government funding and serious corporate interest allowed for intrusion detection systems(IDS) to develope into their current state. So what exactly is IDS? An IDS is used to detect malicious network traffic and computer usage through attack signatures. The IDS watches for attacks not only from incoming internet traffic but also for attacks that originate in the system. When a potential attack is detected the IDS logs the information and sends an alert to the console. How the alert is detected and handled at is dependent on the type of IDS in place. Through this paper we will discuss the different types of IDS and how they detect and handle the alerts, the difference between a passive and a reactive system and some general IDS intrusion invasion techniques.
Network managers are responsible for ensuring efficiency through a network, this includes a number of jobs such as monitoring the network for problems and fixing them before they affect the network users, making sure network security is fully updated and capable of protecting the network from all threats, restricting employee access to files they do not require, updating networks with different routing protocols and making sure two networks are compatible in the event of a business merger or expansion and resource keeping. Resource keeping refers to keeping track of the resources on a network and making sure that users who need it have access. Network managers can be responsible for other jobs, which vary depending on their place of work, such as planning and developing new networks.
Selecting an IT system for a company can be a very complex decision to make. According to Zachman (1987) it is becoming more and more of a necessity to be able to keep organizations from disintegrating their supply chains, to be able to 'architect enterprises'. By asking 'Why?', 'What', 'How?', 'Where?' and 'When?' one can get a clear view of a company and how it operates.
However, the growing demands for increased connectivity between a SCADA system and other network components, such as the corporate network and the Internet, expose the critical parts of a SCADA system to the public.
Although VPN is very popular in the market for networking technology, it may raise some concerns for IT managers. VPN requires an in-depth understanding of public network security issues and proper deployment precautions. The task of choosing and deploying a VPN solution is far from being simple and may require the training of workers in at least the basics...
A data network is a telecommunications network that allows computers to exchange data. In computer networks, networked devices pass data to each other through data connections. These connections between the devices in the networks are established by using either cable or wireless media. Computer networks differ in the physical media used to transmit their signals, the communications protocols to organize network traffic, the network's size, topology and organizational intent. With the rapid technology era, upgrading the network is an important and vital change in this organization. It will involves lot of cost and time for the management and the users in the organization. But the benefit is really worth it. If the Upgradation is in the Insurance Industry then the main impact will be on the data security and data integration because the data in the company belongs to end users and contains vital information. SWOT Analysis is a useful technique for understanding and analysis this network upgrade project. It would help us to understand our: Strengths and Weaknesses, and for identifying both the Opportunities open to us and the Threats we could face. Below is my SWOT analysis for “Philips Insurance company”.
Due to their complexity and importance to information security, two security systems, Network Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (NIDPS) and Security Information and Event Management systems (SIEM), will be explored in this paper. Both have multiple functionalities, including threat-detecting capabilities, and are widely considered essential tools for adequate network defense, particularly in the goal of fortifying valuable assets in the face of an advanced threat. Understanding these systems is vital for any security operation tasked with defending significant networks.
Network management planning and security planning involves identifying the best and most appropriate systems and hardware that the firm can use to better manage network and plan security systems. Therefore, the management required me to examine the best software and hardware systems in the market place that the company can adopt to enable it to manage the network and security. The management required me to advice on the implementation procedure of various plans that are going to be adopted. My responsibility also involved finding out or predicting the impact of the plan on the future operations. They required me to evaluate the challenges the company might face while adopting the changes in the network management plan and security plans.
When it comes to Networking and providing internet as a service, availability and performance are required. With FCAPS model of NMS, this ensures that the uptime and performance are always giving their full potential. FCAPS set the requirement of how their network should be modeled after. The networks downtime must be put to a minimum to ensure an avoidance of revenue loss. If the network is down, work can’t be done, revenue will be loss, and companies will be in trouble.
If you’ve ever been a network administrator, the call you dread the most might be one you receive in the middle of the night by some panicked employee stating that a portion of your critical network has gone down. What troubleshooting options are available to provide answers to your network problem? Besides having a proactive helpdesk that can “read” the mind of your network, an important part of troubleshooting involves using a network protocol analyzer. If you’ve done your research, you realize that there are many choices on the market today that may satisfy your needs but make a dent your company’s pocket book. Plus, you have to factor in training your helpdesk on how to use this new tool and if it will provide some type of return on investment (ROI).
...ion protocol, the name itself says that it deals with queries. Here user application with interface to issues is provided, it also responds to queries and collects incoming replies. The queries here are attribute based, like location based naming of nodes. SQTL is the language used to get the services done. Keywords like receive, every and expire are used to get the information.
Networks in organisation are dynamic and complex entities which can be quite challenging to configure and manage. (Kim & Feamster 2013). These corporate networks consist of multiple routers, switches, firewalls, middleboxes and a particular advantage of network management is the ability to monitor the entire business network. As all the devices are interconnected with many event occurring simultaneously, problems with once device can eventually lead and spread throughout...
In Network Management, there are three main aspects that must considered which is Security, Performance and Reliability. Security is on how to ensuring the network protected from unauthorized users, Performance is on how to eliminating bottleneck in the network and Reliability is to make sure the network is available to users and responding to hardware and software malfunctions. Based on my mini project requirement, I have to analyze the network based on Performance Management.