Alert-Plus

Alert-Plus - Intrusion Detection and Prevention!

Intrusion-detection systems now mandatory!

Recent tragic events have changed the world of security as we know it. No longer can companies afford to leave their mission critical systems open to possible cyber attacks from 'hackers'. In May 2002, the US Air Force took the first steps in securing the integrity of their systems from possible cyber attacks and hacking. "Intrusion-detection systems are now mandatory", stated Lt. Gen. Jack Woodward, deputy chief of staff for communications and IT of the US Air Force. In late March, unknown hackers, apparently from outside the U.S., tried to break into the network at Wright-Patterson Air Force in Ohio. They made 125,000 attempts in a matter of hours, according to officials there, in what may have been an attempted denial-of-service attack. It is events like these that have forced the hand of companies with sensitive data to protect themselves from attack. In response to this need for enhanced intrusion detection and prevention systems,

CSP has released Alert-Plus

Alert-Plus protects HP NonStop systems by providing real-time intrusion protection on systems running Safeguard. Alert-Plus is a rules-based system that compares events recorded in a Safeguard audit trail against your custom-defined rules, and automatically invokes a response when it detects an event of interest. Alert-Plus can detect an intrusion attempt, and actually help to block it.

Perhaps the greatest strength of Alert-Plus is its Windows GUI. You can perform all Alert-Plus functions, and more, directly from the GUI, including:

- creating, editing, and compiling rules
- observing the events detected by the Alert-Plus monitor ..on console windows
- defining actions to be taken
- starting and stopping the Alert-Plus monitor
- configuring Log files
- seeing who is logged on
- accessing the spooler

BUILTINS are new in Alert-Plus. They allow you to define a complete rule in a single statement. BUILTINS allow you to monitor for up to 20 security vectors, and invoke 12 different responses, including audible announcements. Security vectors include suspicious logon activity and access attempts.

Alert-Plus is available stand-alone, or as part of the Protect XP Security Suite.

• Key Features:
  - Rules creation wizard
• - Rule templates (called BUILTINS)
• - NSK text editor
• - State of the art Himalaya Browser

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