Tripwire- for Servers V 4.0 and Tripwire- Manager V 4.0. (Security).Tripwire trip·wire n. 1. A wire stretched near ground level to trip or ensnare an enemy. 2. A wire or line that activates a weapon, trap, or camera, for example, when pulled. 3. Inc. have released version released version - release 4.0 of Tripwire- for Servers and ThpwireManager. The 4.0 products not only provide IT security and operations departments Operations department See: Back office. operations department See back office. with the ability to see all of the changes that affect their systems, but also enable rapid remediation of undesired changes with increased information about the violation. Changes to the server or network are made regularly. The issue businesses face is managing those changes and knowing immediately if the change is unauthorised--be it from a hacker A person who writes programs in assembly language or in system-level languages, such as C. The term often refers to any programmer, but its true meaning is someone with a strong technical background who is "hacking away" at the bits and bytes. or simply an error by an internal member of staff. The Tripwire products enable absolute control and management of the whole IT infrastructure. A significant new feature in Tripwire for Servers 4.0 is identification of who made an internal change. To ensure the integrity of IT processes, it is necessary to know with certainty whether or not the change was intended or approved. Often this requires knowing who made the change and whether or not they were authorised to do so. Identifying who made the change makes Tripwire for Servers 4.0 a critical component for ensuring effective change management processes. Additional features in the Tripwire 4.0 products include improved reporting functions; policy file creation and management; mass change updates; creation of 'golden' baselines; and product management functionality. Key feature upgrades to the Trip wire 4.0 releases include: Identification of 'who' made the change Identifying the user in this way improves system auditing and change management functions and also provides a mechanism to link specific changes to individual users for follow up or forensics See computer forensics. . Creation of 'Golden' Baselines-Tripwire Manager 4.0 provides a more efficient mechanism to create a desired 'golden' baseline to be distributed and compared against a number of machines. Unproved Policy Creation and Management--Tripwire has simplified maintaining and creating policy flies with the addition of a graphical policy editor and creation feature as well as newly added "wildcard See wild cards and wildcard mask. support". Policy files are easier to set up and customise according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. which data or systems are most critical. Improved Mass Change Update--To identify whether matching flies have been changed or installed on a large number of machines, a user can now quickly identify and approve them within the' object' tab of the report viewer in Tripwire Manager, making updating mass changes fromnew software deployments Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. or patch updates easier. Enhanced Management Features--Tripwire Manager includes an improved interface for the management of a large number of machines, including intuitive violation reporting, multi-level machine grouping and email notification of downed agents for increased productivity. www.tripwire.com |
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