The Map Service allows a sophisticated mechanism to propagate business relevance data throughout the system. This facility aids scalability and provides an extensibility advantage by enabling intelligent data transfer between different nodes of the distributed system.
The Map Service cross-references vulnerability scanner data with intrusion detection system signatures and more (for example, asset data and business-relevant data). This allows immediate notification when an attack is attempting to exploit a vulnerable system. Three separate components provide this functionality:
Collection of real-time events from an intrusion detection source
Comparing those signatures to the latest vulnerability scans
Cross-referencing an attack feed through Sentinel Advisor (an product module, which cross-references between real-time intrusion detection system attack signatures and the user’s vulnerability scanner data).
The Map Service dynamically propagates information through out the system without impacting the system load. When important data sets (that is, “maps” such as asset information or patch update information) are updated in the system, the Map Service propagates the updates across the system.
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