Identity Auditing and Reporting Solutions: Novell Identity Audit

Features and Benefits

Novell Identity Audit 1.0 is an easy to use, lightweight tool for aggregating and storing events from Novell Identity Manager, Novell Access Manager, Novell eDirectory, and other Novell identity products and technologies. Key features include:

• Built-in database to eliminate the need for external database licenses or administration
• Web-based administration and reporting interfaces
• Embedded Jasper Reports reporting engine allows the use of open source tools for customizing included reports or creating new reports
• Single event triggers and alerts via e-mail
• Event forwarding via Syslog or to a log file
• Simple, intuitive data management tools
• Full-event search tool allows searches across multiple event fields

Novell Identity Audit 1.0 Compared with Novell Audit 2.0.2

Novell Identity Audit 1.0 is designed as a replacement product for the Novell Audit product line, which leaves general support in February 2009. It is comparable in functionality, but with major improvements in architecture, reporting, and data management. Novell Identity Audit 1.0 is a drop-in replacement for the Novell Audit 2.0.2 Secure Logging Server. Because the Novell Identity Product uses a new embedded database, we recommend customers leave existing Novell Audit events in the archived Novell Audit database rather than attempting to migrate legacy data into Novell Identity Audit.

The Novell Audit client component, also known as the Platform Agent, is still used as the data transport mechanism for Novell Identity Audit. This will continue to be supported according to the lifecycles of Novell Identity and Access Management products that still use the Platform Agent.

Novell Identity Audit 1.0 Compared with Novell Sentinel 6.1

Novell Identity Audit is built on a robust technological foundation; in fact, much of the underlying code is shared with Novell Sentinel. However, the range of data collected and the tools provided by Sentinel are far broader than Novell Identity Audit. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features that are not a part of Novell Identity Audit include real-time dashboards, multi-event correlation, incident tracking and flexible data collection.

Novell Identity Audit is not part of the Novell Compliance Management Platform, and does not include the advanced identity and security integration features delivered in that platform. Sentinel 6.1 is required to take advantage of that integrated platform.

Entitlements and Upgrades

Paid Novell Audit customers with current maintenance will be entitled to a comparable number of user-based Novell Identity Audit licenses. Future maintenance will be based on the user-based Novell Identity Audit pricing.

Paid Novell Audit customers without current maintenance may purchase Novell Identity Audit using the upgrade price.

Starter Pack Novell Audit customers are not eligible for Novell Identity Audit entitlements or upgrade pricing.

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