Product Description

NetIQ Change Guardian is a privileged user activity and change monitoring solution that helps IT security professionals detect and respond to potential threats in real time through intelligent alerting of unauthorized access and changes to critical files, systems, and applications. The alerts contain highly enriched security information that includes the detail necessary to identify threat and record change-specifics such as who performed the action, what action was performed, when the action was taken, and where the action was taken-in addition to whether or not the action was authorized. The information associated with these actions is presented in simple and clear terms, eliminating the need for expertise in various event types, while dramatically reducing the time and complexity required for identifying and responding to suspicious activity.

Unmanaged change is a leading cause of security breaches and unauthorized user activity is one of the early indications of a targeted attack. With Change Guardian, you can proactively identify and respond to unmanaged changes that could lead to security breaches or failed audits, and identify potential breaches in real-time by monitoring privileged user activity across the enterprise.

Change Guardian helps security teams protect against sensitive data loss and compliance gaps across environments composed of multiple servers, operating systems, devices and platforms including Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Active Directory, UNIX and Linux.

Key Features

System Requirements

For the most recent information about system requirements, see the Change Guardian Supported Products page on the Change Guardian Documentation Web site.

Downloading Change Guardian

Change Guardian comprises the following components:

For the most recent information about system requirements, see the Change Guardian User Guide on the Change Guardian Documentation Web site.

Downloading the Change Guardian Server

Change Guardian offers several server installation methods. Complete the following steps to download the Change Guardian server installation programs based on the appropriate appliance type for your environment.

  1. Download the installation file for the appropriate installation type for your environment.

  2. Follow the installation instructions in the Change Guardian User Guide on the Change Guardian Documentation Web site for the selected installation type.

Downloading the Change Guardian Policy Editor

The Change Guardian Policy Editor is a Windows-based user interface through which you create the policies that allow Change Guardian to monitor your environment. Complete the following steps to download the Change Guardian Policy Editor installation program:

  1. Download the installation file for the Change Guardian Policy Editor.

  2. Follow the installation instructions in the Change Guardian User Guide on the Change Guardian Documentation Web site.

Downloading the Security Agent for UNIX and UNIX Agent Manager

NetIQ UNIX Agent Manager is a console that you can use to manage all your UNIX agent components across your enterprise. UNIX Agent Manager runs on Windows, Solaris, and Linux. You can use UNIX Agent Manager to install the agent to several computers at the same time. UNIX Agent Manager also allows you to see any UNIX computers that other NetIQ products monitor. UNIX Agent Manager includes a server component and a console.

  1. Follow the link to download the installation file for the UNIX Agent Manager.

  2. Follow the installation instructions in the Change Guardian User Guide on the Change Guardian Documentation Web site.

Installing Change Guardian

For complete installation instructions, see the Change Guardian User Guide on the Change Guardian Documentation Web site.

Before you install Change Guardian, be sure you obtain all of the following necessary licences:

Known Issues

For the list of known issues, see the Change Guardian Release Notes on the Change Guardian Documentation Web site.

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