Modules covered: Security Manager, Policy Optimizer, Policy Planner, Risk Analyzer, Administration Panel, CLI
The Components
- Meet the three server components that make up the PM suite, and learn about what they do, and how they work together
- Deployment options, communications structure, and introduction to the FireMon Operating System.
The PM application modules
Policy Manager Suite: An overview of the core functionality of the 4 main application modules that form the PM and what they are used for.
- Security Manager
- Policy Planner
- Policy Optimizer
- Risk Analyzer
- Administration Panel
FireMon Operating System- FMOS and what features are provided within it to help manage OS level tasks and configurations
- The Server Control Panel: The Server Control Panel, how you access it, and what tasks you can perform with it.
- Back Ups and Restores: Configure and run backups from the Server Control Panel, or from the command line of your FMOS server.
- Commonly used FMOS commands: commands available at the command line to help you manage your PM.
Policy Manager Administration- How to manage users and devices with Policy Manager
- Licensing: How PM and its managed devices are licensed, and how you can view or modify your licensing details.
- Users and User Groups: Create Users and User groups in your ecosystem.
- Permissions Explained: How permissions are granted to users in PM.
- Authentication: Options available for authenticating user access to the PM and where to configure them.
- Permissions in detail: An in-depth look at using highly granular permissions to provide role-based access control in the PM.
- Adding Devices: Configuring PM to connect to your security devices.
- Device Groups: Organize your devices by groups to create a logical navigation structure allowing you to quickly access defined subsets of your Security Infrastructure.
- Device Logging and the Central Syslog Server: Configure PM to detect configuration changes and usage from your devices.
- Supported Devices and Levels of Support: Find what devices are currently supported by FireMon, and what level of information can be collected by PM for each vendor and type of device.
- Ad-hoc Reporting
- Scheduled/Custom Reporting
Change Tracking- stay informed about changes to your security infrastructure
- Change Reporting
- Change Alerting
- Out of Band – Changes not following regular process/timing
- Configuration Comparison
- Change Window (could also be in compliance section)
On-going Maintenance- Tips to keep your FireMon ecosystem running optimally
- Daily FMOS administrative tasks
- Weekly FMOS administrative tasks
- Monthly FMOS administrative tasks
- Quarterly FMOS administrative tasks
- Automated Device Configuration back-up (how to use the Support Files)