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Module OA-1: Policy Manager - Content Overview

April 8, 2025 | 2.5 hours

11:00 a.m. ET

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)

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