OSSIM User Training: Detect and Respond to Threats More Quickly with OSSIM v4.5

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OSSIM v4.5 is here! With a focus on ease of use, better error control, and suggestions to make your security visibility more complete, OSSIM v4.5 works hard to save you time. Join us for this FREE user training session to learn more about what's new in OSSIM v4.5: Streamline workflows: The more intuitive, easy to use, and consistent user interface helps you accomplish daily tasks in less time Reduce blindspots: OSSIM v4.5 alerts you of network assets that aren't sending events to OSSIM so you can quickly add them Avoid service disruptions: OSSIM v4.5 proactively alerts you of impending errors related to disk space utilization, IDS packet capture issues, etc. Plus, we'll give an overview of how you can improve threat detection and simplify incident response with the AlienVault Labs Threat Intelligence feed included in AlienVault Unified Security Management™ USM).

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MARCH 2014

What’s New in AlienVault OSSIM v4.5?OSSIM Community Webinar

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

Community members are not leads

We are a commercial company

OSSIM is not trialware

If you see something, say something

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AGENDA

V4.5 Feature Overview

Examples of how to use OSSIM

OSSIM vs. USM

Open Questions

New v4.5 Features

SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES

New Look and Feel New Plugin Suggestion Engine

New Errors and Warnings Dashboard

First Time Wizard Improvement

New Status Monitors

NEW LOOK AND FEEL

Feature Summary:

Color, layout, and style improvements

Common library of UI elements (buttons, tables, interaction, workflow)

Value to You:

More intuitive, consistent, and easy to use

Predictable, consistent interaction and workflow

Reduced learning curve, increased time to value – “results in day one”

PLUGIN SUGGESTION ENGINE

Feature Summary:

Identify assets sending data but with no plugin enabled

Identify assets not sending data and with no plugin enabled

Offer suggestions and built-in workflow to enable the proper plugin

Value to You:

More easily identify assets with no data collection and help the user easily enable the right plugin

Increase time to value when configuring new assets.

NEW WARNINGS & ERRORS DASHBOARD

Feature Summary:

Warn administrators of conditions that require attention

Provide suggestions on how to resolve the error or warning

Value to You:

Self-monitoring to prevent system failure

Proactive notification

FIRST TIME WIZARD IMPROVEMENT

Feature Summary:

Separated the Log Management step into two separate pages

Provide better clarity about each asset, plugin selected, and if AlienVault is receiving data.

Value to You:

Make the log management section more intuitive and easy to use.

Provide better information to tell the user if AlienVault is collecting data or not.

NEW STATUS MONITORS

Feature Summary:

Built-in monitors to assess the system for failure conditions

Monitors Available:

The Asset is not sending any log to the system Asset is sending log to the system, but there isn't a plugin enabled to parse the logs The Asset was successfully sending logs to the system, but no log received within the

last 24 hours The System is dropping packets, overloaded The System is dropping packets, malformed network packets The System Disk space is under 25% The System Disk space is under 10%

Use OSSIM to Answer Simple Questions

Is one of your system administrators running a bittorrent in the data center?

What known malicious hosts are your systems talking to?

Which of my vulnerable assets are under attack?

OSSIM vs. USM

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OSSIM AND USM

OSSIM USM

Support Community Commercial

Management - Centralized Administration and

ConfigurationThreat Intelligence Community

DevelopedAV Labs Threat

Intelligence Subscription

Reporting Community Developed

100+ Compliance and Threat Reports

Access Control - Rich RBAC with Permission Templates

Deployment Types Flat Deployments Single / Multi-Tiered Small Business to

Enterprise

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Jim HansenSr. Director, Product Managementjhansen@alienvault.com