Juniper STRM LOG MANAGEMENT 2008.2 - RELEASE NOTES 6-2008 Release Note page 2

2 STRM Log Management Release Notes
New and Updated
Functionality
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Effective reporting and compliance auditing—Compliance-driven report
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templates meet specific regulatory reporting and auditing requirements.
• Reliable and tamper-proof log storage—Support of extensive log file integrity
checks, including NIST Log Management Standard SHA-x (1-256) hashing for
tamper-proof log archives.
Simple upgrade to full STRM—Provides investment protection for organizations
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with expanding requirements in the areas of threat and compliance
management.
STRM Log Management 2008.2 provides you with the following new and updated
functionality:
• Activation and License Key Enhancement - STRM Log Management 2008.2
includes several enhancements to activation and license keys including:
- Activation Keys - During installation of STRM Log Management, you must
now enter an activation key to complete the installation. This activation key
is available on the license CD. See the instructions that came with the
license CD to install the activation key.
- License Keys - The License key functionality is now enhanced in the STRM
Log Management interface to include individual license keys for each
system in your deployment.
New Device Extensions Functionality - You can now modify how a DSM
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parses logs. For example, you can use a device extension to detect an event
that has missing or incorrect fields. A device extension can also parse an event
when the DSM to which it is attached fails to produce a result.
Universal DSM Enhancement - With STRM Log Management 2008.2, the
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Universal DSM includes the following enhancements:
- Device Extensions - Allows you to use the new device extensions
functionality to enhance the DSM parsing of your logs.
- Multiple Universal DSMs - Allows you to support multiple Universal DSMs.
- Integration with Asset Profiles - Using STRM Log Management 2008.2,
the Universal DSM is associated with an asset profile allowing you to track
user identity data and associate that information to an asset profile.
• User Roles Enhancement - Administrative users can now be assigned
additional controls including:
- Administrator Management - Allows Administrative users to create and
edit other administrative accounts.
- System Administrator - Allows Administrative users to access all areas of
STRM Log Management. Also, users with this access are not able to edit
other administrator accounts.
User Account Enhancement - You can now disable a user account without
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deleting the account. A user with a disabled account is no longer able to access
the STRM Log Management interface.