The Security Compliance And Remediation Concept - IBM Tivoli and Cisco User Manual

Personal computer workstations are used in the office, at home, or at a remote
client location. Telecommuters must use mobile PC workstations to meet
customer expectations and provide quicker response to queries, quotes, and
information.
In this book, we introduce a new concept: a
solution
arena for many years who have established enviable synergy in the industry. This
solution is based on the IBM Enterprise Class Autonomic Computing Model and
the Cisco Self-Defending Network. This new concept provides an integrated
security model that can help an organization protect its reputation by enabling its
network to self-defend. This also enables corporations to proactively secure IT
infrastructure and protect from loss of productivity, loss of revenue, and the
constant battle of escalation due to noncompliance. Every time an auditor finds
an IT resource that is noncompliant, it costs the enterprise a lot of money to fix
(reactive measure) and to regain compliance, which leads to loss of productivity.
Security auditors can even shut down a mission-critical server or deny access to
users if found to be vulnerable due to noncompliance.
The solution discussed in this book addresses corporations' security concerns by
validating users against a centrally predefined policy before granting them
access to the network. It also provides a path for an automated remediation
process to fix noncompliant workstations quickly (improved productivity).
This solution can be deployed in stages by first targeting the most vulnerable
user community, such as wireless local area network (WLAN) users or a branch
office that is less secure, and then expanding the deployment enterprise-wide.
This concept resolves the human-intensive process that is involved in fixing
infected workstations that do not have antivirus software or the latest antivirus
signature and so on. This concept further helps customers to act proactively in
defending their network by denying access to unauthorized users.

1.1 The security compliance and remediation concept

IBM and Cisco are working together on this new concept that offers a solution to
companies to defend their network. This solution is called the
Security Solution for Cisco Networks
Manager (SCM) and Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) integration in this
solution can assist you in safeguarding your IT resources and enables security
compliancy to users. The IBM Integrated Security Solution for Cisco Networks is
a first of its kind in the industry that provides a full cycle self-defending and
automated remediation mechanism to corporate networks. Both Security
Compliance Manager and NAC are independent solutions. Combined, they
complement each other and can provide the best
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