KBI 312023 Six Benefits of Argent Omega for SNMP Network Security
Version
Argent Omega All Versions
Date
Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022
Summary
Ability to detect All configuration changes in Cisco and Cisco-like Devices, Routers, Switches and Firewalls
Ability to detect All configuration changes in Cisco and Cisco-like Devices, Routers, Switches and Firewalls
IT Security and Management personnel are immediately notified about all changes
These can be unauthorized changes made from outside attackers or other reasons
Whatever the cause, this feature allows the security team to identify, respond quickly, and mitigate further attacks
Automated Configuration Backups
Backups are an integral part of disaster recovery and business continuity planning
In the event of an attack, IT Security personnel can restore to a previous valid backup to automatically undo any changes made by a malicious attacker
All Configuration Changes Are Logged
Audit trails are a critical component that ensures security and accountability in a Network
Helps IT Security maintain an audit trail of when changes were made, and what the changes were
Alerting On Changes Is Optional
Some network environments have frequent legitimate changes to network configurations
They don’t want to be alerted whenever these changes occur; they simply want to use this feature as a repository of configuration backups
Easily achieved with Argent
Easy Restoration and Recovery
With Argent, recovering from a bad configuration is as easy as copy and paste
Argent allows saved backups to be opened, even as a text file, or multiple saved backups to be exported as Excel files
The configuration data simply needs to be saved and transmitted through the device terminal
Total Network Integrity Built into Argent
Customers can use this new product immediately with Argent Omega
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