GFI Events Manager - Opinions?

[gbugbear at gmail.com (Tim Mugherini)]

I find the interface a bit clunky and unorganized so i would fully recommend
a trial prior to buying.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Robert Miller <arch3angel at gmail.com> wrote:

> As far as our Cisco devices those are all going to Orion a Solarwinds
> product, which I also know little about as the senior network engineer
> works on.
>
> I am mainly looking to flag login attempts and other security related
> items.  The company has virtually no security in place and I am trying
> to not only bring that to the table but also spot anything that may be
> on the network/systems already.
>
> The systems guy is wanting GFI for auditing of software installs and
> event log management.
>
> - Robert
>
> Butturini, Russell wrote:
> > I think it depends on what you're trying to accomplish with it.  I very
> > much like the reporting engine that EventsManager has, and it does a
> > pretty good job at classifying and archiving Windows events.  We had
> > some issues with the way it pulled logs from Cisco firewalls (both Pix
> > and ASA) though.
> >
> > If you'll go into some more detail on what you want to accomplish I can
> > try to help out.  I've worked with it quite a bit.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com
> > [mailto:pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com] On Behalf Of Robert
> > Miller
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:27 AM
> > To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List
> > Subject: [Pauldotcom] GFI Events Manager - Opinions?
> >
> > Hey Everyone,
> >
> > What is everyones opinion of GFI Events Manager?
> >
> > Do you suggest something different?
> >
> > Our company does not have a huge budget otherwise I could look at things
> >
> > like Tenable, however we have absolutely nothing and need something.
> > One of my co-workers suggested GFI, but I have no experience or opinion
> > on the product, thus I turn to you good folks :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Robert
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