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ForeSight 3

Introduction

Assuria FORESIGHT is published by Assuria at the beginning of each Quarter. 

Foresight provides users and partners with a detailed 3 month insight into the planned content of upcoming AutoUpdates and Product releases.  In addition Foresight will identify the candidate features for AutoUpdates 4 to 6 months out.

Security Content releases are planned for monthly release, usually at the end of each month.  Because of the reactive nature of security content releases, it is not possible to provide any details of the contents at this time.  If needed an emergency content release will be made at any time.

Product feature / function releases are generally made mid-month, though in some months this release may be combined with the Security Content release.

Contents

  1. Product Enhancements

  2. Assuria Log Manager

  3. Assuria Auditor       

 Product Enhancements

Assuria is driven by the needs of its customers.  All users and Partners are invited to submit requests for new checks, policies or product features to Assuria at ‘mailto:enhancements@assuria.com.

Assuria Log Manager

Assuria Log Manager Version 2, Assuria’s proven log management technology is now available for BETA testing. The initial General Release will be available 01 August 2007.

Assuria Log Manager is designed to help organisations meet the challenges of managing the security of thousands of workstations and servers running either Windows, Linux or Unix operating systems.

Assuria Log Manager provides a system for the forensically secure collection and transfer of audit and event log files on a customer system to a central store. Audit and event log data is collected from sets of computers and securely transferred to central server machines for subsequent analysis or forensic investigation. Log Manager agents optionally includes an alerting mechanism that can be configured by security configuration personnel to alert (SNMP or other) on the occurrence of specified events (such as Administrator / Root login failures).

Users interested in an early release version should contact their Assuria partner or Nick Connor at Assuria.

Information about Assuria Log Manager at http://www.assuria.com/products.htm.

 

Assuria Auditor

Update from Quarter 2 2007.

Item

Description

Release Date / AutoUpdate

SuSE Enterprise Linux 10

On Intel architecture

Available

SuSE Enterprise Linux 10:

On IBM System Z (Mainframe). 

BETA available

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4:  

New RPM package.

Delivered

HP-UX on Itanium:

General release

Delivered

Standards based reporting: 

Full release of the new standards based reporting functionality and other reporting updates.  Stanadrds supported includes ISO 17799, ISO 27001, PCI and SOX.

Delivered

4.2.8 Console Build and XPU consolidation

 

Consolidated Console release for NEW installs – this is functionally equivalent to a 4.2.5 Agent at AU #58..

Delivered

4.2.8 Assuria Web Interface (Assuria VITA) 

Updated version with new features.

Delivered

CVSS – Common Vulnerability Scoring System: 

An initial proof of concept will be developed for customer comment and feedback. 

Demonstrated at FIRST 2007.

 Q3/2007 product developments.

The items below are scheduled for completion during Q3 2007.

Item

Description

Target Date / AutoUpdate

SuSE Enterprise Linux 10

 

General release on Intel

SEPTEMBER

SuSE Enterprise Linux 10:

 

General release on IBM Z System.

END AUGUST

Red Hat Enterprise 5

Level 2 support

AUGUST

Systems Inventory checks:

New checks and policy to report on the current system inventory covering hardware, software, services and port.

 

AUGUST

CVSS – Common Vulnerability Scoring System: 

CVSS V1 was demonstrated at FIRST 2007 in Seville.  Productisation of CVSS V2 is now underway.

 

AUGUST

Agent for Windows XP

Windows 2000 Agent tested on Windows XP, database update provided. Note: Patch checks will not be issued for this platform.

AUGUST

Updated HTML reporting

Expandable HTML Reporting and other changes.

 

AUGUST

New Agent (BETA)

Microsoft VISTA and Microsoft Windows 2008 Server (Loghorn).

 

SEPTEMBER

Baseline Policy: 

New consolidated baseline policy.

 

To be advised

New check:

Anti-virus last updated.

 

To be advised

 AutoUpdate release schedule

End July 2007

End August 2007

End September 2007

Mid-month Updates may be provided; users registered with AssuriaOnlone will be notified via Assuria Bulletins.

Candidate features -Looking ahead.

  • User Roles in the Auditor Console

  • General Release Agent for Windows 2008 Server.

  • Reporting enhancements.

  • Further standards mapping and reporting options.

 

Enhancement requests should be sent to enhancements@assuria.com.

Any question regarding this publication should be sent to info@assuria.com.

 


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