Visibility Is Better Management

To manage effectively you need visibility into all business operations: network resources and systems, on-line usage and employee productivity. Are controls working? Are policies effective? Is the network meeting business objectives? Congruity Inspector answers these questions with automated logging and unbiased reporting that improves network management results with minimal effort.

Important management information is located throughout a production network and contained in various device logs. Log data is useful for identifying access control and connectivity issues but requires time and technical interpretation to make is understandable for executive, HR or compliance use.

A Better Management Process

Congruity Inspector is a better management process. It is easy to use, affordable and features powerful automated reporting. Information is presented in an clear, logical format so non-technical users can understand what's happening. For the techie, the Web-report interface offers drill-down hyperlinked detail enabling central review firewall policies, Web use and Email systems and accounts or troubleshoot a helpdesk issue from the convenience of their own PC. All data is globally-linked. Drill into a port and see all activity and users on that port. Drill into a device and see all its ports, Web activities and trends. Regular use fosters improved understanding and improved productivity while reducing disruptions and operating costs.

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Congruity Inspector System Requirements

• Dedicated PC running Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000 or Windows NT.
• Processor: 2 GHz (Min)
• Memory: 512 MB of RAM (Min)
• Storage: 30 GB Hard Drive (Min)
  
• Promiscuous mode capable Network Interface Card
  
• Congruity Inspector Web-based Report Interface: Internet Explorer with Adobe SVG plug-in
• PC should be connected to a monitoring port (transmit/receive enabled for DNS resolution) where it can monitor all outbound and inbound traffic, the same port you would connect an IDS (intrusion detection system) or Snifferr network analyzer.
• Congruity Inspector can be configured to monitor DMZ, Proxy or SMTP email server to provide full accounting of all traffic activity/usage entering and leaving a multi-segmented, heavily partitioned or distributed network.
• Congruity Inspector is designed to operate periodic report/archive basis. Though it can be used to assess the quality of systems on a weekly basis, the most benefit and value is realized when managers and stakeholders review ALL the data and use it to manage proactively. For example, after implementing new policies and technology controls, management should Inspector's reports a week later to verify that actual performance meets their expectations and standards.