Security Manager Enterprise Edition Upgrade from Standard-25 to Professional-50
Cisco® Security Manager is an enterprise-class management application designed to configure firewall, VPN, and intrusion prevention system (IPS) security services on Cisco network and security devices. Cisco Security Manager can be used in networks of all sizes-from small networks to large networks consisting of thousands of devices-by using policy-based management techniques. Cisco Security Manager works in conjunction with the Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (MARS). Used together, these two products provide a comprehensive security management solution that addresses configuration management, security monitoring, analysis, and mitigation.
New Features Introduced in Release 3.2
-Enhanced Cisco Security Manager and MARS integration
– Ability to select syslog messages collected by Cisco Security MARS and launch to that specific rule in the Cisco Security Manager that generated the syslog,
– Ability to select a rule in Cisco Security Manager and view historic or real-time syslog messages in Cisco Security MARS,
– Ability to select an IPS signature in Cisco Security Manager and view historical or real-time events processed by Cisco Security MARS,
– Ability to view IPS events in Cisco Security MARS and launch to that specific IPS signature in Cisco Security Manager.
-Support for Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 3.2(2) and 3.2(3).
-Support for Cisco ASA Software Versions 7.2.2, 7.2.3, and 7.2.4.
-Cisco ASA Software Versions 8.0/8.1 support: Firewall, firewall settings, and platform support for all features that are backward-compatible with Cisco ASA Software Version 7.2.2.
-Support for NetFlow logging.
-Support for Cisco ASA 5580-20 and 5580-40 appliances.
-Support for Cisco 3200 Series, 2600XM Series, and 1861 routers.
-Support for configuration of router access control lists (ACLs) [[what is the "R" in RACL?]], interfaces, VLANs, port security, and FlexConfigs on Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series, 3560 Series, 3560E Series, 3750 Series, 3750E Series, 3750 Metro Series, 4500 Series, 4948, and 4948 10GE switches.
-Support for Cisco IPS 4270 Sensor Appliance.
-Support for Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(33) SRA and SRB on the Cisco 7600 Series platform.
-Support for the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Advanced Integration Module (IPS AIM) for Cisco 1841, 2800 Series, and 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers.
-Expiring ACL rule notification.
-Windows Vista support for Cisco Security Manager client.
-Support for Internet Explorer 6.x and 7.x and Firefox 2.x.
