For more information on NCM, visit: http://www.solarwinds.com/products/orion/configuration_manager/info.aspx Watch this webcast: http://www.solarwinds.com/resources/webcasts/the-must-do-is-of-network-security-and-configuration-management.html This webcast will focus on the “must do’s” of configuration management, compliance reporting, and network security within today’s complex and dynamic network environments. During this webcast we’ll cover: • Configuration management best practices • Compliance auditing and reporting • Access control audits and remediation • Managing access lists and firewall rules • Network security within a virtualized infrastructure During this event we’ll highlight not only technology from SolarWinds but also technology from Athena Security.

4. Who are our customers?

5. The SolarWinds community…Introduction

7. Who are their customers?

8. How do they relate to SolarWinds?Introduction Cont’d…

10. Configuration Management

11. Managing access lists and firewall rules

12. Compliance Reporting

13. Network Security within a Virtualized Infrastructure

14. Introduction to Athena FirePac

16. If not, use the GoToWebinar Q&A panel to contact the moderator

17. How do you ask questions?

19. Routers, firewalls, switches, IDSs and other network infrastructure devices.

20. Any CLI or menu driven device

21. Tasks such as:

22. Scheduled configuration backups

23. Automated bulk config changes

24. Real-time change detection and notification

25. Compliance needs for:

26. Policy management, verification, and remediation

27. Log collection, alerting, and storageJ0sher2014

29. ACL maintenance and audits

30. Firewall rule management

31. Compliance reporting

32. Auditing and validation of public policy compliance

33. Enforcement of private policies

34. Remediation of variances

35. Security in a virtualized environment

36. Security policy enforcement and deployment

37. Access control within virtual networksJ0sher2014

38. Configuration Management in Action J0sher2014

39. Orion NCM + Athena FirePAC Rule/Object Cleanup Change Validation Advanced Query SolarWinds Orion NCM

41. Use rules that are as specific as possible, no “ANY” rules

42. Don’t multiply rules and objects unnecessarily

43. Be aware of the impact of NAT control

44. Use a stealth rule

46. Monitor usage over time to identify unused rules

47. Determine object usage per-rule and globally per object

49. What sources can reach critical hosts

50. Does the firewall already implement a given policy

51. Identify what rules/objects to modify to implement a change request