Cisco Systems OL-11757-01 User Manual

Supplement and Release Notes for CiscoWorks Security Information Management Solution (SIMS) 3.4.1

OL-11757-01 Revised October 31, 2006

This document provides Cisco-specific information to supplement the CiscoWorks Security Information Management Solution (SIMS) 3.4.1 documentation, developed by netForensics, Inc. This document contains:

• Acknowledgements, page 2

• Important Information About This Update, page 2

• Product Availability Change Notice, page 6

• Documentation Roadmap, page 6

• Obtaining Documentation, page 11

• Documentation Feedback, page 13

• Cisco Product Security Overview, page 13

• Product Alerts and Field Notices, page 15

• Obtaining Technical Assistance, page 15

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Acknowledgements

• Obtaining Additional Publications and Information, page 18

• CiscoWorks SIMS Licensing and Registration, page 19

Acknowledgements

CiscoWorks SIMS is the netForensics, Inc., Security Information Management Solution. This product is offered to Cisco Systems customers in cooperation with netForensics, Inc.

Important Information About This Update

Caution If you use a CiscoWorks SIMS version earlier than 3.4, you must upgrade to

version 3.4 beforeyoutrytoinstalltheCiscoWorksSIMS3.4.1update.You must not apply this update to any CiscoWorksSIMSversionearlierthan3.4.Ifyou do,

your server might become unstable or unusable.

Topics in this section describe how this release differs from earlier releases:

• Updated Documents, page 2

• Agents in This Update, page 3

Updated Documents

The following netForensics guides are updated for the CiscoWorks SIMS 3.4.1 release. For information about where you can obtain them, see nFX_OSP3.4.1ReleaseNotes.Cisco.pdf:

• nFX OSP Unix and Windows Installation Guide

• nFX OSP Administration and Configuration Guide

• nFX OSP User’s Guide

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• nFX OSP Reports Guide

• nFX OSP Vulnerability Correlation Administration Guide

See Documentation Roadmap, page 6 for detailed information.

Agents in This Update

This update includes new and changed agents. To learn more, see these topics:

• Changed Terminology, page 3

• New and Replaced Agents, page 3

• Updated Agents, page 4

• Agent Installation Notes, page 5

Changed Terminology

The 3.3 Consolidated Agent from CiscoWorks SIMS 3.3 has been renamed. Its new name is Agent Installation (October 2006).

Important Information About This Update

New and Replaced Agents

Agent Installation (October 2006) includes the following new agents:

• nF Agent for AirDefense Enterprise Agent

• nF Agent for Fortinet FortiGate

• nF Agent for Microsoft ISA Server

• nF Agent for Microsoft SQL Server

• nF Agent for RippleTech Informant

• nF Agent for Unix OS

• nF Agent for Websense Enterprise

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Important Information About This Update

Note nF Agent for Unix OS replaces the following two agents:

• nF Agent for HP Unix

• nF Agent for IBM AIX OS

Updated Agents

Agent Installation (October 2006) includes updates to the following agents:

• nF Agent for Sidewinder

• nF Agent for Dragon Sensor

• nF Agent for Sourcefire EStreamer

• nF Agent for Real Secure ISS Site Protector

• nF Agent for Real Secure Desktop Protector

• nF Agent for Arbor Peakflow X

• nF Agent for Cisco Secure IPS

• nF Agent for Symantec AntiVirus

• nF Agent for Foundstone Scanner

• nF Agent for Syslog File Agent (syslog)

• nF Agent for Syslog File Agent (Java)

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Agent Installation Notes

The version of CiscoWorks SIMS that you have determines whether, how, and when you use Agent Installation (October 2006). For detailed information, see nFAgentReleaseNotes(October2006).Cisco.pdf.

Version Notes

3.4.1

3.4

3.3.1

3.3 or earlier

You already have the software that this update contains. You must apply Point Update 58405 from the Agent Installation (October 2006)CD-ROM

before you install any of the agents included in this release:

• nFSIM-3.4-PNTUPD-58405.tar.gz is in the Prerequisite Point Updates/3.4

Prerequisite subdirectory.

• For detailed installation instructions, see Point Update 58405 for CiscoWorks SIMS

3.4 Release Notes, in the Documents subdirectory.

You must apply Point Update 58404 from the Agent Installation (October 2006)CD-ROM before you install any of the agents included in this release:

• nFSIM-3.3.1-PNTUPD-58404.tar.gz is in the Prerequisite Point Updates/3.3.1

Prerequisite subdirectory.

• For detailed installation instructions, see Point Update 58404 for CiscoWorks SIMS

3.3.1 Release Notes, in the Documents subdirectory.

You must complete this procedure before you install any of the agents included in this release:

1. Upgrade to CiscoWorks SIMS 3.3.1.

For detailed upgrade instructions, see either:

• nFX OSP Version 3.3.1 Release Notes.

• nFX OSP Version 3.3.1 Migration Update Release Notes.

2. From the Agent Installation (October 2006) CD-ROM, apply Point Update 58404:

• nFSIM-3.3.1-PNTUPD-58404.tar.gz is in the Prerequisite Point Updates/3.3.1

Prerequisite subdirectory.

• For detailed installation instructions, see Point Update 58404 for CiscoWorks

SIMS 3.3.1 Release Notes, in the Documents subdirectory.

Important Information About This Update

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Product Availability Change Notice

Note • Although certain earlier releases of CiscoWorks SIMS provided a Starter Kit

option, CiscoWorks SIMS 3.4.1 does not. Instead, you can purchase the CiscoWorks SIMS Enterprise Lite software, which provides additional software components. See Additional License Restrictions, page 20.

• Registered CiscoWorks SIMS Starter Kit customers will receive a Starter Kit

upgrade to CiscoWorks SIMS 3.4.1. See Additional License Restrictions,

page 20.

• Registered CiscoWorks SIMS Starter Kit users can follow an upgrade path to

either CiscoWorks SIMS Enterprise Pack or CiscoWorks SIMS Enterprise Lite. See Additional License Restrictions, page 20.

Documentation Roadmap

To install and use CiscoWorks SIMS effectively, read the core documents described in Table 1 on page 7 in the order listed.

Note • We might update this document after its original publication. Therefore, you

should also review it on Cisco.com for any updates.

• To view Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files, Adobe Acrobat

Reader 4.0 or later is required.

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Table 1 Sequence to Read Core CiscoWorks SIMS Documentation

PDF Filename Document Title;

Description and Intended Audience; Part Number

1. nfsupp341.pdf

(this document)

Supplement and Release Notes for CiscoWorks Security Information Management Solution 3.4.1

All users; describes Cisco-specific registration, licensing, product, features, known problems, and other information to supplement the documentation written by netForensics, Inc.

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2. nFX_OSP3.4.1Release

Notes.Cisco.pdf

CiscoWorks SIMS Version 3.4.1 Release Notes

All users; describes system requirements, supported platforms, product installation, product feature highlights, and known issues.

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3. nFAgentReleaseNotes

(October2006).Cisco.pdf

CiscoWorks SIMS Agent Installation (October 2006) Release Notes

All users; describes required configuration tasks for the Agent Installation (October 2006) release.

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4. nFX_OSP_HCE_Relea

seNotes.Cisco.pdf

nFX OSP Historical Correlation Engine Release Notes

All users; describes system requirements, supported platforms, product installation, product feature highlights, and known issues.

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Documentation Roadmap

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Documentation Roadmap

Table 1 Sequence to Read Core CiscoWorks SIMS Documentation (continued)

PDF Filename Document Title;

Description and Intended Audience; Part Number

Written By

5. nFX_OSP_DeplPlanIm

plGuide.Cisco.pdf

nFX OSP Deployment Planning and Implementation Guide Version 3.4

All users; describes CiscoWorks SIMS (nFX OSP) architecture, components, use cases, options, and requirements, and provides case studies.

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6. nFX_OSP_InstallGuide

.Cisco.pdf

nFX OSP Unix and Windows Installation Guide Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1, AS 3.0 Solaris 8, Solaris 9 (SPARC) Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server Windows 2003 Version 3.4.1 October 2006

Network and system administrators; provides details about the preparation for and installation of CiscoWorks SIMS (nFX OSP).

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7. nFX_OSP_Administrati

onGuide.Cisco.pdf

nFX OSP Administration and Configuration Guide Version 3.4.1

All users; describes the user interface, architecture and concepts, prerequisites, configuration, user settings, component and administrative options, database management and performance, reports, device message formats, diagnostics, maintenance, rollback and fault tolerance.

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Table 1 Sequence to Read Core CiscoWorks SIMS Documentation (continued)

PDF Filename Document Title;

Description and Intended Audience; Part Number

Written By

8. nFX_OSP_UsersGuide.

Cisco.pdf

nFX OSP User’s Guide Version 3.4.1

Network security professionals and general users; describes how to use CiscoWorks SIMS (nFX OSP) to view and analyze security information in a computer network.

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9. nFX_OSP_AdvancedU

sersGuide.Cisco.pdf

nFX OSP Advanced User’s Guide Version 3.4

Network security professionals, system and network administrators; describes security monitoring strategy, best practices, the need for—and importance of—computer forensics, and the advantages derived from incident response.

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10. nFReportsguide.Cisco.

pdf

nFX OSP Reports Guide Version 3.4.1

Network security professionals and system administrators; provides details about the reporting tools.

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11. nFX_OSP_IRMAdmin

guide.Cisco.pdf

nFX OSP Incident Resolution Management Administration Guide Version 3.4

All users.

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