Chapter 13. Monitor a Cisco IDS Protection Solution for Small and Medium Networks Using Cisco IDM and Cisco IEV

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Terms you'll need to understand:

• IDS (Intrusion Detection System) Device Manager (IDM)

• IDS Event Viewer (IEV)

• Network Security Database (NSDB)

• Context data buffer

• Realtime Dashboard

• Realtime Graph

• Statistic Graph

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Adding devices to IEV

• Creating custom views and filters on IEV

• Navigating IEV to view alarm details

• Performing database administration

This chapter covers the features, requirements, and installation of Cisco IDM and how it's used to configure the IDS sensor. In addition, this chapter also describes the steps required to configure filters and views to help in alarm management with IEV. Finally, we cover the NSDB and IEV database administration functions and application settings and preferences.

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