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Within the Rule definition, we have provided below the definition to confirm that the above configuration exists on our Cisco devices, which the NCM Policy Report will flag any uncompliant devices, so you can review and resolve.The still-unfolding breach at network management software firm SolarWinds may have resulted in malicious code being pushed to nearly 18,000 customers, the company said in a legal filing on Monday. Take the following standard ACL rules, which we want to validate are in the configuration of all of our Cisco devices: access-list 1 permit 10.0.0.10 This ability to look for configuration that exists that shouldnРІР‚в„ўt is a powerful and often missed capability, which extends the benefit this feature provides. At the same time, config searches can be created to find out if there is any non-standard ACL defined. For example, when checking ACL rules, we can search if all standard ACL rules exist. When set condition in Rule, multiple config searches can be used to cater for all situations. The condition can be a string search, or a Regex pattern, or even a mix of a few string searches and Regex patterns. Rules can be created from SolarWinds Orion GUI from My Dashboard -> Network Configuration -> Compliance -> Manage Policy Reports -> Manage Rules -> Add New RuleР”Р„ rule defines a condition that must or must not exist. Each Policy Report includes one or more policies, while each Policy also includes one or more Rules.

Policy Reports can be displayed on SolarWinds Orion GUI or sent by email on schedule. Knowing all your devices are correctly configured to support a common authentication definition, or sending standard logging to a specific destination is just a couple of examples of the importance of validating configuration definition is in place across all of your device infrastructure. Every organisation should have a common configuration definition across similar devices, for example if you run devices from a few vendors, it is likely you will have only a few network operating systems to create reports for. However, I always discuss with our clients the importance of creating your own company policy reports in NCM. OrionР’В® NCM comes with 169 Compliance Reports pre-built across common compliance frameworks, such as PCI, SoX, as well as vendor РІР‚Вbest practiceРІР‚в„ў based reports, this is a great starting point. Having such functionality provided alongside the monitoring data allows for very quick impact visibility and identification if configuration issues are the cause of the status or performance issue the monitoring metrics indicate, which we all know is a very common circumstance. When the configuration compliance feature is configured, it will run daily search on device configurations backups to spot noncompliant setting and make you aware of configuration divergences in the form of Policy Report. SolarWindsР’В® Network Configuration Manager (NCM) delivers a continuous auditing tool to automate the configuration compliance checks, within its common web UI, alongside the health, performance and utilisation monitoring function it is known so well for. Nevertheless, without auditing each network device on a regular basis, which is obviously very time consuming, it is impossible to tell if all your networks devices are configured in line with the SOP. By following a set of configuration standards, sometimes referred to as the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), network security, availability and consistency will be maximized.

These weak points can be configuration definitions that have insecure settings in place, sub-optimal values affecting performance, inconsistencies across the other devices in the estate. However, configuration changes and adding new devices to your network contribute to the risk of introducing configuration weak points.

Needless to say, it is critical that the all network devices in your organisation are secure and available at all times.

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