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Centralized Management Chapter 5
Cisco Security Manager (CSM)
The Cisco Security Manager (CSM) provides scalable, centralized
management for the firewall component of the IFW. With CSM,
administrators can gain visibility and maintain policy compliance across the
network. Designed for operational efficiency, CSM also includes a powerful
suite of automated capabilities, such as health and performance monitoring,
software image management, automatic conflict detection, and integration
with ticketing systems. Figure 19
shows an overview of CSM.
Figure 19 - Cisco Security Manager Overview
CSM provides the following functions:
• Policy and object management
– Helps enable reuse of security rules and objects.
– Facilitates process compliance and error-free deployments.
– Improves ability to monitor security threats.
• Event management
– Supports syslog messages that are created by Cisco security devices.
– Facilitates viewing of real-time and historical events.
– Provides rapid navigation from events to source policies.
– Includes pre-bundled and customizable views for firewall, intelligent
protection switching (intrusion prevention systems), and VPN.
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