Managing Cisco Network Security
Manage the security of Cisco-based networks with the strategies detailed in this book.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Managing Cisco Network Security
Cisco Secure Policy Manager
Network security becomes more critical to any organization that incorporates intranets, extranets, and the Internet for e-commerce solutions. The associated security risk becomes very high with most organizations configuring and deploying firewalls to improve network boundary security and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to protect the integrity of the network and also to establish secure business-to-business communications.
You would use Cisco Secure Policy Manager to minimize administrative costs and ensure consistent security policy on your network. This includes the ability to manage your secure network and associated services with a consolidated management system. It supports the different network requirements of your organization that are used to establish a secure connection for your intranets with multiple firewalls and VPN routers.
Cisco Secure Policy Manager Overview
With Cisco Secure Policy Manager (CSPM) you can define, distribute, enforce, and audit your entire network security policies from a central location. You can use CSPM to configure your PIX Firewalls on the boundary of your enterprise network, configure Network Address Translation (NAT), and IP Security (IPSec) based Virtual Private Networks. This allows for easy and simple deployment of your security policy to your PIX Firewalls and your VPN and builds the cornerstone of your security policy.
With CSPM s distributed architecture, using more than one policy enforcement point and its secure remote management allows you to deploy the policy in different environments. If you are administrating a large enterprise network, you can install the policy administrator (the Graphical Users Interface (GUI) used for...
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