Audit, Reporting and Compliance

Proteus has powerful built-in tools that enable organizations to easily track and analyze the usage history of core network services, devices and users in both DNS and DHCP environments. Not only does this help organizations to dynamically right-size network configurations to meet demand but it also helps organizations comply with industry regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), Gramm Leach Bliley (GLBA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act  (HIPAA) by tracking which network resources are being accessed. With Proteus’ powerful database, finding or changing DNS/DHCP records is no longer like finding a needle in a hay stack.

 

All administration changes are tracked by device, network and administrator, enabling administrators, if need be, to undo changes atomically, up to hundreds of levels deep with minimal effect to unrelated subnets or allocated devices.

 

 

All transactions within Proteus including authentication requests and all network configuration changes are written to an auditing system that tracks the information with a unique ID. Proteus will track all transactions that are initiated by any user, and all system modifications resulting from that transaction are monitored and tracked. This is helpful to organizations that are looking to safeguard critical resources or those looking to comply with external industry regulations. In an environment with several or more administrators this can be an invaluable tool. Proteus also provides administrators with a series of canned reports to help track DNS server utilization, DHCP scope utilization, Object tag assignment and administrator configuration change summaries.

 

Errors that occur in a distributed application often result in the user receiving complicated error messages that might be recorded and acted on. In the ideal scenario, when an error occurs, the user writes down the complicated error message, so the administrator can attempt to locate the matching issue or event in the server or application logs. Unfortunately, this method is often ineffective, leaving organizations vulnerable to additional exploits.

 

To help address this challenge, Proteus automatically tracks all network level errors and exceptions in a built-in event list that is accessible through the Proteus web-based management console. Administrators can easily track system errors and exceptions using a unique Tracking ID, the Message issued, the user’s Name, and a Time Stamp for when the error occurred. This means users don’t have to worry about recording the details of system errors and, more importantly, administrators can rapidly diagnose and resolve associated network issues.