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Chapter 8: Visualization
About Visualization
The visualization component of SafeGuard OS allows you to collect information about
users, applications and how those users and applications impact on your network. This
component serves as the conduit between the other SafeGuard OS components and the
Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista SafeGuard Manager Command Center. OmniVista SafeGuard
Manager is a central management system that displays this information through a GUI.
Network visualization can derive detailed information about what users are doing with
an application by collecting network events and aggregating those events on a user and
application basis.
These events are passed to OmniVista SafeGuard Manager where they are presented in a
visual and easy-to-understand format. Having network visualization allows you to take
remediation steps faster and have a better understanding when problems occur.
Say for example, you have a vendor working on site on a regular basis. You might want
to give this vendor more privileges than a visitor, but might also want to restrict their use
to certain applications or to certain file types. Network visualization allows you to apply
policies that can block access and can log information about that access to OmniVista
SafeGuard Manager.
Total User Awareness
Network visualization provides all the user, application, and performance information
you need to have visibility into the network usage. This usage is constant and covers all
points in the network.
Network visualization provides granular controls, including:
■ Providing active and inactive user data
■ Identifying who is using the network
■ Identifying applications and resources as they interact with each other
■ Identifying traffic patterns that represent normal and legitimate use of the
network
■ Identifying which traffic patterns represent abnormal (and possibly abusive)
behavior
■ Identifying the response times or throughputs that users are seeing
■ Identifying when important events occur
■ Identifying classified documents that passed over the network