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Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and it
provides the detailed metrics required by each of these regulations and the network
information necessary to prove compliance. Included by default are reports on users,
systems, network status, configurations, devices, software vulnerabilities, tasks or jobs,
Telnet/Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol sessions, and compliance centers. Reports can be
customized to include information such as:
All Cisco
®
devices running a given version of Cisco IOS
®
Software
All devices using insecure protocols for configuration management
All devices with a faulty module
All configuration changes made over a period of time for a set of devices
All Telnet/SSH sessions initiated by a specific user
All device changes that result from an approval override
All access control lists (ACLs) that deny traffic on specific ports
Key Features and Benefits
Table 1 lists the primary features of CiscoWorks NCM.
Table 1. CiscoWorks NCM Features and Benefits
Feature Benefits
Network autodiscovery Eliminates manual administration of devices
Network diagram Eases troubleshooting
Configuration and change
management
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Increases uptime
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Eases audit of configuration changes
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Improves control of network resources
Audit and compliance
management
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Includes expansive modeling of regulatory, corporate, IT, and technology policies
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Provides visibility into network’s compliance with policies
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Identifies critical risks and violations
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Prioritizes triage of compliance violations
Integration with CiscoWorks
applications
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Includes cross-launch capabilities between CiscoWorks NCM and other CiscoWorks
applications such as CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS), Home Page,
Device Center, and CiscoView
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Allows user to run scripts to register with CiscoWorks servers
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Ensures consistency of network inventory database using CiscoWorks Device
Credential Repository (DCR)—for example, device list and credentials may be imported
into CiscoWorks NCM
Software image management Enables combination of network configuration, change, compliance, and Cisco IOS
®
Software and Cisco Catalyst
®
OS image management
Security management
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Enables role-based access control and lock down
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Includes centralized access control list (ACL) management
Advanced workflow and
approvals
Enables real-time process enforcement
Multivendor support
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Supports thousands of device models or versions from Cisco and 35 other vendors
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Frequent and easy-to-deploy device driver releases
Connectors with third-party
software
Includes connectors with HP OpenView NNM and with Remedy AR
Alert Center Subscription service that complements the NCM software offering. CiscoWorks NCM Alert
Center content, such as security compliance policies in NCM format and product
extensions, is uploaded into CiscoWorks NCM Alert Center and is hosted at a Cisco.com
URL for subscribers to download into CiscoWorks NCM.