IBM Tivoli and Cisco User Manual

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SG24-6678-01

ISBN 0738489883

IBM Redbooks are developed by 
the IBM International Technical 
Support Organization. Experts 
from IBM, Customers and 
Partners from around the world 
create timely technical 
information based on realistic 
scenarios. Specific 
recommendations are provided 
to help you implement IT 
solutions more effectively in 
your environment.

The increasing number of endpoints used to access a network 
in any enterprise environment can greatly affect security. 
Endpoints that connect to the enterprise and are corrupted in 
some way can infect other parts of the enterprise and cause 
significant IT infrastructure damage and loss of productivity. 
Additionally, organizations must address security compliance 
as they are faced with an increasing numbers of internal, 
industry, and government policies, standards, and 
regulations.

This IBM Redbook discusses the IBM Integrated Security 
Solution for Cisco Networks, which offers a security-rich, 
policy-based security compliance and remediation solution 
for small, medium, and large businesses. We explain how 
administrative tasks can be simplified by centralizing the 
administration of defined security policies, automating 
security policy enforcement and execution, and automating 
endpoint security scans. As a result we can create 
notifications of security compliance vulnerabilities, 
quarantine, and automatically remediate noncompliant 
workstations before a potential security incident occurs.

This book is targeted at security professionals, architects, and 
senior security and IT managers to provide valuable 
architectural, technical, and planning information.