OSSIM v4.5 is here! With a focus on ease of use, better error control, and suggestions to make your security visibility more complete, OSSIM v4.5 works hard to save you time. Join us for this FREE user training session to learn more about what's new in OSSIM v4.5: Streamline workflows: The more intuitive, easy to use, and consistent user interface helps you accomplish daily tasks in less time Reduce blindspots: OSSIM v4.5 alerts you of network assets that aren't sending events to OSSIM so you can quickly add them Avoid service disruptions: OSSIM v4.5 proactively alerts you of impending errors related to disk space utilization, IDS packet capture issues, etc. Plus, we'll give an overview of how you can improve threat detection and simplify incident response with the AlienVault Labs Threat Intelligence feed included in AlienVault Unified Security Management™ USM).

1. MARCH 2014
What’s New in AlienVault OSSIM v4.5?
OSSIM Community Webinar

2. COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
Community members are not leads
We are a commercial company
OSSIM is not trialware
If you see something, say something
http://forums.alienvault.com/discussion/4/

3. AGENDA
V4.5 Feature Overview
Examples of how to use
OSSIM
OSSIM vs. USM
Open Questions

4. New v4.5 Features

5. SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES
New Look and Feel New Plugin
Suggestion Engine
New Errors and
Warnings Dashboard
First Time Wizard
Improvement
New Status Monitors

6. NEW LOOK AND FEEL
Feature Summary:
 Color, layout, and style improvements
 Common library of UI elements (buttons, tables,
interaction, workflow)
Value to You:
 More intuitive, consistent, and easy to use
 Predictable, consistent interaction and workflow
 Reduced learning curve, increased time to value
– “results in day one”

7. PLUGIN SUGGESTION ENGINE
Feature Summary:
 Identify assets sending data but with no plugin enabled
 Identify assets not sending data and with no plugin
enabled
 Offer suggestions and built-in workflow to enable the
proper plugin
Value to You:
 More easily identify assets with no data collection and
help the user easily enable the right plugin
 Increase time to value when configuring new assets.

8. NEW WARNINGS & ERRORS DASHBOARD
Feature Summary:
 Warn administrators of conditions that require
attention
 Provide suggestions on how to resolve the error
or warning
Value to You:
 Self-monitoring to prevent system failure
 Proactive notification

9. FIRST TIME WIZARD IMPROVEMENT
Feature Summary:
 Separated the Log Management step into two
separate pages
 Provide better clarity about each asset, plugin
selected, and if AlienVault is receiving data.
Value to You:
 Make the log management section more intuitive
and easy to use.
 Provide better information to tell the user if
AlienVault is collecting data or not.

10. NEW STATUS MONITORS
Feature Summary:
 Built-in monitors to assess the system for failure conditions
Monitors Available:
 The Asset is not sending any log to the system
 Asset is sending log to the system, but there isn't a plugin enabled to parse the logs
 The Asset was successfully sending logs to the system, but no log received within the
last 24 hours
 The System is dropping packets, overloaded
 The System is dropping packets, malformed network packets
 The System Disk space is under 25%
 The System Disk space is under 10%

11. Use OSSIM to
Answer Simple
Questions

12. Is one of your system administrators running a
bittorrent in the data center?

13. What known malicious hosts are your systems
talking to?

14. Which of my vulnerable assets are under attack?

15. OSSIM vs. USM

16. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OSSIM AND USM
OSSIM USM
Support Community Commercial
Management -
Centralized Administration
and Configuration
Threat Intelligence Community Developed AV Labs Threat Intelligence
Subscription
Reporting Community Developed 100+ Compliance and
Threat Reports
Access Control - Rich RBAC with Permission
Templates
Deployment Types Flat Deployments Single / Multi-Tiered Small
Business to Enterprise

17. http://www.alienvault.com/marketing/smb-bundles

18. SMALL BUSINESS BUNDLE OPTIONS

19. http://forums.alienvault.com

20. Jim Hansen
Sr. Director, Product Management
jhansen@alienvault.com