Putting controls in place to secure and control access to
network resources is also a central aspect of many governmental compliance rules that
have come into the spotlight recently, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.
ISA provides for accurate, manageable, and auditable logging, which enables organizations
to create custom reports on specific types of network activities, in response to specific
threats or as a result of requested audits. This type of functionality makes it ideally suited
for modern business, which requires a strict record of activities.
Taking a Proactive Approach to Intrusion Attempts
In today??™s risky computing atmosphere, caution simply cannot be thrown to the wind.
Organizations need to be proactive in monitoring intrusion attempts by looking for activities
such as port scans, authentication failures, and outright service-level attacks. If these
types of activities are not proactively monitored and dealt with, they can turn into serious
security issues. Fortunately, ISA Server 2006 allows for automatic detection of many forms
of intrusion attempts, providing greater peace of mind.
Configuring ISA Logging and Monitoring
Most of the monitoring and logging functionality in ISA Server is provided in the
Monitoring node of the console tree, as shown in Figure 19.
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