Policies

The NetProfiler employs a variety of techniques for analyzing and evaluating network behavior, including:

• Service policies

• Performance and availability policies

• User-defined policies

• Security policies (Security policies are not available if the optional Security Analytics Module is disabled or not installed.)

• Advanced security policies (Advanced security policies are not available if the optional Advanced Security Module is disabled or not installed.)

• Health policies

When the NetProfiler determines that a policy violation or other significant event has occurred, it displays an alert status, sends an SNMP notification to a management system, or sends an email notification to a specified person or group of people. The notification includes a link to a detailed report of the network event that triggered the alert. This report is available both on the NetProfiler and on any NMS or SEM product that has been configured to access the NetProfiler reporting features. You can examine the report and determine what action to take.

The behavior analysis process

Traffic comparisons