Security audit Scorecard and NetResults
Product BindView EMS LT Auditor+ AuditTrack Kane Security
[World Class Analyst for
Award] Windows NT
Overall score 9.7 7.6 8.8 7.0
Administration (15%) 10 7 7 8
Stability (15%) 9 5 10 8
Reporting (15%) 10 8 8 5
Accuracy (20%) 10 9 10 6
Configuration (10)% 10 8 8 8
Ease of use (10%) 10 8 9 7
Installation (10%) 8 9 10 8
Documentation (5%) 10 6 7 6
Net Results
BindView EMS console with BindView NOSadmin for Windows NT v5.0
Bindview Development Corp.
3355 West Alabama
Suite 1200
Houston, Texas 77098
(800) 749-8439
fax (713) 881-9200
www.bindview.com
Windows NT Server license - $495
Windows NT user license (100 users) - $1,495
Console - $695 per concurrent administrative user
NOSAdmin for NetWare 3 - $795 per server
NOSAdmin for NetWare 4 - $495 per server
100 network user objects - $1,495
Pros: Manages NetWare and NT from a single console; Comprehensive and accurate tracking and analysis
Distributed management console; Can determine where excessive rights come from.
Cons: None significant.
LT Auditor+ version 5
Blue Lance, Inc.
1700 West Loop South
Suite 1100
Houston, Texas 77027
(713) 680-1187
fax (713) 622-1370
www.bluelance.com
Single server license - $995
Master server license (up to 50 servers) - $24,875 plus mandatory annual maintenance $3,731.
Pros:
Simple to use; Reports can be generated off-line - on a laptop for example; Can consolidate reports from multiple servers.
Cons: NetWare only; Generated some error messages; At the highest magnification, reports are too small to read on screen forcing you to print everything of interest.
AuditTrack version 3.1
e.g. Software, Inc.
621 SW Morrison St.
Suite 1025
Portland, Ore. 97205
(503) 294-7025
www.egSoftware.com
Price per server: 25-user license - $595; 50-user license - $795; 100-user license - $1,195; 250-user license - $1,695;
500-user license - $2,995; 1,000-user license - $4,995.
Pros: Extremely easy to use event viewer; Can graph any report.
Cons: Runs on NetWare only; Reports track every single event normal and abnormal for each event type forcing you to sort through long lists looking for pertinent information.
Kane Security Analyst for Windows NT Version 3.01
Intrusion Detection Inc.
217 East 86 St.
Suite 213
New York, N.Y. 10028
(212) 348-8900
fax (212) 427-9185
www.intrusion.com
Windows NT - $495 per server; NetWare 4.x - $495 per server
Pros: Good high-level management reporting; Top 10 list of security weakness can be scheduled and attached to E-mail; C2 comparison assessment included.
Cons: Difficult to find out why the network fails a security assessment; Only one multi-part report; Failed our password tests .