Technical Documentation

Profiler Task Summary

You use NSM Profiler to learn about your internal network so you can create effective security policies and minimize unnecessary log records. The Profiler queries and correlates attack logs and application usage logs from multiple IDP appliances.

The Profiler feature is available only through Network and Security Manager (NSM).

IDP administration includes the following tasks related to the Profiler feature:

  • Configuring Profiler options and preferences
  • Starting and stopping the Profiler
  • Viewing Profiler reports
  • Managing the Profiler database

Published: 2010-01-12