Transcript Skybox View Enterprise Suite 6.0 Release

6.0 Release Summary
Skybox View Enterprise Suite 6.0 Release
“What’s New” Summary for Partners
Skybox Partners Only
Overview
The Skybox View Enterprise Suite version 6.0 includes powerful new performance enhancements and
capabilities for superior security management and continuous monitoring against cyber security threats.
The most significant enhancement to this release is the performance upgrade made to Network Assurance
Access Analyzer query speed--now at seconds or less. Competitive solutions may take as much as 50-100
times longer to complete queries across a large, complex network. With 6.0's enhanced performance ,
Skybox solutions can easily run in daily operational environments within the largest, most complex
networks in the world.
In addition to performance, enhancements were made to the product suite look and feel, network map
controls, patch management, workspace risk and KPI metrics, access controls, and NERC firewall
compliance reporting. The Skybox 6.0 release is simpler, faster, and the perfect solution for large, complex
network environments.
Enhancements Summary
Access Analyzer Performance (Network Assurance)
• Network Assurance Access Analyzer query times
have been improved by 10-50 times, delivering
sub-second to a few seconds query time for 90%
plus of typical and complex customer queries. This
enhancement delivers the high performance
requirements end-users need to continuously
monitor large, complex networks for security and
compliance issues. Today, Skybox assessment
times are now orders of magnitude faster than
alternative solutions.
New Skybox Suite Look and Feel (Full Suite)
• The new Skybox 6.0 layout and menu structure is
simpler and more attractive for a better overall
user experience. Industry-standard Cisco network
icons have been incorporated throughout and new
3D charts and graphs, organize and add graphical
effects to the overall look and feel.
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6.0 Release Summary
Network Map Enhancements (Network Assurance)
• Network Assurance has new network map controls
allowing customers to create filters and specify map
groups for simplified navigation and more intuitive
control. Customers can now export any map view into
VISIO format with ease.
Online Patch Check and Download (Full Suite)
• New online patches gives customers an easier way to
keep updated with the latest releases. A new dialogue
box allows users to check for needed patches or
releases on demand as well as schedule the online
check to automatically run and download at different
intervals.
Risk Control Workspace and Metrics (Risk Control)
• Skybox Risk Control 6.0 gives customers a powerful
way to analyze and manage enterprise risks. New
snapshot summary pages of KPI and Exposures help
communicate important, prioritized risk information to
management. Current workspaces for KPI, Exposure,
and Analysis have been combined into one workspace
for a simpler, more intuitive experience. The KPI
workspace, includes a new metrics wheel chart giving
managers a visual snapshot of business unit
contribution to corporate risk levels.
New Permissions by Region (Risk Control)
• Administrators can now set granular access controls by
region allowing them better options to limit the access
and distribution of sensitive risk information.
NERC Compliance Report (Firewall Assurance)
• Firewall Assurance now includes reporting for the
portions of the NERC standard that Firewall
management addresses, including asset identification,
maintaining secure electronic perimeter, etc. For
energy and utility companies who must comply with
the NERC standard, they can use Skybox Firewall
Assurance to continuously monitor their firewalls for
compliance, and deliver evidence to auditors that
maps to the NERC standard.
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