 | | | | | | | | | Log management tool gives big help desk savings, integrates with IPS
| Linda Tucci, Senior News Writer
It takes a talented manager to spot potential in the ranks and groom an employee to do more than the job title implies. That's what Brad Blake, IT director at Boston Medical Center (BMC), does with security tools -- specifically, he has grown a log management tool, purchased to manage misbehaving ports, into the eyes and ears of his network. He achieved this feat by pairing the log management tool -- which cost about $150,000 but saves the help desk $100,000 per year -- with the hospital's intrusion prevention system (IPS). Both vendors, ArcSight Inc. and McAfee Inc., helped.
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