NorthStar Platform Features | SOLVE for DCS/CSP |
SOLVE for SEP |
SOLVE for Dell DPE |
SOLVE for Sym. DLP |
NS Asset Tracking | NS Risk Tracking | NS Access Tracking Coming Soon |
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Platform | ||||||||
Simple installation and configuration on Windows 2008+ and SQL Express 2008+ | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Fully HTML5 compliant for cross-browser and cross-platform use including tablets and phones | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Scales both Horizontally and Vertically | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
FIPS compliance for FIPS secured Windows servers | New in 4.0.4! | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Security | ||||||||
Strong Salted Hashes for Native Authentication | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
SHA256 Encryption for datasource passwords | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
User Groups for Access Control | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Supports SiteMinder Integration | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Supports Active Directory Integration for Authentication | New in 4.0! | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Supports Active Directory Auto-Provisioning for Account Creation | New in 4.0! | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Supports Active Directory Role Sync (AD Roles automatically grant/revoke NS User Groups) | New in 4.0! | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Full Audit Logging for Logins and Dashboard Viewing | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Full Audit Logging of Security Changes | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Metrics | ||||||||
Self-service dashboard creation with multiple predefined layouts | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Easy chart creation including unlimited drilldowns | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Easy selection of detail fields | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Standard chart types including: bar, line, pie, pivot, top x, rollup | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Advanced chart types including US Map and World Map | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Add notes to charts to inform users how to interpret data | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Visual cues notifying users when data has been filtered | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Export to excel | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Zoom in to specific dashboard panels | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Scheduled reports to upload to a fileshare | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Scheduled reports to be delivered via email | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Scheduled reports delivered as html | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Scheduled reports delivered as pdf | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Scheduled reports delivered as csv | New in 4.0! | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Configurable security controlling which dashboards are available to which users | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Configurable security controlling which rows of data are available to which users | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Jump to details at any point in drilldown | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Special animated charts to show changes over time | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Advanced caching for improved performance | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Ability to auto-refresh dashboard content at set intervals | New in 4.0! | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Search | ||||||||
Simple search with multiple criteria | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Save criteria for reuse | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Easily select which fields appear in results and download to Excel | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Configurable security controlling which rows of data are available to which users | New in 4.0! | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Scheduler | ||||||||
Advanced scheduler supporting multi-server farm | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Ability to define blackout windows for all jobs and/or specific jobs | New in 4.0! | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Ability to define job predecessors | New in 4.0! | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Ability to group jobs together as mutually exclusive | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Alert if jobs fail | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Auto upgrade scheduler service when application is upgraded | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Support for running scheduler with database behind a firewall | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Data Streams (Realtime Reporting) | ||||||||
SEP – Assets | X | |||||||
SEP – Admin Events | X | |||||||
SEP – Virus Alerts | X | |||||||
SEP – ADC Events | X | |||||||
SEP – Firewall Events | X | |||||||
SEP – Security Events | X | |||||||
DCS/CSP – Assets | X | |||||||
DCS/CSP – Events | X | |||||||
DDPE – Licenses | X | |||||||
DDPE – Admin Log Events | X | |||||||
DDPE – Endpoints | X | |||||||
DDPE – Users | X | |||||||
DLP – Agent Status | X | |||||||
DLP – Admin Events | X | |||||||
DLP – Discoverer Incidents | X | |||||||
DLP – Messages | X | |||||||
Scheduler Plugins | ||||||||
NSDBPurge – Delete data from specific tables | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
NSEmail – Handles sending all email to POP3 Server | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
NSADImport – Read data from Active Directory domain controllers | X | X | ||||||
NSADLocalImport – Read local user/group data from servers | X | X | ||||||
NSCVEImport – Import vulnerability data from MITRE | X | X | ||||||
NSDBExec – Run user-define SQL | X | X | ||||||
NSDBImport – Copy data from databases (MSSQL, MySQL, DB2, Oracle) | X | X | ||||||
NSDBQueryAlert – Send emails based on existence or absence of data plus include data in email or as CSV | New in 4.0! | X | X | |||||
NSEmailReader – Reads emails from SMTP server for specific accounts and downloads attachments for processing | X | X | ||||||
NSFileCopy – Copys files from fileshares, websites, or FTP servers | X | X | ||||||
NSFileExec – Executes user-defines binaries (exe/com) | X | X | ||||||
NSFileImport – Imports data from CSVs, Tab Delimited, or Excel files into database tables | New in 4.0! | X | X | |||||
NSWebAPIReader – Reads data from SOAP web services | X | X | ||||||
NSXMLImport – Parses and loads XML data into database tables | X | X | ||||||
Transformation Engine | ||||||||
Merge data from multiple sources into a single unified record | X | X | ||||||
Powerful data cleanup with wildcards and regular expressions | X | X | ||||||
Select specific field data source based on data source quality | X | X | ||||||
Every record carries confidence score identifying how reliable the data is | X | X | ||||||
Automatically build daily history for tracking change over time | X | X | ||||||
Asset Superlist – List of all computing assets including computers, switches, phones, etc. | X | X | ||||||
Asset IP Superlist – List of all IPv4 addresses and what they were assigned to over specific periods of time | X | X | ||||||
Asset Groups Superlist – User defined groupings of assets | X | X | ||||||
Business Apps Superlist – List of business platforms (i.e. Payroll System, eCommerce, etc.) | X | X | ||||||
Business Apps Assets Superlist – List of which assets work together to provide the business platform functionality | X | X | ||||||
Locations Superlist – list of physical locations | X | X | ||||||
Risks Superlist – List of all defined risks including Missing Patches, Misconfigurations, and vulnerabilities | X | |||||||
Risk CVEs Superlist – List of CVEs that map to each risk | X | |||||||
Risk Assets Superlist – List of which assets have which risks | X | |||||||
Symantec DeepSight Integration | X |