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19 Glossary
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Actions
The activity that will be carried out as a result to events matching specific conditions. For
example you can trigger actions whenever an event is classified as critical. Actions supported
by GFI EventsManager include Email alerts, event archiving and execution of scripts.
Alerts
Notifications which inform recipients that a particular event has occurred. GFI EventsManager
can generate Email alerts, SMS alerts and Network alerts.
Archive
A collection of events stored in the SQL Server based database backed of GFI EventsManager.
Audit account management
Generates events when account management operations are done such as create/delete a
user account or group, enable/disable a user account and set/change a user password. For
more information, refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737542
(WS.10).aspx
Audit process tracking
Generates events which track actions such as programs which are launched, closed, as well as
other indirect object access information which contain important security information. For
more information, refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc775520
(WS.10).aspx
Audit system events
Generates events when important system events happen such as user restarts or shuts down
the target computer or when an event occurs that affects the security log. For more infor-
mation, refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782518(WS.10).aspx
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COM+ Network Access
Enable this firewall permission to allow client machines to access applications or services that
resides on the server. This allows GFI EventsManager to access resource from all servers. For
more information about this permission, refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/li-
brary/cc731967.aspx
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Email alerts
Email notifications which inform recipients that a particular event has occurred. To enable
email alerts, you must have access to an active mail server.
Event classification
The categorization of events as Critical, High Medium, Low or Noise.