Licensing

The license cost for the system of information security «Business Guardian» is calculated on the basis of number of Subsystems of data collection and Subsystems of storage and processing, as well as the required set of features.

The basic configuration of the system includes one Subsystem of data collection (Data Collector) and one Subsystem of storage and processing (Data Processor).

The basic configuration of the system can be added with other features depending on the system set-up according to the Customers’s requirements and on the existing telecommunication infrastructure.

Final license cost of the system for the chosen configuration is calculated on the basis and on the individual components/features. We can develop any personal component you want.

Component/feature Description
1. Data Collector Ethernet sniffer module of Subsystem of data collection is installed on one physical server which provides data collection  from one SPAN-port, where all traffic is doubled to
2. Data Processor Modules of Subsystem of storage and processing are installed on one physical server which provides processing and analysis of SMTP-traffic
3. Additional analysis Processor Module of additional analysis is installed on one physical server which functionally provides additional processing and analysis of data off-line. The data are received from the Archive
4. Processing of FTP Capability of FTP data analysis
5. Processing of WebMail Capability of WebMail data analysis
6. Processing of HTTP Capability of HTTP data analysis

There are complex (package) licenses for some variants of system configuration, their description is below:

System version Description Traffic type
HTTP FTP SMTP WebMail
1. Local Software components included: «Data Processor», «Data Collector», «Processing of FTP », «Processing of WebMail » and «Processing of HTTP». This configuration provides collection and analysis of data in one office * * * *
2. Network Software components included: «Data Processor», «Data Collector», «Processing of FTP», «Processing of WebMail» and «Processing of HTTP» for each office: central and several (N) remote. This configuration provides collection and analysis of data in a number of remote offices (for example, regional) and then transmitting information to the central office for further data processing and consolidation * * * *

When purchasing an integrated (packet) license, a discount from 300€ up to 1500€ is granted depending on the speed of traffic handled. Additional reduction of the license cost is possible if the number of software components «Data Processor» is more than three or the number of software components «Data Collector» is more than five.

The system is able to handle the traffic at the speed up to 10 Gbit/sec. Hardware, software and configuration of the system  as well as the cost of opened licenses are determined by analysis of the existing telecommunications network infrastructure and needs of the Customer.