Analyze ISA Server Logs with Cyfin Reporter

Key Features:

• Accurate reports on employee Web use by identifying each site "visitCyfin records a "visit" when a user clicks on a Web page. This is different from a "hit," which records every banner, graphic, ad, etc. associated with that page. Cyfin distinguishes "visits" from "hits" giving you accurate Web use activity. "
• High and low-level reports by user, group, or enterprise
• Interactive reports provide single click action drilldown to more detailed Web-use data
• Report scheduler distributes reports automatically
• Operator accounts allow non-IT personnel to run reports via their browser
• Lets you rate all 81 categories based on your organization's "acceptable use policyAssign acceptability ratings to each category and customize reports to automatically detect abuse based on your company's Web-use policy. "

Technical Advantages:

• Easy to install, setup, and configure
• Includes an internal database that stores and compresses logfile data
• Groups and IDs import feature supports Microsoft Active Directory
• Windows 2000/2003/2008, XP, Vista and Red Hat Linux support
• Free technical support, daily URL list updates, and software upgrades

Advanced Logfile Management System

• Enables you to configure multiple logfile locations
• Compatible with multiple formats and devices
• Lets you view the location, type and time frames of the logfiles
• Validates that logfiles can be read

Database Manager (optional use)

• No extra licensing or administrative cost
• Data is compressed to 20% of its original size allowing for rapid reporting
• Import logfile data automatically or manually
• Instant e-mail notification if there is a problem with the logfile import
• Export Web-use data to other applications
• Customize export by choosing time period, groups or IDs, and categories to be exported

The table below illustrates the dramatic difference in report generation speed when using the product’s imported data vs. ‘raw’ log files. To show the difference, the table depicts performance for a small, very detailed report (run against one user).

Wavecrest products provide numerous reports that depict work group or individual user's Web activity.  Most reports contain several tables that show different aspects of the activity. Below are examples of high-level, low-level, and automatic abuse detection reports.

High-Level Activity – The links listed below are excerpts from our most-used high-level report, "Site Analysis." They provide a quick look into a company's overall Web use.

• Acceptability data: Activity totals grouped by your own “acceptability” criteria.
• Top categories: Activity totaled and shown in categories, e.g., News, Porn, etc.
• Top users' visits: Most active Web users, listed in descending order of total visits.
• Top bandwidth users: List Web users consuming the most bandwidth.

Low-Level Activity – The links listed below illustrate the extensive and detailed drill-down capability built into Wavecrest's reports.

• Top Web sites: A list of Domains visited most often by your users.
• Single category analysis: All Web visits in a single category, e.g., Sports or Porn.
• Single user activity analysis: Breakdown of a single user's Web visits.
• Top bandwidth sites: A list of the Domains consuming the most bandwidth.

Abuse-Detection – Based on your company's Web use policy, you can determine and set how many visits are acceptable to each Web category in a 24 hour period.  If this threshold is exceeded by any users, the reports will show it.  The link listed below illustrates how Wavecrest's products automatically flag instances of abuse, based on your threshold criteria.

• Top Abusers