Novell Sentinel SME

[jverry]

Derek,

If your client would consider a company instead of a contractor, we have 7+ years of Sentinel experience and have installed it in a wide diversity of environments.

Regards,

John Verry
Pivot Point Security

Our client's Data Center is requesting consulting assistance to provide Novell Sentinel version 6 (or greater) implementation and configuration services. The contractor must have 5 years experience with Sentinel products and have worked on complex projects implementing Security Information Event Management. This includes event collection, correlation, reporting, alerting, and log management using Sentinel products. This experience must include meeting requirements of auditors, security professionals, IT professionals and technicians.

PROJECT SCOPE/TASKS

The contractor will serve as the Sentinel expert in an Event and Security Log Management project interacting with prime vendor, stake holders, and core project team to produce a log management solution meeting industry best practices and requirements.
The scope of this project encompasses the following tasks:
* System analysis and design.
* Perform Novell Sentinel version 6 (or greater) configurations necessary to capture and validate capture of security log data from intended data sources.
* Configure Novell Sentinel to industry best practices, including but not limited to, collection points, event categories, and correct identification of data sources.
* Implement reporting requirements using Sentinel reporting tools.
* Validate that Sentinel captured the security log data and data sources, per requirements, using Sentinel reporting tools.
* Assist in defining processes and procedures for log archival and retrieval.
* Tune Sentinel configurations based on changes required through testing and validation.
* Transfer Novell Sentinel knowledge and supporting documentation to staff including, but not limited to Sentinel product configurations, scripting, and reporting.