Consul
Monitoring, Compliance & Auditing Software.
Consul deliver market leading audit and compliance reporting software for the enterprise, from perimeter to network devices, applications, databases, operating systems, and the mainframe.
The Consul InSight™ Suite. provides the unique ability to capture comprehensive log data, correlate the data through sophisticated log interpretation, and communicate results through a dashboard for full audit and compliance reporting. To reduce threats posed by privileged insiders, Consul InSight monitors change management procedures, acceptable use policies and user authorization processes against company and regulatory policies.
On December 5, 2006 IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Consul. Consul's operations will be integrated into the IBM Software Group's Tivoli software brand. This acquisition builds upon IBM's Service Management initiative by adding key data governance and compliance monitoring, auditing and reporting capabilities across mainframe and distributed environments, a unique capability unmatched by other competitors.