Australian Government Information and Communications Technology Security Manual (ACSI 33),
the newer Information Security Manual (ISM)
and the
Protective Security Manual (PSM)

The Information Security Manual (ISM - previously known as the Australian Government Information and Communications Technology Security Manual/ACSI 33) has been developed by the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) to provide policies and guidance to Australian Government agencies on how to protect their Information Technology, and Communications systems.

The Protective Security Manual, issued by the Attorney-General's Department, provides guidance on protective security policies, principles, standards and procedures to be followed by all Australian Government agencies for the protection of official resources.

The Snare Server, from InterSect Alliance, provides a centralised collection, analysis, reporting and archival function for a variety of audit log sources, and is used by several organisations to meet national guidelines associated with ISM/ACSI33 and the PSM in Australia, and equivalents in other countries - such as DCID/DIAM in the USA.

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Snare provides a central collection, analysis, reporting and archival capability for a variety of operating systems, appliances, and servers, including:
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003	Linux	Solaris	AIX	Irix
Tru64	ACF2	RACF	CISCO Routers / IOS	CISCO 6500 Firewall
CISCO Pix Firewall	CyberGuard Firewall	CheckPoint Firewall 1	Gauntlet Firewall	Netgear Firewall
Netgear Router	Netscreen Firewall	Nortel VPN devices	IPTables Firewall	Microsoft ISA Server
Microsoft IIS Server	Microsoft FTP Server	Microsoft Exchange Server	Microsoft Chat Server	Microsoft Proxy Server
Apache	Squid	Point of Sale terminals (POS)	Lotus Notes	Snort NIDS
IBM Socks Server	Universal Log Format	Generic Syslog Data