If you’re a Tripwire® Whitelist Profiler customer, then you know that the software does an excellent job of executing its core functionalities. These include comparing the running state of a machine to the approved and expected configurations in your environment to stay in compliance with audit and internal policies. Although Whitelist Profiler is proficient in this regard, that doesn’t mean it can’t be improved in other capacities such as ease of use. This was the sentiment expressed by real Whitelist Profiler customers when asked what they would want out of the software if they could have anything. Tripwire® State Analyzer is the manifestation of the push for heightened usability. The application has all the same core capabilities of Whitelist Profiler but with numerous new features aimed at creating even more accurate and efficient processes for your team.

Web-Based Interface to Configure Allow Lists

In Whitelist Profiler, the configuration of allowlists was performed manually on CSV files using a text editor. This process, while sufficient to accomplish the task, was very prone to human error. As the complexity of allowlist items increased, the corresponding difficulty of updating the configuration increased further. With Tripwire State Analyzer, we have implemented a modern user interface, allowing for simple updates to allowlists with validation checks on the inputs to prevent bad configurations from stopping the entire process. The user interface also displays a historical record of changes made to allowlists as well as an intuitive rollback feature to revert changes to a prior configuration version. From editing and viewing allowlists in the user interface to viewing assessment data, the time savings and ease of use improvements are tremendous.

View History on the Configured Items

When looking at changes made to configurations in Whitelist Profiler, all that is visible is the time of the (Read more...)