How It Works

IPAM Security Policy App (ISPA) uses scheduled syncs to integrate SecureTrack with your IP Address Management solutions (IPAMs). These syncs are how the app retrieves the subnets from the IPAMs and maps them to the correct SecureTrack network zones (and also domain in a multi-domain environment). When setting up the scheduled sync, you define the domains that you want to sync, the frequency at which it runs, and the subnet attributes that need to be mapped to the SecureTrack zones.

After ISPA syncs with the IPAMs,it retrieves the current network zones from SecureTrack and compares it to the information stored in its database. If the zone already exists in ISPA, the subnet exists in both SecureTrack and the IPAM. If the subnet is not in the database, the subnet only exists in SecureTrack. And if the subnet is only in ISPA, it means that the subnet exists in the IPAM, but has not yet been imported into SecureTrack.

With this information, you will be able to use ISPA to better analyze how your network is managed:

  • Total number of subnets gathered
  • Total number of duplicate and shadowed subnets
  • Breakdowns of subnets by SecureTrack zone or IPAM
  • Trends in network changes

In addition to the automated scheduled syncs, ISPA also supports manual syncs if you need to gather subnet data outside the predefined schedule.

This knowledge allows you to take better advantage of TOS's network management capabilities, give you greater visibility of weaknesses and redundancies on your network, define better governing policies in the USP, and track your progress to achieving a single source of truth in your IPAM.