Audit Network

The network audit routines are the things each network professional should be aware about. The problem is that a computer network is a wide and complex thing that can be audited by many acpects, and one cannot imagine a standard audit routine that will meet the need of every organization in the country, starting from a small shop with two PC's and ending with big educational university with thousand of PC's located in different sites all over the country.

However, we can suggest a way to inventory your network. First of all, you should test your network for architecture and reliability, fixing all errors found in the network configuration. Then, while doing the audit network you should check the security issues, recording all the points of possible entrusions. And the last, but maybe the most important issue of the audit, you should collect details about PC's and network devices connected to your network.

No need to say that the network audit routines should be automated, and one can find many software products doing this or that part of the network audit process. We want to show you the computer network inventory tool that will detect all PC's and network devices information and store it in a single place, allowing the network administrator to see it and build consolidated reports. This is Asset Tracker for Networks, and you can download the free evaluation version of the program to check it in your network.

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