Glossary: Security Monitoring and Automation
network management system (NMS)
Also written: NMS, network management system
Software that polls every device by SNMP, receives traps, graphs the numbers, draws a network map and alerts on device health. It watches health and capacity, while a SIEM watches security events.
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Related terms
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)SIEM (security information and event management)