# What security monitoring can one IT administrator realistically run?

A few well-chosen tools that run on their own, with alerts short enough to read each morning in a few minutes. Realistic for one person: endpoint protection with a central console, multi-factor authentication with sign-in alerts, firewall and VPN logs kept for investigation, a tested backup with a monthly restore check, and one network sensor on a mirror port. Unrealistic for one person: a SIEM that needs searches written and tuned, several overlapping consoles, or anything that requires watching dashboards all day. Decide in writing who covers holidays and who decides in an emergency. NetSenX is designed for this situation: one agent on a SPAN or TAP port per segment, plain-language alerts by e-mail on every plan, and no tuning required to start.

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## Read next

- https://netsenx.com/en/ndr-for-small-business
- https://netsenx.com/en/pricing

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