PatchLink Enterprise Reporting

• Overview
• Features and Benefits
• Requirements
• Resources
• Pricing

PatchLink Enterprise Reporting™ provides powerful reporting that measures and demonstrates network security and compliance across the enterprise. As an extension of PatchLink Update™ PatchLink Enterprise Reporting allows analysis and reporting on all aspects of the patch and vulnerability management process. With its Open Reporting Schema you can easily create and automate reports based on your unique security policies.

Overview:

Powerful Security Reporting Across Your Enterprise

Ensuring compliance to network security policies and regulations is a critical component of an effective security strategy. Executives need accurate analysis and reporting to better understand their security posture and manage policies and regulations. With an Open Reporting Schema and advanced custom reporting capabilities, reporting goes beyond an administrative function to provide visibility for senior management to better measure and manage the patch and vulnerability process.

• Understand key performance indicators throughout the patch and vulnerability lifecycle
• Analyze trends and improvements to patch and vulnerability performance across your network
• Demonstrate and manage compliance to security policies and regulations over time
• Analyze global changes to hardware and software configurations overtime
• Monitor patch status levels across your enterprise

Who Can You Trust?

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Features and Benefits:

• Security Reporting - Flexible network security reporting based on customer policies to ensure organizations are compliant with SARBOX, HIPAA, FISMA, and others as they relate to network security
• Centralized Reporting - View consolidated data from multiple PatchLink Enterprise Reporting servers, automatically transferred to a secure central repository, minimizing the need for manual data collection and preparation
• Centralized Management Console - Web-based configuration and management console provides efficient secure, role-based remote administration
• Easy Report Customization - Standard reports for vulnerabilities, patch deployment, inventory, compliance, and more are included: or easily create custom reports to view a single node or the entire enterprise
• Automated Report Generation and Distribution - Schedule automated report generation and email distribution of reports to management and key personnel to reduce the impact on network resources during peak times
• Third-Party Report Integration - Works seamlessly with third-party reporting platforms including SQL Server 2005, Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Access, Excel, and any ODBC/OLEDB-compliant reporting tool

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Requirements:

Minimum Hardware Requirements

To install the Data Server components of Enterprise Reporting v3.0, your data server must meet the following minimum hardware requirements:

ERS v3.0 Data Server Minimum Hardware Requirements:

Supported Operating Systems

The Enterprise Reporting (Data Server component) is supported on the following Operating Systems:

• Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition with SP1
• Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition with SP1
• Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
• Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
• Software Requirements

To install the Data Server components of Enterprise Reporting v3.0, your data server must be a clean OS installation and meet the following software requirements:

Requirements for the Update Server Components

To install the Update components of the Enterprise Reporting, your Update Server must be version v6.2 or higher, and meet all of the hardware and software requirements defined in the PatchLink Enterprise Reporting v6.2 Server Installation Guide.

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Resources:

Download the PatchLink Enterprise Reporting 3.0 Data Sheet (PDF).