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IT Operations groups are faced with the unenviable task
of understanding what IT assets are in the network, ensuring
the availability and bandwidth of enterprise IT assets,
responding to the impact of network and system breaches,
managing software and hardware inventories and
configurations and managing employee access to different
assets and data throughout the enterprise. New
vulnerabilities are exposed and targeted on a daily basis -
many of which must be addressed immediately. And without
proper security management solutions, end users can easily
install and run applications that can negatively impact the
integrity and stability of network endpoints.
Consider that IT Operations must manage and respond to a
whole host of issues, such as:
- Twenty-four vulnerabilities which
are identified each day, 12.5 of which
are considered serious enough to address
immediately¹
- The speed at which hackers are
identifying and exploiting
vulnerabilities through the use of
automation - 8,064 reported in 2006²
- The amount of unlicensed software
that is used throughout the enterprise -
27% of all software on business
computers is unlicensed³
- Laptops and desktops that must be
rebuilt due to malware and configuration
issues – 85% of corporate machines are
rebuilt each year4
- Network disruptions or outages – the
average enterprise downtime is 23 person
days with average time to achieve full
recovery at 31 person days4
Lumension Security Management Solutions Enable Visibility and Management of Corporate Endpoints
Lumension’s proven policy-driven solutions enable IT
Operations groups to effectively manage the availability,
performance and integrity of network endpoints.
Through comprehensive scanning of all network devices and
endpoints, Lumension security management solutions deliver
IT Operations groups with actionable information of their IT
environments by discovering and inventorying all assets,
providing accurate assessments of software vulnerabilities
and configuration issues and prioritizing identified threats
for orderly remediation.
Best First Line of Defense
By enforcing application and device control policies,
which enable only authorized applications to run and only
authorized devices to be accessible on a network, server,
terminal services server, thin client, laptop or desktop,
Lumension solutions give IT Operations groups the power to
maintain endpoint configurations, stability and performance
as originally delivered from the manufacturer.
Administrators can rapidly identify applications and devices
and assign granular permissions per user/user group and per
machine. Lumension security management solutions also lower
endpoint security total cost of ownership by minimizing the
amount of time required by the IT Operations team to
immediately respond to network or endpoint crises.
Best Last Line of Defense
Through the delivery of rapid and automated patch and
remediation of software vulnerabilities and configuration
issues, Lumension security management solutions enable IT
Operations to effectively resolve potential issues before
they cause problems. By establishing and enforcing mandatory
baselines, IT Operations groups can shut the door on
vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
The final result is an available network and corporate
endpoints, and thus a business that is open 24x7.
Lumension Security Management Solutions for IT Operations:
- Provides network and agent-based
scanning capabilities to identify all IT
assets
- Automates patch and remediation of
vulnerabilities
- Enables custom remediation of
configuration issues
- Maintains endpoint stability and
integrity by allowing only authorized
applications to execute and only
authorized devices to be accessed
- Records all attempts at executing
authorized and unauthorized applications
as well as all attempts at connecting
authorized and unauthorized devices
- Reduces the risk of network
disruption or outage
1 National Vulnerability
Database – May 9, 2007
2
www.cert.org
3 UK Business Software Alliance
4 Yankee Group
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Security Management Solutions for IT Operations