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Centralize, Automate, and Streamline Desktop, System and Power Management

Lumension Content Wizard Enforce Local Policies

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Overview:

Every organization has IT needs that are not completely addressed with out-of-the-box software solutions as IT environments support numerous operating systems, applications, virtual machines, mobile devices and more. PC configuration-related issues increase the workload on administrators and help desk staff and introduce new sources of risk. Meanwhile, in a tough economic climate, organizations are facing greater pressures to optimize IT efficiencies wherever possible including the hard costs of energy consumption.

Lumension Content Wizard
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Simplify Desktop and System Management Tasks with Wizard-based Policy Creation and Enforcement

Lumension Content Wizard extends the core functionality of Lumension Vulnerability Management™ to cost-effectively streamline desktop and system management tasks - without requiring additional tools and costs. Lumension Content Wizard features easyto- use wizards as well as manual script editors to create specialized content that allows you to:

  • Reduce power consumption by standardizing policy-based power settings
  • Optimize IT efficiencies and improve software usage compliance with policy-based deployment and removal of new and updated software
  • Enforce security configuration policies based on industry best practices
  • Centralize and automate time-consuming system and desktop configuration tasks across the entire network
  • Centrally deploy, manage and report on all scripting actions throughout the organization
  • Ensure standardized detections, deployments and reporting by enabling shared content among separate divisions via a secure-access site

Key Features

  • Flexible Content Creation and Management
  • Software Distribution and Removal
  • Centralized System and Desktop Power Management
  • Wizard-based Content Authoring
  • Custom Script Management and Development
  • Enforce Local Security Configuration Policies
  • Content Exchange Forum
  • Continuous Monitoring

Key Benefits

  • Optimizes IT Efficiencies and Reduces IT Costs
  • Reduces Endpoint Energy Costs and Enforces Green Policies
  • Enables Compliance with Regulations and Software License Agreements
  • Enables Complete Security in Even the Most Diverse Networks

How Lumension Content Wizard Works

Lumension Content Wizard simplifies the development, management, distribution and reporting of desktop and system management configuration tasks. Custom content packages are created using Lumension Content Wizard and are seamlessly uploaded to the Lumension Patch and Remediation Server. Utilize Lumension Patch and Remediation to assess applicability of your custom packages across your enterprise. Deploy your custom content to all managed endpoints using standard Lumension Patch and Remediation deployment tools. Validate, audit and report.

Enforce Local Policies: Increase your overall security posture with automated management and enforcement of local security configuration policies (e.g. disabling guest accounts, turning off unnecessary services, enforcing password complexity) based on industry best practices.

Lumension Content Wizard Enforce Local Policies

Power Savings: Easily reduce endpoint energy costs and enforce “Green” policies with centralized management and enforcement of power options including monitor, hard drive, standby, and hibernation settings.

Lumension Content Wizard Power Saving

Key Features:

 

Flexible Content Creation and Management
  • Easy-to-use wizard-based creation of custom software patch remediation packages as well as local security policy and system management configurations.
  • Custom detection, deployment, patching and remediation packages can be created to address a wide range of software and configuration threats, distribute or remove applications and files, enforce configuration policies, and more.
Optimizes IT Efficiencies and Reduces IT Costs
  • By allowing you to address multiple management needs through a single solution, IT efficiency is improved resulting in operational expense savings for the enterprise.

Ensures Entire Network Security

  • Provides 180-degree security coverage of both third party and custom in-house software.
Wizard-based Content Authoring
  • A process-driven tool that guides users through the patch upload process and automatically creates the fingerprints for the patch being uploaded.
Optimizes IT Resources by simplifying Patch Creation
  • Rapid process-driven creation of patches.
Centralized System and Desktop Power Management
  • Centralizes management and enforcement of power options, including monitor, hard drive, standby, hibernation settings and timing.
Reduces Endpoint Energy Costs and Enforces Green Policies
  • Dramatically reduces power consumption by standardizing policy-based power settings of systems across the organization without the required investment of an additional power-management solution.
Custom Script Management and Development
  • Centrally deploy, manage and report on all new and existing IT scripts.
  • Automatically monitor and report on scripting actions taking place throughout your environment.
  • A template based approach to the creation of remediation scripts which allows novice users to quickly author remediation scripts (VBScript, JavaScript, command line) to remedy identified system problems.
Improves Operational Efficiency
  • Simplifies remediation package development and provides centralized deployment, management and reporting on all custom IT scripts.
Enforcement of Local Security Configuration Policy
  • New policy wizard simplifies setting and enforcement of local security configuration policies, such as: disabling guest accounts, turning off unnecessary services, enforcing password complexity and length and forcing unattended systems log off.
    Sets policies based on industry best practices template with 24 pre-configured checks and policy elements that can be added and modified based on your specific security policies.
Increases Your Overall Security Posture
  • Automates management and enforcement of local security configuration policies based on industry best practices.
Software Distribution and Removal
  • Policy-based installation of new and updated software packages.
  • Quickly identifies installed software on endpoints.
  • Automatically removes outdated or unauthorized software.
  • Ensures ongoing monitoring and baseline enforcement.
Optimizes IT Efficiencies and Improves Software Usage Compliance
  • Policy-based distribution and removal of new and updated software enables the optimization of IT and ensures compliance with software license agreements.
Content Community
  • Facilitates content exchange and information sharing within the corporation via a company internal ftp site accessed through Lumension Content Wizard.
Optimizes IT Efficiencies
  • Makes it easier for IT departments to share content with other department members – especially in air-gap environments.
Patch Search by Title
  • Provides rapid intuitive search of existing patches.
Minimizes IT Work Cycles
  • Allows you to be more efficient through a reduction of time required to develop custom remediation packages.
Display Fingerprint Type based on OS
  • Filtering based on OS enables quick location of relevant fingerprints.
Saves IT Time
  • System usability is improved making remediation package creation more efficient.
Flexible Content Management
  • Allows the deletion of obsolete patches.
Enables You to Stay Compliant
  • Allows you to simplify and maintain an up-to-date patch repository.
Rapid Content Development
  • Intuitive, easy-to-use interfaces allow the development custom packages in minutes to react to the latest threats.
Reduces Risk
  • The ability to respond rapidly to Zero-day threats mitigates enterprise risk with significant potential financial benefit.
Content Creation Across Heterogeneous Environments
  • Lumension Content Wizard allows development of packages across a multitude of Operating Systems.
Delivers One Solution for Complex Environments
  • By providing system administrators a tool for addressing configuration and remediation, across operating systems, operation burden is reduced and efficiency improved.
Immediate Content Distribution
  • Content is seamlessly ported into your Lumension Patch and Remediation repository for automated, enterprise-wide deployment.
Saves Time and IT Operating Costs
  • Rapid application of content frees time for IT operations to focus on other corporate concerns.
Continuous Monitoring
  • Custom packages created with Lumension Content Wizard can be continually monitored and reported on through the Lumension Patch and Remediation interface.
Simplifies Compliance
  • Visibility of package status helps ensure compliance with corporate operation and security policies.

Requirements:

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • Intel Pentium 800Mhz Processor
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 20 MB of free disk space for installation
  • 5 GB of free disk space after installation

Supported Operating Systems

  • Lumension Content Wizard v6.4 is supported on the following operating systems:
  • Microsoft® Windows XP Professional
  • Windows XP Professional with SP1
  • Windows XP Professional with SP2
  • Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition with SP1
  • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition with SP1
  • Windows Server 2003, Web Edition with SP1
  • Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2, Web Edition
  • Windows Server 2008, Standard Edition
  • Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition
  • Windows Server 2008, Web Edition
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate

NOTE: The Lumension Content Wizard database must be installed on the same server as the Lumension® Patch and Remediation Server application. For Lumension® Patch and Remediation v7.0, the database is already preinstalled.

Documentation:


Download the Lumension Content Wizard Datasheet (PDF).

Pricing Note:

  • For more than 2000 nodes, for renewal pricing or for more than 3 years subscription, please use our Quote Request Form
  • Lumension Content Wizard is not available as a perpetual license and can only be purchased as a subscription.
  • Lumension Content Wizard node quantity must match the number of Lumension Patch and Remediation nodes on the same serial key
  • Lumension Content Wizard cost not to exceed $15,500 for Premium on an annual basis.
  • The PatchLink Developer's Kit Standard product has been discontinued. Customers who own PatchLink Developer's Kit Standard should renew using the Lumension Content Wizard Premium SKU.
  • State and Local Government and Educational pricing is 10% off these list prices.
Lumension Subscriptions
Lumension Content Wizard Premium Subscription
Lumension Content Wizard Premium Subscription, 1 Year #P63PRM12MINPRCA
Our Price: $7.00
Lumension Content Wizard Premium Subscription, 2 Year #P63PRM24MINPRCA
Our Price: $13.30
Lumension Content Wizard Premium Subscription, 3 Year #P63PRM36MINPRCA
Our Price: $18.90

 

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