Are your computers and your network protected from attacks on known vulnerabilities? How long does it take you to deploy the latest security patch system-wide?
Information security has clearly become more critical than ever before. Networks are becoming larger and more complex. Even small companies run a number of different software products configured in different ways using their own mix of hardware. Meanwhile, as attention to system security increases, the number of patches issued by vendors is exploding.
The tangible costs associated with downtime and cleanup resulting from an attack on known vulnerabilities are very high. But the intangible costs associated with security breaches of confidential customer information and the implied liability issues create disastrous situations. When an organization experiences these types of unexpected costs, it is not just that organization that is effected. Trading partners, vendors, customers, and all entities in the value chain feel the pain in the form of higher product costs, late receipt of orders, and slow response times.
| Business Impact of Ad Hoc Security and Manual Patching Processes |
Hard Costs |
Soft Costs |
- Loss of business-critical data
- High occurrence of downtime
- Increased overall support costs
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- End-user productivity loss
- Loss of business
- Inability to demonstrate regulatory compliance
- High costs associated with manual procedures
- Increasing overall vulnerability
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A comprehensive information security program provides automated processes for mitigating, detecting, and resolving security vulnerabilities. Key components of such a program include an Intrusion Detection System (IDS), proactive monitoring, firewalls, antivirus protection, anti-spam protection, vulnerability assessment, and patch management.
Patch Management has become a particularly key method for growing businesses to quickly and affordably improve their overall level of information security. Patch management is the process of reviewing security patches as they are issued by vendors, assessing the risk that the identified security flaw poses to your IT systems, testing and applying the patch throughout your environment, and validating the health and level
of patches deployed over time. By taking advantage of the right automated Patch Management solution, organizations are ensuring improved system security, while dramatically reducing costs associated with manual patch implementation.
Business Impact of Security
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Hard Benefits |
Soft Benefits |
- Data loss prevention
- Higher desktop service levels
- Efficient support
- IT staff freed up to achieve new goals
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- Increased end-user productivity
- Greater ROI on desktop purchases
- Vulnerabilities are minimized
- Security levels yield competitive advantage
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Ensynch has industry-leading security and patch management partners that have been researching and developing the best solutions for many years. Implementing the recommended security program and patch management solution:
- Bolsters system integrity, and defends against passive and active system attacks
- Proactively determines where vulnerabilities are likely to arise and helps you identify and prioritize actionable tasks to remediate your environment
- Automatically directs you to the necessary patch on the vendor web site for easy download
- Creates groups of computers that require updates based on scan results
- Automatically creates the packages and policies required to deploy the patch
- Provides detailed reports on patch updates and distribution status
- Validates patch level and patch health at any given point in time
Request more information about Security and Patch Management solutions including Microsoft SMS 2003, Altiris 6 Software Delivery Solution, and PatchLink Update 6.2.
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