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IT security | vulnerability scanning & patch management
New regulations require that many organizations need to complete regular audits on their devices. Ensuring that your network is up-to-date and audited can be a huge administrative burden.
Vulnerability scans can be set up to probe your network for new hosts, new inbound services, or insecure firewall rules.
Ensuring that your applications and operating systems are up-to-date is the first step to ensuring assets are not compromised. However it can be a time consuming, administrative nightmare. A centrally managed solution that notifies administrators about out-of-date workstations or servers means that systems can more easily be kept updated. Controlling when updates are released and ensuring all enterprise workstations are up to the same level, reduces the amount of helpdesk calls and also reduces the vulnerability of your environment.
Vulnerability scanning and patch management tools operate together by first detecting potential network weaknesses and then assisting with administering the patches required to address the exposures:
Qualys: |
Qualys offers network security audits and vulnerability management to organizations of all sizes. Delivered as a service over the Web, QualysGuard eliminates the burden of deploying, maintaining, and updating vulnerability management software. |
GFI: |
GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) checks your network for all potential methods that a hacker might use to attack it. After it has scanned for missing patches and service packs, you can use it to deploy what is required. |