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vulnerability is a major underlying problem faced by IT management.
Security threats are constant and persistent resulting in a never
ending cat-n-mouse game of network security. When a
vulnerability is discovered in a software product, the race begins
for IT management to "patch" the software product or operating
system before it becomes infected or breached, thus blocking or
removing the threat of unscrupulous viruses, worms, Trojans,
or mal spyware.
When considering the current state of enterprise security and
patch management, it is difficult to believe until just a few years
ago, patch management was viewed as a labor-intensive project rarely
given high priority after the initial software installation. Now
however, the importance of a reliable patch management solutions has
been sparked by the danger associated to an unsecured computing
environment susceptible to any number of worms or malicious attacks.
Furthermore, new government regulations (such as SOX and HIPAA) are
pushing enterprises to regain control over their electronic data
spurring businesses to find a solution to system vulnerability.
Applying software patches is paramount in order to secure any PC
network. Manually applying these patches to each PC and Server
has become an overwhelming and time consuming task for IT
administrators. The process of retrieving, analyzing, and
testing each patch prior to deployment takes a great deal of
time and keeping up with an entire network for every security patch
deployed is painstaking.
A powerful, flexible and automated patch management solution
NetPatch from Computer Associates provides a cross-platform
(Microsoft Windows 9.x, NT, 2000, and XP family, Linux, Solaris, Mac
OS X) solution that eliminates the time consuming and painstaking
task of manually applying software and operating system patches to
an entire PC network. NetPatch utilizes an agent-based, N-tier
architecture that delivers an automated approach to patch management
and can meet the needs of every organization with computing assets.
Through the use of a policy engine, NetPatch allows CAi Network
Engineers to set severity level rules for each patch establishing
which steps should be taken for each PC or server. Our patented
agent technology allows for an extremely small footprint while still
enabling the fastest possible distribution of patches throughout
your entire network.
Please contact our sales staff to learn
how NetPatch can automate your patch management procedures. |
