Patch & Vulnerability Management Solution - Core of a Comprehensive Security Strategy

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Presented at AUScert 2007 by

Andrew Clarke

Organisations worldwide are increasingly taking a more formal, rigorous and defensible approach to business management and operations. Corporate Governance and Risk Management principles are being embraced at least in part to respond to a growing number of global regulations and standards that codify the need to diligently manage financial and operational risk. Of course, we are also in an era where technology is critical to the business. This in turn establishes the need for IT governance and subsequently, a comprehensive security strategy to ensure the integrity and availability of critical business systems, financial records, and other essential data. At this level organisations must deal with a wide range of challenges, including the need to prioritise their security initiatives to mitigate risk as efficiently and effectively as possible. To this end, this presentation shows that organisations must first establish a robust patch and vulnerability management solution as the core of their information security strategy. The reason for this is it directly remediates known weaknesses, affording it a significant advantage over other countermeasures in terms of efficiency and efficacy. However, adding further layers of defence will still be appropriate to help ensure that a truly comprehensive level of protection is achieved. The presentation will outline the advantages of a centrally managed, vulnerability management solution (VMS) that effectively manages and measures the entire vulnerability management lifecycle with powerful integrated vulnerability assessment and automated patch management. More information available: www.patchlink.com/products/VMS