Patchlink™ - Security Patch Management and Remediation Solution - Lumension
Lumension Security's Patch Management and Remediation Solution allows you to automate the collection, assessment and deployment of software patches and to create and deploy remediation packages that address a wide range of configuration related issues.
This comprehensive solution significantly streamlines the patch management process and adds custom capabilities to address configuration issues, ultimately reducing the incidents of worms, trojans, viruses and targeted malicious attacks.
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Protects endpoints from numerous software vulnerabilities and configuration issues through the rapid assessment, testing and deployment of patches and remediation packages
- Thorough discovery and assessment of endpoints providing detailed information on vulnerability and patch level status
- Rapid threat remediation through deployment of pre-tested vendor patches and custom configuration packages
- Centralized administration of security policies across your network
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Lumension’s Patch Management and Remediation Solution is comprised of three market-leading security products; PatchLink Update™, PatchLink Developers Kit™ and the PatchLink Security Management Console™.
These three products work together seamlessly to:
- Identify all endpoints (including rogues) and propagate remediation agents
- Perform detailed agent-based scans for complete vulnerability and patch level status
- Automate threat remediation with an extensive patch repository covering major operating systems and applications
- Deliver ongoing patch monitoring and comprehensive reports of patch activity
- Enforce configuration policies such as closing down vulnerable ports, shutting down dangerous services, identifying and removing unauthorized or expired files and applications, enforcing password policies and registry settings, and much more
- Respond to zero-day threats even when vendor patches do not exist
- Develop custom patches for home-grown applications, or legacy software that is no longer supported by the manufacturer
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1. Patch Acquisition
Lumension proactively downloads patches from major software vendors and tests patches on their applicable operating systems and languages
2. PatchLink Secure Patch Delivery
Patches are packaged with our patented Digital Fingerprint technology, added to our repository and securely distributed to your local Patch and Remediation Solution server via a 128-bit encrypted
VERISIGN trusted connection along with RSA BSAFE® encryption
3. Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation
PatchLink UpdateT agents detect inventory and vulnerability status for all managed endpoints on scheduled intervals and sends information to the PatchLink Security Management ConsoleT
4. Configuration Remediation
PatchLink Developers KitT works in conjunction with PatchLink UpdateT to create and deploy remediation packages that address a wide range of configuration issues
5. Centralized Command and Control
Administrator(s) control the entire patch assessment, analysis, remediation and reporting process from a central PatchLink Security Management ConsoleT |
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