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Patch Management is the process of using a strategy and plan of what patches should be applied to which systems at a specified time.

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Appliance Update Management
By : NEI Published Date: Mar 01, 2008
Appliances are complex combinations of hardware and software that enterprises put into production environments to meet specific – and often critical – computing needs. Offering high performance and reliability with minimal IT involvement, appliances are the delivery vehicle of choice in several key segments of the technology industry, including security, storage and telecommunications.
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NEI
Automating Vulnerability Management for PCI DSS Compliance
By : GFI Published Date: Jul 06, 2007
This white paper identifies the problems encountered in addressing network security risks through vulnerability management. It describes how automated vulnerability management contributes to compliance with industry standards such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and assists you in proactively identifying security weaknesses before these are exploited.
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GFI
Benefits of Securing Servers: Enhanced Security, Compliance and Operational Excellence
By : Blue Lane Published Date: Aug 07, 2007

Needing to implement a patch management solution to comply with SAS 70, Davidson found the solutions on the market lacking. They either required significant resources to test all patches, or were expensive automated solutions. Then, Davidson learned about Blue Lane Technologies, a concept that Davidson loved.


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Blue Lane
Controlling the Use of Instant Messaging and Peer-to-Peer Applications
By : Internet Security Systems Published Date: Dec 13, 2005
Use of instant messaging applications-like AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger and ICQ-and peer-to-peer applications has grown significantly. Although the benefits of real-time communication offer a productivity benefit to corporate environments, instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications add significant vulnerabilities and risks to an enterprise's security posture.
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Internet Security Systems
Eliminating the Mobile Blind Spot - Extending Enterprise Security Coverage and IT Reach
By : Alcatel-Lucent Published Date: Jan 23, 2008

While wireless broadband delivers continuous access to enterprise networks and boosts the productivity of mobile professionals, it also makes it increasingly difficult for IT managers to ensure the health of mobile laptops and the security of the sensitive data they contain. Laptops that leave the enterprise fall into a “mobile blind spot”, outside the reach of IT’s protective measures, vulnerable to loss, theft and intrusion. Read this paper to learn about a simple, secure way to bring visibility to the laptops caught in the mobile blind spot.


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Alcatel-Lucent
Guide to Effectively Remediate Network Vulnerability and Policy Compliance
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 09, 2007
Consistent, ongoing execution of vulnerability management and policy compliance is difficult, if not impossible to do on a manual basis. There are simply too many "moving parts" to juggle and act on in a timely and cost-effective manner. This guide provides a step-by-step guide for automating the vulnerability and compliance workflow process.
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Qualys
HIPAA and Beyond: How to Effectively Safeguard Electronic Protected Health Information
By : Lumension Security Published Date: Aug 04, 2008
HIPAA lacks the depth and breadth on which to build an information security program as it takes a myopic view of security and privacy with Protected Health Information (PHI) being the center of its universe. But there is much more to information security than PHI. Healthcare organizations must look beyond HIPAA and take a global view of their infrastructure because while HIPAA is a static regulation, healthcare organizations exist in a dynamic IT world with new threats coming about daily.
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Lumension Security
How to Learn to Love a Security Audit
By : Intellitactics Published Date: Sep 27, 2007
Save time and money by sustaining compliance between audits. Aberdeen Group's Derek Brink describes the benefits that best in class companies achieve by taking steps to sustain compliance.
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Intellitactics
Lower The Cost of Patching Desktops: $222 to $40 per Computer
By : Patchlink Published Date: Jul 06, 2006
This paper demonstrates the cost savings and the myriad of other benefits of an automated versus manual system. Learn how to reduce the cost of patching from $222 - $40 per computer - savings of over $180,000 annually for an organization with 1000 computers.
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Patchlink
Malicious Software Defense: Have We Moved Beyond Anti-Virus and Spyware Protection Software?
By : Perimeter Published Date: Jun 07, 2007

With the decrease in the total number of viruses, some have theorized that the need for virus protection is becoming less and less necessary. The purpose of this paper is to help individuals understand the scope of the problem, and specific strategies available to combat this continually changing threat.


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Perimeter
Patch Management 2.0- Evolving Your Patch Management Technology
By : Preventia Published Date: Apr 14, 2008
The realities of security and compliance have changed considerably since patch management faced its first big paradigm shift some years ago. At that time many organizations wrestled with the transition from manual patching and remediation to an automated process. Of course, nothing in security is ever static, so it is no surprise that patch management has continued to evolve since then. Though still automated, today’s best patch management tools and techniques are significantly different from their predecessors.
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Preventia
Patch Management 2.0: Evolving Your Patch Management Technology to Combat Security Challenges
By : Lumension Security Published Date: Apr 14, 2008
The realities of security and compliance have changed considerably since patch management faced its first big paradigm shift some years ago. At that time many organizations wrestled with the transition from manual patching and remediation to an automated process. Of course, nothing in security is ever static, so it is no surprise that patch management has continued to evolve since then. Though still automated, today’s best patch management tools and techniques are significantly different from their predecessors.
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Lumension Security
Patch Management with GFI LANguard N.S.S. & Microsoft WSUS
By : GFI Published Date: Jan 02, 2007
This white paper provides an overview of how to use GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) and Microsoft Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) to keep your network automatically updated with the latest security patches.
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GFI
Patchlink Update and Microsoft SMS 2003: Implementing an Effective Patch Management Strategy
By : Patchlink Published Date: Jul 13, 2006
See how the advanced capabilities of PatchLink Update, working in tandem the Microsoft SMS foundational system can effectively counter today's emerging vulnerabilities and new rapidly spreading threats.
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Patchlink
Putting Security First in the Newly Virtualized World
By : Lumension Security Published Date: Jul 07, 2008
It’s no wonder why virtualization is sweeping its way through the enterprise at breakneck speed. Virtualized machines and virtualization technology provide numerous technical and cost advantages. As organizations virtualize servers they are able to consolidate hardware and improve the space utilization efficiency within the data center, save energy and costs. Unfortunately, in their haste to take advantages of all of the benefits, security is being addressed after the fact.
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Lumension Security
Securing Hard to Patch Servers in Health Care Environments
By : Blue Lane Published Date: Aug 14, 2007
Find out how Blue Lane's unique approach can help health care IT pros quickly secure hard to patch servers.
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Blue Lane
Securing Virtualized Infrastructure: From Static Security to Virtual Shields
By : Blue Lane Published Date: Feb 21, 2007
Andreas Antonopoulos, SVP & Founding Partner of Nemertes Research, discusses the challenges of securing the new virtual datacenter.
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Blue Lane
Server Security, Patching and Virtualization
By : Blue Lane Published Date: Dec 01, 2006
One of the biggest challenges mirrors a problem in the physical server world: security patching. This paper describes in greater detail the benefits and challenges of server virtualization, and offers insight into how Blue Lane customers are utilizing the PatchPoint(r) System to combat the threat of software vulnerabilities.


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Blue Lane
The Challenge of Securing Hard to Patch Servers in Health Care Environments
By : Blue Lane Published Date: Aug 14, 2007
The healthcare industry has benefited from the breakneck pace of digitization - spanning everything from payments to patient records to X-ray film - but it has also been increasingly exposed to greater risk. Efforts to increase healthcare provider productivity via increased digitization and system interconnectivity have to be counterbalanced against the growing concerns for patient privacy and a backdrop of increasing liability.
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Blue Lane
Top 10 Requirements for Effective Patch Management
By : Patchlink Published Date: Apr 13, 2006
Keeping up with the endless stream of security patches is a continuous strain on IT resources. Assessing, deploying, & tracking software patches across operating systems is even more difficult. This whitepaper distills the top 10 requirements for selecting an effective patch and vulnerability management solution.
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Patchlink
Top 10 Strategies to Fortify Your IT Infrastructure
By : mindSHIFT Published Date: Nov 13, 2006
Ten straightforward, proactive strategies to optimize your computers, network and systems for their best possible performance -- ensuring that your IT operation doesn't fail.
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mindSHIFT
Unknown Attacks: A Clear and Growing Danger
By : Secure Computing Published Date: Jun 05, 2006
Unknown attacks are quickly becoming the next great information security challenge for today's organizations. Get up to speed on what these threats really are and learn what security measures are available to keep your network safe from these attacks.
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Secure Computing
Using GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner to Secure Your Internal Network
By : GFI Published Date: Jan 02, 2007
This document shows you how to use GFI LANguard N.S.S. to identify vulnerabilities on your network (excerpt from manual).
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GFI
Where Online Hackers Are Headed in 2007
By : Perimeter Published Date: Jun 07, 2007
Click here and get a head start on these Hackers by learning how they are turning their attention to new ways to deliver viruses, crash unsuspecting users’ computers, and steal social security numbers, passwords, bank account numbers, etc.
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Perimeter
 
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