Creating a Secure Base in a Virtual World
The adoption rate of Virtual Machines has exploded at most organizations, driven by the improved cost effectiveness of increased server utilization. However, this boom in logical servers has resulted in a substantial increase in the number of devices connected to the network, and each needs to be individually configured, patched and secured. This paper describes the importance of virtualization security and how solutions from Shavlik Technologies provide the same secure operating base and patch management for virtual machines as they do for their physical counterparts — for online and offline VMs.
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Gartner Report: The Patch Management Market: Collision or Coexistence?
Author: Ronni J. Colville
Patch management has specific differences from its superset category of configuration management, and there is enough differentiation to prevent it from being completely subsumed.
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The Top 10 Ways Shavlik Simplifies Compliance
Security vulnerabilities are uncovered on a daily basis, and managing the security patches that address them can be an endless and often complicated task for every network administrator. Without the right automated solutions, patch management can be a tedious and Herculean task, requiring companies to regularly devote hundreds or even thousands of man-hours. Shavlik Technologies takes the sting out of the patch management process, while at the same time accelerating and continuously improving security and compliance readiness.
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