Features

Review: F-Secure Policy Manager

Review: F-Secure Policy Manager

System administrators used to wish this sort of tool existed.
Ben Till Jun 5 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: Service Pack Manager 2000

Review: Service Pack Manager 2000

This is an agentless patch manager for Microsoft products that installs in minutes.
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: Security Update Manager

Review: Security Update Manager

An add-on to Configuresoft's Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) is the Security Update Manager (SUM).
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: PatchLink

Review: PatchLink

Life was made easier by PatchLink Update's ability to configure the Internet Information Services (IIS) server and Microsoft Desktop Engine database, and also by the administrator's ability to share patching responsibilities.<
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: Patch Management Solution

Review: Patch Management Solution

This is a plug-in module in a family of management modules and servers organized into suites targeting application areas.
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: LANDesk Patch Manager

Review: LANDesk Patch Manager

This is an add-on module for the LANDesk Management Suite 8, which could explain why it needs at least five patch management-related components on each monitored machine.
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: Ecora Patch Manager

Review: Ecora Patch Manager

This is ideal to apply patches quickly and effectively.
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: BigFix Enterprise Suite Patch Manager

Review: BigFix Enterprise Suite Patch Manager

This product is part of a larger management system, the BigFix Enterprise Suite (BES).
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: BigFix Enterprise Suite Patch Manager

Review: BigFix Enterprise Suite Patch Manager

This product is part of a larger management system, the BigFix Enterprise Suite (BES).
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: LANGuard Network Security Scanner

Review: LANGuard Network Security Scanner

This is a security scanner that includes patch management.
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: HFNetChkPro

Review: HFNetChkPro

HFNetChkPro might well suffer from having a dreadful name, but it boasts a top technical pedigree.
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: Dynamic Network Administration

Review: Dynamic Network Administration

This product is not designed to be a patch management application, but its software distribution capabilities can be used to roll out fixes, updates and service packs.<
Eric Doyle Jun 4 2004 12:00AM Security
Security is more than tools – it is a total plan

Security is more than tools – it is a total plan

Spam is more than a simple time and bandwidth drain. It is a problem that many organizations are having a tough time eradicating.
Illena Armstrong Jun 1 2004 3:17PM Security
Get it right the first time

Get it right the first time

Mary Ann Davidson favors detecting and eliminating vulnerabilities early in the software development cycle
Mary Ann Jun 1 2004 2:52PM Security
Together is much better

Together is much better

Gunter Ollmann explains how clients and consultants can work side by side for maximum assessment results
Gunter Ollmann Jun 1 2004 2:47PM Security
Partnerships for protection

Partnerships for protection

Marcia Savage asks IT heads of four California counties how the ISF document has strengthened security
Marcia Savage Jun 1 2004 2:42PM Security
Counties dance to Dickey’s tune

Counties dance to Dickey’s tune

Kevin Dickey, CISO for Contra Costa County, founded a group that has brought security issues to the fore for California county governments. Marcia Savage sees how his ideas have struck a chord throughout the state
Marcia Savage Jun 1 2004 2:37PM Security
Security through compartmentalisation

Security through compartmentalisation

Whether you call it layered perimeter defences, virtual teams, secure compartments, secure enclaves, or even virtual LANs, the concepts share the same goals: isolate and protect information assets from unauthorised access using more than single perimeter protection.
James Janisse Jun 1 2004 12:23PM Security
Why spammers spam

Why spammers spam

With over 65 per cent of all e-mail traffic circulating on the internet today being spam, there must be reasons why people choose this particular career path and risk arrest as well as being labeled as a spammer.
Francois Bourdeau Jun 1 2004 12:14PM Security
Managing information security in modern commercial environments

Managing information security in modern commercial environments

The previous article in this series described an overall approach to securing information and provided a high-level description of the consolidation period and the strategic planning cycle. We continue this development by taking a more detailed look at the consolidation period.
Steve Purser Jun 1 2004 12:01PM Security

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