bringing patch management to spiceworks

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Bringing Patch Management to Spiceworks

Jason Bahls, VMware SaaS Territory Manager, SpiceHead

Grey Howe, SpiceHead, SpiceCorps Leader - Denver

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Agenda

The latest on Shavlik and VMware

The importance of patch management

“Latest Software Patches” Widget

IT.Shavlik demonstration

The future of patch management in Spiceworks

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The Need

Patching 3rd Party Applications is a critical need

Gartner & CERT agree: >90% of exploits take advantage of KNOWN vulnerabilities where patches have been made available but not applied.

4 of the 5 most exploited applications in 2010 were NOT Microsoft apps

SANS Institute: Unpatched client applications are the #1 cyber-threat

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The Need, Cont.

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Challenges of Patch Management

Do more with less

• Management expecting security at a minimal cost

Physical and virtual environment to secure

• Not just a data center to secure, now virtual too

Limited resources and time

• Can’t keep up with the latest threats

• Minimal patching – WSUS

• Not just Microsoft but now 3rd party vulnerabilities

Jack of all trades

• Must be good at everything

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The New Spiceworks Patch Widget

Perform a no-cost security scan at the click of a button

Free scan of your machine or your entire network!

Identify machines requiring patches

Identify which patches are not covered by WSUS

Compare your environment to others in the community

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The New SpiceWorks Widget

Displays latest released software patches and rates them for you

• Low

• Important

• Critical

Three important tabs at bottom

• The number and date of devices recently updated

• The number of devices potentially at risk

• Help section

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Free Security Scan and Report

Bottom of the widget

Find out how secure your IT environment is

Free scan and report

Provides you with the necessary information to keep your IT environment secure at all times

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Software Patch Widget

Potentially At Risk – 2nd tab

• Number of devices potentially at risk due to missing patches

• Displays info about each device

• Device name

• Operating System

• Date of last scan performed

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Software Patch Widget

Help Tab – 3rd Tab

• Explains the widget

• Explains the tabs

Get Info Now

• Get a free security scan and report

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Shavlik Spiceworks Patch Report

Step 1Step 2

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Shavlik Spiceworks Patch Report

Systems Center

• Machines by severity

• Name, OS, missing patches, severity

Patch Center

• Patches not covered by WSUS

Software Center

• Software titles, vendor and severity of patches missing

Community Center

• Compares missing patches per machines to the community

• Release date, patch details

Download a copy of your report

Top Summary• Total missing patches

• Missing security patches

• Avg missing patches per machine

• Avg missing patches compared to community

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Over 1,000,000 patches deployed

In just 90 seconds, track assets, find & deploy missing patches and manage your physical & virtual machines

• Automate updates and patches for Microsoft products as well as third-party applications such as Adobe, Real Player, Firefox and many more

Free 30 day trial

Very affordable

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Supported Applications

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Demonstration

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Patch Management Inside Spiceworks???

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Coming soon to a dashboard near you!

Unlimited patch scanning, absolutely FREE

Try the Functionality Now

• Go to: https://it.shavlik.com/

• Try: 1 machine free with remediation for up to 3 years

• Buy: 3 Year Promotional Pricing for Remediation (through Oct. 31st)

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How secure is your IT environment?

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Win $100 Best Buy Gift Card

• Run a free scan and download the report by October 31st

• Your email address submitted for the report will be entered into drawing

Questions

• Contact Jason Bahls

• Email address: jbahls@vmware.com

• Call: 651-255-5498

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Backup Slides

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Spiceworks Software Advisor – Spice Quotient

1st Tab: Spice Quotient

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Spiceworks Software Advisors - Patch Management

Cost Calculator

• Find out how much would an attack cost your organization?

• Hours to fix the problem

• Hours of user productivity lost

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Software Advisor – Patch Management

Keep Up To Date

Best Practices

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Software Advisor – Data Management

Data Backup and Recovery