A full enterprise wide hardware and software asset inventory provides the essential “evidence” agencies use to detect unlicensed and/or unauthorized IT assets
Organizations need visibility and control of the hardware and software assets deployed in their environments. Discovery and inventory are the key first steps to gaining that visibility. The next step is to analyze and normalize the raw inventory data to identify the publishers, titles, versions and editions of software installed on each device. This normalized inventory data is the foundation for a number of business processes, including— software asset management and license compliance (IT Operations), software vulnerability management (Security), and IT service management. There are many business benefits that come from having normalized inventory, such as—identification of unauthorized software in the environment which could pose a security risk, rationalization and consolidation of the software portfolio to reduce management and support costs, and more.
Attend this webinar to hear about:
-Normalized Inventory Use Cases and Associated Business Value
-FlexNet Normalized Inventory for Clients
-FlexNet Normalized Inventory for Servers
Webinar: Moving to Office 365? What You Need to Know!Flexera
Learn about the Software Asset Management processes and tools required to manage your Office 365 subscription to control costs and maintain license compliance.
Windows 10 One Year Later: What’s Holding You Back? Flexera
Commonly Asked Q&A for Those Still on the Fence. Where are you in the move to Windows 10? Microsoft claims 350M devices now run Windows 10, but most enterprise customers have been waiting to roll it out. With the Anniversary Update now released, many IT organizations are putting their projects into gear and looking seriously at Windows 10 deployments. What have we learned in the first year of Windows 10? We invited Jay Parekh, Director of Enterprise Computing and Mobility at Netrix to join us to answer that question and to learn how early adopters have handled the migration, including their pitfalls and successes.
Webinar: Making the Move to SaaS - Commercial and Licensing ImplicationsFlexera
Join Flexera Software and Duncan Jones from Forrester for a webinar on how to prepare for your transition to SaaS and subscriptions and the implications for license management.
Webinar: What's New in FlexNet Manager Suite 2016Flexera
View these slides to learn about the new features in FlexNet Manager Suite 2016, including managing and optimizing the full range of Microsoft contracts and licenses. As organizations continue to move to the cloud, flexible subscription contract support is critical.
Extend the power of your ServiceNow Service Catalog, optimize your software license usage, and automate the deployment of PC, Mac, mobile, and cloud applications to employees
What's New App Portal 2016 & Introducing App Broker for ServiceNowFlexera
App Broker 2016 for ServiceNow enables the ServiceNow Service Portal to function like an enterprise app store that is also capable of optimizing license usage, maintaining license compliance and controlling deployment of desktop, mobile and cloud applications. The new solution permits organizations to significantly enhance their investment in the ServiceNow platform with service catalog managment to improve efficiency, reduce costs and lessen software audit risk.
10 Steps to Simplify your Windows 10 MigrationFlexera
Keynote presentation by Mike O’Connor, Senior Solution Engineer at Flexera Software. This session looks to answer these questions for the audience and highlights challenges faced by many organizations as they embark on a project of this size.
1. How do I find out what applications are installed on our devices?
2. Do we really need all of those applications?
3. Is there a library of apps already authorized and packaged?
4. Which applications are Windows 10 compatible?
5. Which applications should be virtualized?
6. Can we remediate issues and deploy quickly?
7. How do we make it simple for employees to get applications?
8. How do I find and secure applications after they are installed?
9. How do I remove applications from devices?
10. How do I keep up in a more complex environment?
Organizations need visibility and control of the hardware and software assets deployed in their environments. Discovery and inventory are the key first steps to gaining that visibility. The next step is to analyze and normalize the raw inventory data to identify the publishers, titles, versions and editions of software installed on each device. This normalized inventory data is the foundation for a number of business processes, including— software asset management and license compliance (IT Operations), software vulnerability management (Security), and IT service management. There are many business benefits that come from having normalized inventory, such as—identification of unauthorized software in the environment which could pose a security risk, rationalization and consolidation of the software portfolio to reduce management and support costs, and more.
Attend this webinar to hear about:
-Normalized Inventory Use Cases and Associated Business Value
-FlexNet Normalized Inventory for Clients
-FlexNet Normalized Inventory for Servers
Webinar: Moving to Office 365? What You Need to Know!Flexera
Learn about the Software Asset Management processes and tools required to manage your Office 365 subscription to control costs and maintain license compliance.
Windows 10 One Year Later: What’s Holding You Back? Flexera
Commonly Asked Q&A for Those Still on the Fence. Where are you in the move to Windows 10? Microsoft claims 350M devices now run Windows 10, but most enterprise customers have been waiting to roll it out. With the Anniversary Update now released, many IT organizations are putting their projects into gear and looking seriously at Windows 10 deployments. What have we learned in the first year of Windows 10? We invited Jay Parekh, Director of Enterprise Computing and Mobility at Netrix to join us to answer that question and to learn how early adopters have handled the migration, including their pitfalls and successes.
Webinar: Making the Move to SaaS - Commercial and Licensing ImplicationsFlexera
Join Flexera Software and Duncan Jones from Forrester for a webinar on how to prepare for your transition to SaaS and subscriptions and the implications for license management.
Webinar: What's New in FlexNet Manager Suite 2016Flexera
View these slides to learn about the new features in FlexNet Manager Suite 2016, including managing and optimizing the full range of Microsoft contracts and licenses. As organizations continue to move to the cloud, flexible subscription contract support is critical.
Extend the power of your ServiceNow Service Catalog, optimize your software license usage, and automate the deployment of PC, Mac, mobile, and cloud applications to employees
What's New App Portal 2016 & Introducing App Broker for ServiceNowFlexera
App Broker 2016 for ServiceNow enables the ServiceNow Service Portal to function like an enterprise app store that is also capable of optimizing license usage, maintaining license compliance and controlling deployment of desktop, mobile and cloud applications. The new solution permits organizations to significantly enhance their investment in the ServiceNow platform with service catalog managment to improve efficiency, reduce costs and lessen software audit risk.
10 Steps to Simplify your Windows 10 MigrationFlexera
Keynote presentation by Mike O’Connor, Senior Solution Engineer at Flexera Software. This session looks to answer these questions for the audience and highlights challenges faced by many organizations as they embark on a project of this size.
1. How do I find out what applications are installed on our devices?
2. Do we really need all of those applications?
3. Is there a library of apps already authorized and packaged?
4. Which applications are Windows 10 compatible?
5. Which applications should be virtualized?
6. Can we remediate issues and deploy quickly?
7. How do we make it simple for employees to get applications?
8. How do I find and secure applications after they are installed?
9. How do I remove applications from devices?
10. How do I keep up in a more complex environment?
Desktop Software Asset Management – Today and TomorrowFlexera
Many mid-size organizations are facing the challenge of managing and optimizing the licensing for their desktop environments. The goals are to maintain license compliance/reduce audit risk, maximize utilization of assets, and control costs. Today, that typically means managing mostly on-premises software, with some Software as a Service (SaaS) applications thrown into the mix. And, of course, managing Microsoft licensing and contracts is the number one challenge. Going forward, many organizations are planning on making the move to the cloud and Office 365. What does it take to be ready?
Webinar- How Software License Optimization Empowers IT ProcurementFlexera
Learn how software license optimization empowers IT Procurement, Sourcing, and Vendor Management to control costs for software licenses and cloud services, and negotiate better agreements.
Powering the Daily Application Readiness Process for Inventory, Rationalization, Packaging, and Compatibility Testing of Physical, Virtual, and Mobile Applications, Ensuring Faster Service Delivery and Predictable Deployment. AdminStudio Suite 2015 is Windows 10-ready, helping organizations ensure a fast, effective and reliable migration to Microsoft's new operating system and the ability to keep up with the accelerated update and upgrade cadence announced as part of Windows 10-as-a-service.
SAM and Security Teams Must Join Forces to Enhance SecurityFlexera
There is a critical relationship between Software Asset Management and Vulnerability Management. Many aspects of the work to manage software assets have a direct impact on the security and risk profile of organizations. If you work in Software Asset Management: “whether you realize it or not, you play an important role in Information and IT Security.” And, you also collect and manage a wealth of data that is critical to identifying software vulnerabilities and mitigating security risk.
Organizations that are able to leverage software asset inventory data combined with software vulnerability data can rapidly address the most critical cybersecurity threats and stay ahead of the game. They can more effectively reduce the attack surface for cybercriminals and hackers, keeping their business protected from threats like ransomware and out of the infamous data breach news.
View these slides to see how these two disciplines—Software Asset Management and Security, can work together to help organizations be more efficient and more secure.
Windows 10 Rapid Release Management - Featuring AdaptivaFlexera
Flexera Software and Adaptiva discuss changes taking place in the enterprise infrastructure that is requiring IT practitioners to change the way they think about updates like Windows 10, including:
Automating the update process
“Future-proofing” to stay ready for future updates
Reducing risks throughout the enterprise application portfolio
Software License Optimization and ITSM - Drive Efficiency and Cost Savings Flexera
Guest Speaker, Martin Thompson, ITAM Review Analyst @itamreview
An enterprise app store can streamline the application request, approval and delivery process and enable proactive license compliance and optimum license usage. Learn how IT asset management and Service Management can work together to improve the efficiency of application delivery and drive cost savings in software spending.
Crafting Your Oracle License, Contract and Vendor Management StrategyFlexera
Organizations using Oracle products face strategic decisions in shifting to the cloud and addressing digital transformation. The shift to the cloud presents significant opportunities and concerns for your long term on-premises software strategy. View these slides to learn more.
Flexera Software’s enterprise solutions help organizations increase the usage and value derived from the software applications they purchase and empower IT Procurement, Sourcing and Vendor Management teams to negotiate better software contracts
Digital Transformation, Cloud Adoption and the Impact on SAM and SecurityFlexera
Learn from IDC Analyst Carla Arend on the topic of digital transformation, cloud adoption and the impact on software asset management (SAM) and security teams.
This presentation is from a recorded webinar broadcast on 22 January 2016. We focus on the areas of SAM that we see as having the biggest impact on reducing the cost and complexity for IT budget managers.
This will focus on the 4Ps of SAM: People; Process; Products; Partners, and we will look at the tangible benefits to maturing in each area.
La sfida delle compliance e della riduzione dei costi applicando in modo sistematico l'efficacia della gestione del ciclo di vita del software
Fausto Wiget, HP Software Professional Services Consulting Manager ITSM
Software Asset Management – Keeping track of what I’m licensed for!Cireson
Cireson Asset Management empowers companies to track their software assets and manage compliance like never before! In this workshop we will work through a real world scenario with our experts and see how Software Asset Management can be leveraged to understand installed vs. utilized vs. owned assets in order to ensure license compliance. In this session we will cover:
• Understanding and setting Software Asset Management Settings
• Populating required CI’s (licenses, locations etc.)
• Creating Software Assets
• Understanding and Creating Software Metering Rules
• Some basic reports
Let us help you get that software compliance monkey off your back!
Speakers:
Brian Pavnick - Cireson
Jaisson Mailloux - SoftwareONE
Learn about the exciting new capabilities delivered with the latest releases in the BMC Remedy ITSM Suite over the past year. From Remedy ITSM 8.1 Service Packs to BMC MyIT to the new Remedy user experience, new capabilities help you extend the business value delivered through Remedy ITSM—often at no additional cost. You will see what was delivered and how it improves your ITSM process. With the help of real-life use cases, we plan to demonstrate how to make best use of these new capabilities. At the end of the session, we will give an outlook into the future direction of the Remedy ITSM Suite.
Desktop Software Asset Management – Today and TomorrowFlexera
Many mid-size organizations are facing the challenge of managing and optimizing the licensing for their desktop environments. The goals are to maintain license compliance/reduce audit risk, maximize utilization of assets, and control costs. Today, that typically means managing mostly on-premises software, with some Software as a Service (SaaS) applications thrown into the mix. And, of course, managing Microsoft licensing and contracts is the number one challenge. Going forward, many organizations are planning on making the move to the cloud and Office 365. What does it take to be ready?
Webinar- How Software License Optimization Empowers IT ProcurementFlexera
Learn how software license optimization empowers IT Procurement, Sourcing, and Vendor Management to control costs for software licenses and cloud services, and negotiate better agreements.
Powering the Daily Application Readiness Process for Inventory, Rationalization, Packaging, and Compatibility Testing of Physical, Virtual, and Mobile Applications, Ensuring Faster Service Delivery and Predictable Deployment. AdminStudio Suite 2015 is Windows 10-ready, helping organizations ensure a fast, effective and reliable migration to Microsoft's new operating system and the ability to keep up with the accelerated update and upgrade cadence announced as part of Windows 10-as-a-service.
SAM and Security Teams Must Join Forces to Enhance SecurityFlexera
There is a critical relationship between Software Asset Management and Vulnerability Management. Many aspects of the work to manage software assets have a direct impact on the security and risk profile of organizations. If you work in Software Asset Management: “whether you realize it or not, you play an important role in Information and IT Security.” And, you also collect and manage a wealth of data that is critical to identifying software vulnerabilities and mitigating security risk.
Organizations that are able to leverage software asset inventory data combined with software vulnerability data can rapidly address the most critical cybersecurity threats and stay ahead of the game. They can more effectively reduce the attack surface for cybercriminals and hackers, keeping their business protected from threats like ransomware and out of the infamous data breach news.
View these slides to see how these two disciplines—Software Asset Management and Security, can work together to help organizations be more efficient and more secure.
Windows 10 Rapid Release Management - Featuring AdaptivaFlexera
Flexera Software and Adaptiva discuss changes taking place in the enterprise infrastructure that is requiring IT practitioners to change the way they think about updates like Windows 10, including:
Automating the update process
“Future-proofing” to stay ready for future updates
Reducing risks throughout the enterprise application portfolio
Software License Optimization and ITSM - Drive Efficiency and Cost Savings Flexera
Guest Speaker, Martin Thompson, ITAM Review Analyst @itamreview
An enterprise app store can streamline the application request, approval and delivery process and enable proactive license compliance and optimum license usage. Learn how IT asset management and Service Management can work together to improve the efficiency of application delivery and drive cost savings in software spending.
Crafting Your Oracle License, Contract and Vendor Management StrategyFlexera
Organizations using Oracle products face strategic decisions in shifting to the cloud and addressing digital transformation. The shift to the cloud presents significant opportunities and concerns for your long term on-premises software strategy. View these slides to learn more.
Flexera Software’s enterprise solutions help organizations increase the usage and value derived from the software applications they purchase and empower IT Procurement, Sourcing and Vendor Management teams to negotiate better software contracts
Digital Transformation, Cloud Adoption and the Impact on SAM and SecurityFlexera
Learn from IDC Analyst Carla Arend on the topic of digital transformation, cloud adoption and the impact on software asset management (SAM) and security teams.
This presentation is from a recorded webinar broadcast on 22 January 2016. We focus on the areas of SAM that we see as having the biggest impact on reducing the cost and complexity for IT budget managers.
This will focus on the 4Ps of SAM: People; Process; Products; Partners, and we will look at the tangible benefits to maturing in each area.
La sfida delle compliance e della riduzione dei costi applicando in modo sistematico l'efficacia della gestione del ciclo di vita del software
Fausto Wiget, HP Software Professional Services Consulting Manager ITSM
Software Asset Management – Keeping track of what I’m licensed for!Cireson
Cireson Asset Management empowers companies to track their software assets and manage compliance like never before! In this workshop we will work through a real world scenario with our experts and see how Software Asset Management can be leveraged to understand installed vs. utilized vs. owned assets in order to ensure license compliance. In this session we will cover:
• Understanding and setting Software Asset Management Settings
• Populating required CI’s (licenses, locations etc.)
• Creating Software Assets
• Understanding and Creating Software Metering Rules
• Some basic reports
Let us help you get that software compliance monkey off your back!
Speakers:
Brian Pavnick - Cireson
Jaisson Mailloux - SoftwareONE
Learn about the exciting new capabilities delivered with the latest releases in the BMC Remedy ITSM Suite over the past year. From Remedy ITSM 8.1 Service Packs to BMC MyIT to the new Remedy user experience, new capabilities help you extend the business value delivered through Remedy ITSM—often at no additional cost. You will see what was delivered and how it improves your ITSM process. With the help of real-life use cases, we plan to demonstrate how to make best use of these new capabilities. At the end of the session, we will give an outlook into the future direction of the Remedy ITSM Suite.
A Place for Us Presentation (June 22, 2007)Andy Carswell
This slide show describes some of the challenges facing Athens, GA and some of the surrounding areas in terms of housing. It was presented in mid-2007.
Reverse mortgages and older americans presentation (nov. 14, 2013)Andy Carswell
This presentation outlines some of the broad issues that encompass the dilemmas that seniors face in taking on reverse mortgages, a housing option that allows older Americans to age in place. In addition, the presentation covers some recent research results regarding housing counselors' roles in educating and preparing their clients on reverse mortgages, specifically the role that fraud from outside parties can play.
A pro-bono document on behalf of a man who is single-handedly running recycling collections with his old van in Antigua for grassroots initiative Zero Waste Antigua and Rubber Duck recycling: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rubber-Duck-Recycling
Maintaining Continuous Compliance with HCL BigFixHCLSoftware
The rise in security threats affecting endpoints and the changing landscape of mobile and cloud-driven work environments has created new challenges for IT teams. BigFix Compliance offers a unified endpoint management solution that provides real-time visibility and policy enforcement to safeguard complex and widely distributed IT environments. It significantly reduces the administrative burden of compliance reporting and ensures adherence to standards, helping organizations protect their endpoints and minimize attack surfaces with minimal effort.
Worksheet 4 LANWAN Compliance and Auditinglook on the docume.docxgriffinruthie22
Worksheet 4: LAN/WAN Compliance and Auditing
look on the document below how its set up
Course Learning Outcome(s)
Analyze information security systems compliance requirements within the Workstation and LAN Domains.
Design and implement ISS compliance within the LAN-to-WAN and WAN domains with an appropriate framework.
As auditors, we presume that no data produced on a computer is 100% secure regardless of whether it’s a standalone device or connected to a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN). Organizations implement controls, which are developed and implemented based on regulations and best security practices. Security is implemented throughout an organizations enterprise – from the host the user sits and throughout the devices data traverses or is stored. Here’s an example of a basic enterprise and the security controls that may be implemented. Remember, controls can be physical or logical devices, software or encryption.
Host – A host is a computer, tablet or other device that a user interfaces with to perform a function. The device you’re reading this on is a host. The security controls that could be implemented onto a host include a Host Based Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS), Host Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS), a software Firewall, and Antivirus protection. Policy controls implemented on a host include Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Discretionary Access Control (DAC), Mandatory Access Control (MAC), Login requirements, lockout settings and others that restrict what a user can and can’t do while logged into a host and software to manage (allow and deny) policies electronically (ePo).
Local Area Network – Think of a LAN as an internal network used by an organization that allows user to execute functions using various applications and storage while also having the ability to connect to other organizations using the Internet or Virtual Private Networks (VPN’s). A host connects to a switch and data is routed to a router where it either access systems on the LAN or to a router where it’s going to exchange data with another LAN or WAN. The devices that comprise a LAN and WAN are similar with a difference in that a WAN is built to a much larger scale. As stated, in a network, there are many devices, servers, switches, routers, storage, Call Managers (for VoIP communications), firewalls, web content filters, security appliances that manage Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS), Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (NIPS) and other organization unique systems.
Often as a cost savings measure, services such as security, web content filtering, storage, IP telephony, Software licensing (SaaS) and others can be outsourced to a third party vendor. An agreement is made between the organization and the vendor on the expected requirements and documented in the contract. These requirements are known as Service Level Agreements (SLA).At no point does an organization relieve itself of regulatory requiremen ...
BigFix Inventory Identifies licensed and unlicensed software with drill-down granularity to pass more audits, limit security exposures, and reduce annual software expenditures. Besides reducing the time, effort, and inaccuracy of manual inventory and analysis, it also manages hundreds—or hundreds of thousands—of Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, and macOS endpoint assets. It inventories all endpoints, whether on-premise or in the cloud, and integrates with other asset management tools such as ServiceNow and IBM Control Desk.
Get a Complete View of Your Business Services and IT Estate in ServiceNow wit...Flexera
Context is Critical to IT and an Accurate CMDB is Vital to Context
A near-real time accurate CMDB is an important requirement but a major challenge for modern IT organizations. Bad and missing data can significantly impact the business and result in business impacting service outages, increased business risk and exposure to security threats.
ServiceNow provides the essential management and big picture visibility that is crucial to an effective CMDB. And Flexera | RISC Networks provides detailed discovery data, context and analysis to push into your ServiceNow instance, making the picture of the current state accurate and contextually relevant.
10 Tips to Optimize, Automate, and Govern your Hybrid IT EnvironmentFlexera
Join our webinar for 10 tips to help you manage your hybrid environment, erase waste from your IT spend and reallocate spend to critical initiatives – enhancing your bottom line and accelerating your company.
Using Automated Policies for SaaS Governance and ComplianceFlexera
Learn to use automated SaaS policies to enforce governance and compliance, including unsanctioned spend alerts, detecting suspicious user activity, onboarding and offboarding, and detecting inactive user accounts.
The Practical Approach for End-to-End SaaS ManagementFlexera
Watch this webinar and get the answers to help you learn to effectively manage software-as-a-service. Learn to optimize SaaS spend, manage multiple vendors and their pricing models, and right-size contracts with detailed usage and cost data.
7 Things You Need to Know for Your Cloud-First StrategyFlexera
One of your top priorities is implementing a cloud-first strategy. Learn to make the shift as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. Watch this webinar and learn the best practices for cloud migration, optimization, governance and automation.
The Role of In-House & External Counsel in Managing Open Source SoftwareFlexera
Amy Chun, Partner at Knobbe Martens and Marty Mellican, VP & Associate General Counsel at Flexera discuss the role of in-house counsel to better manage any potential legal risks that might be inherent with OSS use.
Addressing Open Source Risks During M&A: A Legal ViewFlexera
Amy Chun, Partner at Knobbe Martens and Marty Mellican, VP & Associate General Counsel at Flexera discuss why a carefully planned audit of open source should be part of every due diligence effort.
Having Trouble Managing All Your Cloud Services? We Know!Flexera
Most businesses have at least 3 or more cloud services, and it’s hard enough to control spend for just one. That’s why Flexera acquired RightScale, the leading multi-cloud management provider. With cloud services making up 20% of most IT budgets, the spend optimization stakes are high. This year’s Rightscale State Of The Cloud report shows that up to 35% of cloud services spend may be wasted.
View these slides to see how RightScale Optima helps you find that 35% and act on it.
Webinar: Maximizing the ROI of IT by Simplifying Technology ComplexityFlexera
View this webinar with Forrester analyst Charlie Betz and Forrester consultant Stephen Odell, as they present the detailed findings of their study. After the webinar, you will have a better understanding of the benefits of Flexera Data Platform.
Webinar: What's New In FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R1Flexera
Learn about the new features in FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises 2018, which brings new capabilities to extend Flexera's leadership in Software Asset Management.
Software Distribution, Customer Experience and the IoT: Get Ready for Fast, S...Flexera
There’s no second chance to make a first impression! Are your software upgrades making a good impression on your customers? Are your software delivery processes fast, scalable, and secure?
Join Forrester Principal Analyst David Johnson, Akamai and Flexera as they discuss what modern electronic software delivery processes should look like in this rapidly growing IoT world.
Fast!
No one likes to wait. Learn how a robust software delivery solution gets software and updates out to customers – without the wait.
Scalable!
File sizes and cadence of updates are faster than ever. Intelligent devices defy conventional software distribution models. Hear what you can do to keep up.
Secure!
Security has many aspects – where do you focus? Discover how to deliver your software in a secure way and only to those entitled to receive it.
Windows 10 webinar: What’s new for IT pros Windows 10 v 1709Flexera
Join Microsoft's Iris Fang and Nick Moseley, Technical Solutions Professionals, for an overview of the new business-friendly features coming in the Windows 10 Update 1709. Whether you have already migrated to Windows 10 and are planning for the upgrade, or preparing to migrate from Windows 7 to The Fall Creators update, this webinar will review what enterprises can expect in the new release.
Don’t Let Hackers Breach Your Data: Shutting Your Risk Window on Apache Struts2Flexera
Cyber-criminals target these known vulnerabilities in both commercial and open source software. Many organizations are either unaware of what’s in their software or take too long to patch their systems. These gaps lead to ignorance of known vulnerabilities and/or a lack of efficient processes to apply critical patches quickly.
Watch this webinar on understanding these gaps, closing the risk window and reducing your risk of a breach. Find out how vulnerable code can be easy to discover and patch.
Announcing the availability of the largest and most comprehensive repository of technology asset data on the planet. Current and constantly curated. Available on the software industry’s first open platform for this data. It’s about time.
Webinar: Take Proactive Control of Your SAP Licensing, Indirect Usage and Ven...Flexera
Join UpperEdge and Flexera in this webinar to learn the importance of getting more proactive control of your SAP relationship to drive predictable outcomes and increased value.
Keeping a Lid on Costs for Cloud Infrastructure and SaaS ApplicationsFlexera
Join us for this webinar as we discuss the spend management risks associated with cloud services and some of the strategies organizations can use to keep a lid on these costs using Software Asset Management processes and tools. We’ll use Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Office 365 as specific examples of cloud infrastructure services and SaaS applications, respectively, that can be managed for better cost efficiency.
Do You Manage Software? Understanding Your Role in Cybersecurity DefenseFlexera
Organizations are under constant attack by hackers targeting applications used by the business. The University of Maryland recently quantified the near-constant rate of attacks on computers with Internet access to every 39 seconds. The best defense requires a holistic approach and collaboration of different teams in a concerted effort to reduce the attack surface for hackers. In this webinar we will discuss the roles and the impact that activities, not always associated with security, have in reducing risk. Whether you are an asset manager, a desktop or datacenter manager, or an IT security professional, your role has a significant impact on your organizations ability to reduce the risk of cyber-attack.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
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Cybersecurity Strategy Must Include Software License Optimization
1. DATASHEET
Software License
Optimization - Essential
Tool in an Effective
Federal CyberSecurity
Program: FlexNet
Manager Suite plays
a critical role in
any Federal Agency
cybersecurity
strategy by:
• Providing hardware
inventory data in a
standard interface
- comprehensively
understand what is
‘on the network’
and know what
is “missing”
• Collecting and
processing software
inventory data for
Federal networks
• Discovering
and identifying
unauthorized or
unlicensed software
installations
• Providing
management and
reporting of whitelist
changes and software
installation actions
• Proactively managing
software maintenance
contracts and
renewals.
Cybersecurity Strategy Must Include
Software License Optimization
FlexNet Manager Suite and App Portal Reduce Cybersecurity and Compliance Risk
While Delivering Cost Savings on Hardware and Software Assets
The recent spate of cybersecurity breaches underscores
just how vulnerable federal agencies are to malware
and hacker attacks. Federal CIO’s are therefore
aggressively enacting cybersecurity measures to
mitigate these risks. Implementing effective hardware
and software asset management automation via a
Software License Optimization solution is an essential
element to any effective cybersecurity strategy.
Flexera Software’s FlexNet Manager Suite for
Enterprises is the market leading Software License
Optimization solution that provides comprehensive
hardware asset management (HAM) and software
asset management (SAM) capabilities. A full enterprise
wide hardware and software asset inventory provides
the essential “evidence” agencies use to detect
unlicensed and/or unauthorized IT assets - critical to
identifying potential security vulnerabilities.
Flexera Software’s App Portal, a universal enterprise
app store, enables Federal agencies to have improved
software governance while providing end user
self-service. FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises
and App Portal are integrated solutions that allow
organizations to proactively maintain license
compliance, mitigate security risk and reduce IT
operational and software costs.
Through the extensive asset and entitlement data
collection and analysis provided by FlexNet Manager
Suite, agencies can reduce their security risk related
to both hardware and software installed and in
use in the environment. Flexera Software’s solution
interoperates with and complements existing IT Service
Management (ITSM) tools, inventory/deployment
solutions, and endpoint management tools, such
as BMC, ServiceNow, SCCM, and IBM Endpoint
Manager (IEM).
Advanced Visibility, Control and Security
FlexNet Manager Suite provides visibility and control
of the IT environment by collecting and analyzing
comprehensive hardware and software inventory
data. This data can be collected and aggregated
from multiple sources, including Flexera Software’s
own discovery technology as well as third party
tools that may already be deployed in the IT
environment. It offers extensive reporting capabilities
on assets installed in the environment. This allows
rationalization and consolidation of both hardware
and software assets to reduce ongoing costs and
mitigate risks that unused and/or non-standard assets
may be misappropriated for malicious purposes.
For software assets, the FlexNet Manager Suite
Management Dashboard also shows licensed and
unlicensed installations. Software installations can
pose security risks, as in the case where unlicensed or
unauthorized software has been installed. Agencies
must have processes in place to control software
installations and only deploy approved software.
Flexera Software App Portal, the universal app store,
enforces continual software license compliance and
controls software deployment, while increasing end
user satisfaction and the efficiency of service delivery.
End users select from the approved software and
hardware in the App Portal catalog which reduces
the likelihood of downloads and installations of
unauthorized applications. The enterprise app store
ensures that governance is in place to check license
availability and obtain proper approvals. Additional
processes should further mitigate the risk by ensuring
that software identified by FlexNet Manager Suite as
unauthorized, is removed.
Moreover, as Federal agencies seek to implement
more comprehensive software tagging strategies,
Flexera Software provides additional tools to create
ISO-19770-2 compliant tags and insert them into
proprietary software assets developed by the
government, or those created without software tags
by independent software vendors. FlexNet Manager
Suite can also collect and read these tags, aiding in
the software inventory and management process.
2. Discovery, Inventory and Software Identification
FlexNet Manager Suite’s software inventory capabilities
leverage the most comprehensive methods available for
detecting and collecting “evidence” on the network that can
be used for identifying software. Those include:
• Discovery of ISO-19770-2 Software Tags: Comprehensive
software tag discovery and inventory support that adheres
to the ISO 19770-2 standard.
• Discovery of Customer-generated Software Tags: Discovery
and recognition of Federal agency-created software tags
(e.g. using tools such as Flexera Software’s AdminStudio)
that are ISO-10770-2 Compliant.
• Multi-platform Discovery and Inventory: agent and
agentless technologies collect file, registry, package and
other evidence across Windows, Linux, UNIX and Mac
OS platforms, virtual machines, and hard partitions.
Application usage data may also be collected.
• Application Recognition Library: A proprietary Application
Recognition Library capable of identifying more than
150,000 applications across more than 16,000 publishers,
using ISO tags, file, registry, package and other evidence.
FlexNet Manager Suite provides specialized discovery and
inventory capabilities not found in other solutions, including
discovery and inventory of virtual environments (VMware,
Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop), Oracle
databases, options, management packs and more.
Hardware Asset Management
All IP addressable hardware, including desktops, laptops,
servers, printers and routers can be discovered and managed
using FlexNet Manager Platform. It tracks an extensive set of
hardware asset properties in its asset management database
(AMDB) including:
• Identification: Serial number, asset tag, part number,
manufacturer, model, parent/child relationship with
other assets…
• Purchasing data: Purchase order number, purchase order
date, price, vendor, acquisition mode (purchased, leased,
loaned, rented, etc.), delivery date…
• Financial Data: Warranty, depreciation (current/residual
values, depreciation method…), chargeback
(monthly charge)…
Figure 1: FlexNet Manager Suite Management Dashboard
579,995
5
$11.9M
Unlicensed installation
Publishers with the most products in breach
Licenses under-consumed
by 5% or more
Total devices: 1,399
Devices missing for over
60 days
Contracts expiring within
next 30 days
Over spend ($)
Publishers in breach
Under purchased ($)
53 2482
Discovered devices with
alerts
Contracts renewals within
next 30 days
02
Licensed installations
7%
Management Dashboard
Management
Dashboard
License
Compliance
Hardware
Assets
Discovery
Inventory
Enterprise Procurement
Management Reports SAP
3. • User/group allocation: Location, cost center, business unit,
user assigned to the asset…
• Technical: Any relevant technical details associated with
the asset…
• Contractual: Relationship with contracts, vendors and
payment schedules…
• Asset status: Assets can be purchased, installed, in stock,
disposed, retired…
• Baseline tracking of assets: Identify changes for each asset
over time; computers missing or changed are flagged.
(supports tracking of IMAC—Installs, Moves, Adds
and Changes)...
Software Asset Management and License Optimization
FlexNet Manager Suite is able to discover authorized
(managed) and unauthorized (unmanaged) software on the
network. Because unauthorized software is unmanaged, it is
vulnerable to being exploited as a pivot to other IT assets if
not removed or managed. In addition, a complete, accurate,
and timely software inventory is essential to support awareness
and effective control of software vulnerabilities and security
configuration settings.
• Computer or device name
• IP address
• Ethernet MAC Address
• Host name
• Serial number
• Manufacturer
• Model
• Calculated user
• Operating system
• Service pack
• Processors
• Cores
• Threads
• Sockets
• Processor type
• Clock speed
• RAM
• Disk
• Hard drives
• Display adapters
• Network cards
• Master asset
• Status
• Category
• Asset type
• Asset tag
• Part number
• Location
• Corporate unit
• Cost center
• Assigned user
• Acquisition mode
• Warranty type
• Delivery date
• End of warranty
• Current value
• Residual value
• Depreciation method
• Depreciation period
• Depreciation rate
A comprehensive list of hardware asset data that can be tracked and managed by FlexNet Manager Suite includes:
FlexNet Manager Suite delivers a comprehensive software asset
management solution that includes:
• Automated identification and normalization of software
titles, versions and editions installed and/or in use in the IT
environment. It utilizes its Application Recognition Library
and support for many complex license models to streamline
this process.
• Fully automated purchase order processing— imported
purchase orders (‘POs’) can update existing licenses or
generate new licenses in the asset management repository,
as necessary, without any operator interaction.
• Accurate reconciliation of software inventory and purchases
to generate a license compliance position using its Stock
Keeping Unit (SKU) Library.
FlexNet Manager Suite includes a full contract management
module that allows Federal agencies to keep track of contract
renewal and expiration dates. This helps agencies ensure that
software maintenance doesn’t lapse so that the latest version
of software and security patches are available, minimizing the
security risk.
Moreover, FlexNet Manager Suite license optimization
solutions leverage software license entitlements (product use
rights) and detailed usage data to determine an optimized
license position. This reduces license consumption and
ongoing software costs.
4. FlexNet Manager Suite allows Federal agencies to:
• Mitigate security risks associated with unauthorized software
• Identify software with lapsed maintenance contracts,
minimizing unpatched software
• Maintain continuous license compliance to reduce
software audit risk and avoid unbudgeted expenses
• Provide a ‘single source of truth’ for purposes of
negotiating Enterprise License Agreements
• Consolidate vendors and applications
• Reduce maintenance on unused software and/or versions
that are no longer covered by vendor support
• Reharvest unused or under used application licenses
to defer new license purchases
• Optimize license consumption to reduce ongoing
software spend
• Accurately charge back costs to individual cost centers
• More effectively negotiate software contracts including
Enterprise License Agreements
• Proactively manage software licenses throughout the
product lifecycle
FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises
The foundation of FlexNet Manager Suite is FlexNet Manager
Platform which provides scalable hardware and software asset
management functionality across more than 16,000 software
publishers and 150,000 applications. The Platform provides
insight into installed hardware, software and application usage
while delivering purchased versus installed license reconciliation
and software license compliance. The Platform also provides
Software License Optimization for desktop applications.
FlexNet Manager Suite server product license optimization
solutions include:
• FlexNet Manager for IBM
• FlexNet Manager for Microsoft
• FlexNet Manager for Oracle
• FlexNet Manager for SAP Applications
• FlexNet Manager for Symantec
• FlexNet Manager for VMware
• FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications
These Optimization solutions are built on top of FlexNet
Manager Platform and enable organizations to implement
comprehensive software license management and contract
optimization strategies that save time, enable continuous
license compliance and reduce ongoing software costs.
Additional Controls to Further Tighten Security
Application sprawl and poorly managed applications increase
cybersecurity risks. For instance, the ability of employees to
circumvent IT processes and download applications directly
from the web increases the possibility that unauthorized
software containing malware or other vulnerabilities can find
its way to the network. Flexera Software App Portal, a universal
enterprise app store, helps eliminate employee end-runs around
IT by providing an employee-friendly app store environment
as the sole source for requesting and downloading agency-
approved and licensed enterprise applications.
Moreover, the more expansive the application estate, the
more IT resources needed to manage those applications and
ensure they are up to date and all security patches applied.
Accordingly, Application Readiness best practices dictate
that the Federal government’s application estate should be
rationalized on a continual basis to retire software from
the estate that is not being used or that is duplicative. The
AdminStudio Inventory and Rationalization solution is another
critical tool in the cybersecurity arsenal. It helps agencies
discover, assess, and consolidate their application portfolio,
enabling them to retire software assets that are no longer
needed or used, and instead focus their limited IT resources
supporting and securing only those applications that remain
strategic to the agency’s mission.
• Vendor/Publisher
• Purchase order number
• Purchase date
• Description
• Quantity
• Part number/SKU
• Agreement date
• Contract Expiry date
• Invoice number
• Invoice date
• Cost
• Shipping date
• Shipping location
• Location
• Corporate unit
• Cost center
• Request number
• Request date
• Requestor
• Authorized by
• Processed by
• License keys
A comprehensive list of software asset data that can be tracked and managed by FlexNet Manager Suite includes: