Still wrestling with patching 3rd party applications? We’ll walk you through the new “Latest Software Patches” widget available on Spiceworks and show you what valuable information can be learned about the state of your security. Find out what’s coming in the near future (specifically more patch management functionality built into Spiceworks) and how easy it will be to always keep your IT infrastructure secure.
2. 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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3. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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12. 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
Top Summary Community Center
• Total missing patches • Compares missing patches per
machines to the community
• Missing security patches
• Release date, patch details
• Avg missing patches per machine
• Avg missing patches compared to Download a copy of your
community report
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13. Ideal for SMBs, IT.Shavlik is a cloud-based IT management service
designed to simplify and automate critical IT operations
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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16. Patch Management Inside Spiceworks???
. + =
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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17. How secure is your IT environment?
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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SLIDE
20. 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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All new users will automatically have the widget installed on their dashboard. For existing users they need to add it manually by click the "Add Content" button in the top left of the interface (screen shot attached, 10). A pop-up menu will show several widget they can add (screen shot attached, 11)
Ask questions here: How many of you have used the widget? How many of you are interested in using the widget?