REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
June 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Avast (LSE:AVST), the world leader in digital security
products, has today launched a new Patch Management service to help
small and mid-sized businesses manage necessary security updates
more easily and efficiently. Around 50% of software vulnerabilities
exploited occur within 2-4 weeks of a software update being
released, however, the time-intensive evaluation and required
testing of patches means businesses on average take 120 days to
implement the updates, exposing them to severe risk. Avast Business
Patch Management offers an easy to use centralized service that
automatically identifies critical patches, prioritizes their
deployment, and monitors the outcome to maintain security
integrity.
"Most small to mid-sized businesses understand how important
patching is, but the simple truth is that no-one likes to patch and
often the IT team is only one person who is overloaded with tasks,"
said Arne Uppheim, Product Management Director, Avast Business.
"Patching interrupts critical systems, causes a loss of
productivity, and potentially even problems with other integrated
systems. On the other hand, not patching exposes the business to
data loss and stolen intellectual property, downtime through
lengthy remediation, questionable data recovery, and ongoing
reputational harm. We are making it easy for our small and
medium-sized business customers and our channel partners to
identify and deploy critical patches, and monitor ongoing activity
from our central Patch Management dashboard."
Patches are an essential component of endpoint security as they
fix vulnerabilities or security gaps in Windows operating systems
and other third-party applications, and ensure regulatory
compliance. In a study using its Security Site Assessment tool,
Avast Business found only 304 of the 500,000 devices analyzed were
100% patched, which is less than 1%. Avast Business Patch
Management takes the pain out of patching by providing IT teams
with the choice of how to activate patches to fit their business.
Key features include:
- Flexible deployment schedules: IT teams can schedule and
deploy approved patches at desired times on a regular basis, or
manually deploy to groups or individual devices.
- Automatic scans: IT can schedule patch scans to run
automatically every 24 hours and set patches to deploy
automatically every Thursday. These default settings can be
customized at any time.
- Intuitive dashboard: This allows businesses to
manage all software patches and view graphical summaries of
installed, missing, or failed patches from any device.
- Customizable patches: IT can choose software vendors,
products, and the severity of patches to scan and install, and
easily create exclusions for applications.
- Master agent capabilities: This enables businesses to
download all missing patches to a master agent that seamlessly
distributes patches to all managed devices in the network.
- Patch scan results: Teams can view detailed results from
the management platform that includes information on missing
patches, severity levels, knowledge base links, release dates,
descriptions, and more.
- Advanced reporting: This helps to easily determine the
health and security of device software with a variety of easily
configurable reports.
- Thousands of patches: Teams can deploy patches for
Windows Operating Systems and thousands of other third-party
software applications for comprehensive protection.
For Doug Whitfield, a one-person
IT team for Edison Power Constructors, the time savings from using
the Avast Business Patch Management service has allowed him to
focus on other priorities and keep pace with the company's growth.
Based in Mesa, Arizona, the
company builds, repairs, or restores power to electric transmission
and distribution infrastructure throughout the U.S.
He said, "Our team works on a vast range of projects and is
typically out in the field working in rural conditions, accessing
laptops and mobile phones from double-wide trailers on the job
site. I need to ensure any patch management strategy covers our
remote, mobile workforce and gives me a way to monitor patch
updates, automate patches, and continue to improve the process.
Using the Avast Business Patch Management Service, I can now
schedule and automate my patching from within the management
console. I've improved my patch process by 100% and increased
efficiency by at least 60%. The peace of mind knowing our network
and endpoints are protected is the biggest outcome."
For more information and to download Avast Business Patch
Management, please visit:
https://www.avast.com/patch-management
About Avast Business:
Avast Business,
www.avast.com/business, part of Avast (LSE:AVST), the global leader
in cybersecurity products with over 400 million users, provides
enterprise-grade endpoint and network security solutions for small
and medium businesses (SMBs) and IT service providers. Avast
Business combines powerful integrated security with remote
monitoring and management solutions to make it easy and affordable
for businesses to protect, manage, and monitor complex and evolving
network security layers. Backed by Avast's immense threat detection
network, which is among the largest and most advanced in the world,
Avast Business uses machine learning and artificial intelligence
technologies to detect and stop threats in real time.
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