Shavlik White Papers

Simplifying Operational Security

IT executives are increasingly confronted with the dual challenge of managing risk to their organization as well as complying with various external and internal systems mandates. Today, most vulnerabilities are a direct result of system configuration errors or the lack of a consistent means of measuring the condition or state of a given machine on the network. As a result, this often leaves a gap between an organization’s documented security policy vs. the existing state of individual systems on the network leaving organizations exposed to multiple risks such as downtime, introduction to security vulnerabilities and insider security threats.

This paper offers insight into challenges customers face today regarding the development of a uniform set of system security configuration standards, often referred to as a “security configuration baseline,” in addition to the management, and enforcement, of that baseline as it relates to compliance with either government regulations or internal security policy.

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