Endpoint Security Management

Give your endpoints integrated protection from a single, intuitive console that integrates multiple layers of world-class security. Enforce security policies on users and devices in the private or public cloud. And the best part? You’ll be able to protect your endpoints while still performing your regular IT duties.

 
 

Challenges:

  • Reducing time discovering and inventorying assets
  • Staying up-to-date on new patches
  • Preventing users from compromising IT security with malware
  • Meeting compliance regulations without disrupting business processes
  • Detecting and removing malware from user endpoints
  • Generating executive reports quickly
  • Protecting files on various platforms and in virtualized environments

Solutions:

  • Discover network-attached devices easily
  • Deploy and fix critical patches with less bandwidth
  • Extract specific asset data without writing complex code
  • Block applications with granular control
  • Identify and eradicate malicious software from user endpoints efficiently
  • Monitor what’s most important with customizable dashboards and reports
  • Protect data on Windows and Macs, removable media, virtual desktop infrastructures, self-encrypting drives and much more
 

Discovery

 
 

Challenges:

  • What do we own?
  • How can we reduce the time spent on inventorying assets?
  • We need to know if something comes on the network

LANDesk Solution:

  • Easily discover network-attached devices with both a passive and active solution
  • Discovery regardless of managed or firewalls enabled
  • Proper identification based on discovery

Results:

  • Reduce the time required to maintain an accurate inventory
  • Base IT decisions on accurate information about the environment
  • Reduce staff time by 41% with overall systems management
 

Inventory

 
 

Challenges:

  • Comprehensive inventory allows for better business decisions
  • Want to upgrade and need to know what I can migrate
  • Reduce support and maintenance costs

LANDesk Solution:

  • Comprehensive inventory of software, hardware and attached devices
  • Powerful query builder lets you extract specific asset data without writing complex code
  • Target machines or users based on inventory data
  • Reporting tools
  • Data export allows you to analyze information using your own data analysis and reporting tools

Results:

  • Reduced support costs due to compatibility issues
  • Reduced costs associated with maintaining inventory
  • Savings of $8,576 per 100 users with overall systems management
 

Patch Management

 
 

Challenges:

  • I don’t have enough bandwidth to deploy and fix critical patches frequently
  • Staying up to date on new patches is difficult with my time constraints
  • I don’t know the vulnerability level of individual workstations
  • I have a heterogeneous environment I need to patch, which includes Mac operating systems and applications like Adobe, Firefox, Java and others

LANDesk Solution:

  • Targeted MulticastTM pushes an update to a single workstation in a subnet, which is then downloaded using peer-to-peer technologies, significantly reducing bandwidth
  • Uses real-time vulnerability scanning and automated remediation for zero-touch management
  • Automatically updates patch definitions from the cloud on an admin-assigned schedule
  • Reporting tool lets admins an easy way to see individual workstation risk while assessing the overall environment vulnerability

LANDesk Savings:

  • Reduce patch download times by up to 2,000%
  • Save time through automatic definition updates, real-time scanning and automatic remediation
  • Recognize risks instantly with the LANDesk vulnerability dashboard
 

Application Blocking

 
 

Challenges:

  • I need to prevent users from compromising my IT security with malicious software
  • Configuring application whitelists for every individual in my organization is tedious and time-consuming
  • I don’t have time to identify malicious applications for blacklisting
  • I need a way to identify the application behaviors that should be allowed to run in my environment and block everything else

LANDesk Solution:

  • LANDesk application control functions allow you to whitelist and blacklist applications or granularly allow or block specific file behavior for total workspace security
  • Admins are given total flexibility to configure policies at the group or user level
  • LANDesk automatically updates application blacklists from the cloud, helping you achieve security without demanding your time
  • Block application behaviors quickly and easily using live defaults or custom configuration

LANDesk Savings:

  • Take a proactive approach to security and protect your environment from zero-day threats
  • Rest easy knowing your environment is secure
 

Connection Control Management

 
 

Challenges:

  • My users frequently store sensitive corporate data on unsecured and highly accessible USB devices
  • I have no way to prevent malicious attacks that come from individual devices
  • I must meet compliance regulations without disrupting business processes

LANDesk Solution:

  • Device encryption powered by Credant allows data to be stored securely and quickly on USB devices
  • LANDesk device control discovers malware residing on storage devices when connected to user workstations
  • Credant-powered encryption integrates fully with LANDesk Security Suite, helping you achieve total compliance without slowing you or your users down

Results:

  • Combat data loss or theft and compromised security with LANDesk connection control management
  • Ensure absolute security with Credent device encryption, an SC Magazine "Best Buy"
 

Audit & Compliance Enforcement

 
 

Challenges:

  • I’m not sure what I need to do in my environment to be compliant with government standards
  • I am compliant with all government regulations, but I have no way to prove it
  • Some of my co-workers have access to sensitive data they don’t need

LANDesk Solution:

  • LANDesk Security Suite offers standardized configurations and workflows to ease the burden of being compliant with government rules
  • By providing specific, regulation-centric reporting tools, LANDesk allows you to quickly show executives your level of compliance to government standards
  • LANDesk access control allows IT admins to determine who sees what information

Results:

  • Quickly manage PCI, SCAP, FERPA, HIPAA and SOX compliance without having to seek help from third-parties
 

Antivirus

 
 

Challenges:

  • I need an accurate, dependable and easy way to detect and remove malicious software from user endpoints
  • My current antivirus solution disrupts my users performing their tasks

LANDesk Solution:

  • Antivirus powered by Kaspersky Lab identifies and eradicates malicious software from user endpoints quickly and easily, without disrupting user tasks
  • LANDesk antivirus automatically updates trojan horse, worm, spyware, adware and virus definitions to provide real-time, accurate malware scanning

Results:

  • After only two months of implementation, LANDesk Antivirus removed over 1,900 pieces of previously unrecognized spyware from Brevard Public Schools
 

Spyware Blocking/ Removal

 
 

Challenges:

  • Some spyware/adware can greatly slow our computers down causing significant performance problems
  • Never-ending pop-up ads area a constant nuisance. I don't have an antivirus solution implemented. Is there another way to prevent outside threats?
  • Spyware can be classified as any program that tracks computer use in some manner, including the files downloaded or usernames and passwords for websites or programs, and is often installed without our knowledge or through deceptive means

LANDesk Solution:

  • Detects suspicious application activity and stops anything that may potentially compromise security
  • Works even without any antivirus definitions
  • Location-aware policies let you to adjust user security settings based on a desktop’s environment

Results:

  • Reduces the risk of slowed computer performance on individual user machines
  • Lowers the security risk, including the files you download or usernames and passwords for websites or programs
 

Firewall

 
 

Challenges:

  • I would like an extra line of defense against data intrusion
  • I don’t have an antivirus solution implemented. Is there another way to prevent outside threats?
  • When users leave the corporate firewall, I get nervous about what they might bring back inside

The LANDesk Firewall can:

  • Dynamically change blocking actions depending on whether the machine is connected to a trusted or a non-trusted network, and can even alert and log any firewall violations.
  • Be configured to allow or deny incoming and outgoing connections and can alert IT about any violations and then log them
  • Change policies based upon whether the user is on a trusted or a non-trusted site.
  • Also control or block applications to help minimize the corporate risk

Results:

  • In use for more than 10 years, the LANDesk firewall is sure to keep your corporate domain safe and secure
  • Provides a third line of defense for your environment to ensure total IT security
  • Provides protection of your IT assets inside and outside of your network
 

Reporting & Dashboard

 
 

Challenges:

  • I need a fast, convenient way to view the overall security of my environment
  • Each user in my environment is different; I want to be able to assess the risk of each workstation individually
  • Executives often need a quick report for compliance and security audits, but generating the report takes me hours

LANDesk Solution:

  • LANDesk Security Suite provides comprehensive reports with numerous drill down features
  • LANDesk Inspector enables IT admins to view specific workstation statistics for every user in the IT environment
  • Customizable dashboards and reports allow you to monitor what's most important to your organization, and be ready when audits come around

Results:

  • Through LANDesk reporting, IT departments can quickly measure ROI and assess security risks
  • LANDesk reporting can reduce your security and compliance audit times by 42%
 

Data Protection

 
 

Challenges:

  • Data loss in several industries can cost organizations millions and potentially billions of dollars, which puts our organization at risk
  • Losing critical corporate patents and other vital records could result in significant loss in competitive position and revenue
  • We need the ability to protect files on various platforms and in virtualized environments

LANDesk Solution:

  • Protect data on Windows and Macs, removable media, virtual desktop infrastructures, self-encrypting drives and much more
  • Define policies for users and devices to ensure that data remains protected on all of your platforms
  • Implement centrally managed, military-strength data protection for your entire organization to reduce the risk of a breach and the work needed to meet compliance mandates
  • Visibility of whether devices are protected or not within the LANDesk core inventory

Results:

  • Enables you to more easily protect critical data across your enterprise
  • Reduces the risk of a breach and the work needed to meet compliance mandates
  • Ensures that the devices with critical information are encrypted to prevent data loss
 

Cloud Services Appliance

 
 

Challenges:

  • How can we manage remote locations without a dedicated link?
  • I need a secure connection to our corporate intranet for remote offices, without sacrificing manageability

LANDesk Solution:

  • The LANDesk Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) offers full management and security capabilities without requiring a VPN
  • Admins can securely access users with certificate-based authentication and SSL encryption
  • The CSA automatically updates itself, negating the need for additional server licenses
  • Use predefined security policy configurations to easily add new workstations to your corporate network

Results:

  • The LANDesk Cloud Services Appliance cuts server costs while helping you manage all your desktops from a single location
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