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What is threat and vulnerability management?

Threat and vulnerability management is a proactive way to protect your organization's devices and data. It helps you identify vulnerabilities and check if your security settings are weak. By using this approach, you can fix any weaknesses before they become a security breach.

Why do you need threat and vulnerability management tools?

The work-from-home regime has not only forced organizations to shift to remote work, but has also increased security risks. With more employees working remotely, the potential for cyberattackers and threat actors targeting enterprises and users has grown exponentially.

On top of that, the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities in popular remote collaboration tools has created panic. It's crucial for organizations to address these cybersecurity challenges and prepare for a future where remote work is the norm. Ensuring a safe work-from-home experience requires a secure IT infrastructure.

Secure your remote IT with ManageEngine’s threat and vulnerability management software

Introducing Vulnerability Manager Plus by ManageEngine - the ultimate solution for protecting your remote workforce. With advanced threat and vulnerability management capabilities, it safeguards your distributed teams against vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, even beyond corporate boundaries.

Learn how Vulnerability Manager Plus ensures the security of your remote workforce and helps you maintain good cyberhygiene efficiently.

Continuous monitoring and control over your remote workforce

Ensure robust security for your remote IT environment. With our advanced agents, maintain continuous visibility and protect against threats and vulnerabilities. No more relying solely on VPNs - scan, remediate, and secure seamlessly with lightweight remote agents. Learn more

Boundless accessibility and central management

Easily manage threats and vulnerabilities for your remote workforce with Vulnerability Manager Plus. Accessible from anywhere with just a browser and internet connection. Simplify your security processes from a central console.Learn more

Assess vulnerabilities and prioritize your response

Cyber attackers are smart. They target vulnerable machines connected to the internet, exploiting issues that affect many users. To protect your systems, it's crucial to focus on vulnerabilities that are likely to be exploited soon.

Our threat and vulnerability management policy goes beyond traditional scoring, considering factors like context, severity, age, number of affected assets, exploitability, and available patches. Stay ahead of threats with our user-friendly approach. Learn more

Patch remotely without impairing end-user productivity

  • Don't let untimely patching routines interrupt C-level executives’ important video calls. Instead, have patches deployed to specific users during system startup to ensure their OSs and applications remain current without any interruptions.
  • Bid adieu to bottlenecking due to limited bandwidth in VPN gateways. Have your remote clients download the essential patches from trusted vendors directly without having to wait to log on to your network via VPN.
  • Don't want to drive your remote users crazy with repeated pop-ups every five minutes? Give them the flexibility to postpone patch deployments and subsequent reboots, and delay notifications until a time they choose.
  • While giving users the flexibility to postpone patches and reboots, you can also ensure they're only postponed for so long by implementing a time limit for when deployment will happen automatically.
  • Configure flexible schedules for patch deployment, and customize reboots to happen only on weekends to avoid irritating your remote employees.
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Ensure a secure foundation for your remote systems and servers

Don't assume your network is safe just because you've patched your software. Attackers can still exploit overlooked security settings to infiltrate your systems. When working remotely, it's crucial to test your defenses thoroughly and fix any misconfigurations. Vulnerability Manager Plus offers a variety of security configuration assessments to:

  • Ensure antivirus is in place, enabled, and up-to-date with the latest definition files. If not, you can deploy the latest definitions to target machines in a single click.
  • Monitor the ports in use and the processes running on them, and identify unintended ports that may have been activated by malware or unknown applications.
  • Put web server misconfigurations into context, and gain remediation details to harden your web servers.
  • Prevent brute-force attacks by enforcing a combination of stringent password policies and account lockout policies.
  • Identify the assets in which BitLocker encryption is disabled.
  • Ensure connections are blocked in the firewall to the NetBIOS trio, the infamous WannaCry abettor port 445, and other vulnerable ports that allow unauthorized and unintended actions.
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Establish a secure channel for remote workforce management

By configuring the WAN agents of remote clients to access the product servers via a secure gateway, you can secure the Vulnerability Manager Plus server and its contents from threat actors. Learn more

Remove risky software from your remote computers

Your network's security depends on all its components. Malicious software, outdated operating systems, and insecure remote desktop sharing tools can all leave your network vulnerable to cyber threats. Detect and remove these high-risk software from your remote machines to prevent data breaches and damage to your reputation.Learn more

How does ManageEngine's threat and vulnerability tool can safeguard your enterprise?

Continued vigilance against threats is the only constant, in an ever-evolving cyber-landscape. In case you're wondering how our threat and vulnerability management tool can further secure your IT assets and data, read below:

  1. Automated Vulnerability Assessment: ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus automates the complete vulnerability management process: from the scanning and identification of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to and mitigation of the assets.
  2. Risk Prioritization: While the sheer amount of vulnerabilities might be overwhelming, not all need to be mitigated immediately. This threat and vulnerability management tool automatically categorizes the vulnerabilities based on CVSS scores, allowing the IT and security teams to analyze and prioritize mitigation.
  3. Mitigation and Compliance: Prompt threat mitigation and adherence to compliance standards (such as CIS, HIPAA, PCI DSS, etc.) is a prerequisite for enterprises. In addition to vulnerability scanning, Vulnerability Manager Plus scans the endpoints automatically and correlates across 75+ CIS benchmarks to find non-compliance in the endpoints. Admins can then make informed decisions to mitigate compliance issues.

About Vulnerability Manager Plus

Take control of your IT security with ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, a powerful threat and vulnerability management software. Prioritize vulnerabilities, deploy patches, fix misconfigurations, strengthen web servers, remove risky software, and audit your enterprise for optimal protection.