cbd chooses landesk patch manager to secure its it network
LANDesk Patch Manager automates vulnerability assessment and patch management across heterogeneous IT environments
Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) has chosen LANDesk Patch Manager for securing its IT environment. LANDesk Patch Manager is a subscription service that automates vulnerability assessment and patch management across heterogeneous IT environments. It helps establish and maintain baseline security, stability and performance for your applications and operating systems.
LANDesk Software, an Avocent company, is a leading provider of IT service-oriented management solutions. The Salt Lake City, Utah-headquartered firm has been doing business in the Middle East region through the Dubai-headquartered Intertec Systems, its only silver certified partner in the region.
Intertec Systems is a leading IT solutions provider with clients and implementations across the GCC and India.
Ms. Charlotte Raina, Product Manager, Intertec Systems, said: “The threat to IT systems is ever increasing. It is necessary that organisations are equipped with the right solutions to guard their systems and processes from these threats. LANDesk Patch Manager has been successfully implemented in several multinational corporations around the world. We are certain that Commercial Bank of Dubai will find immense value in LANDesk Patch Manager.”
Mr. Vishal Singh, Pre-Sales Consultant, LANDesk Software, said: “About 1500 employees in the different branches spread across the UAE log on to Commercial Bank of Dubai’s core banking system. The bank’s biggest challenge was managing security and software patches. With the implementation of LANDesk Patch Manager, it is now possible to control the needs of all the systems from a single console. What used to be an exercise spread over weeks, patch management now is a process that can be completed in few minutes.”
Mr. Amir Afzal, Assistant General Manager – Information Technology, Commercial Bank of Dubai, said: “We have found LANDesk Patch Manager the best solution available to safeguard our operations from any kind of threat or vulnerability. We believe the solution will help us in efficiently administering patch management services across our network. ”
LANDesk Patch Manager provides the power to increase productivity and reduce headaches by quickly evaluating systems with active vulnerability scanning. It identifies vulnerabilities against industry-standard information sources.
The solution increases system uptime and user satisfaction by efficiently remediating known vulnerabilities through automated targeting and patch distribution. It also automatically maintains patch currency and save time by establishing active patch management policies.
LANDesk Patch Manager is a stand-alone patch subscription service that also integrates with LANDesk Management Suite’s built-in patch and update management technology to let you proactively see, manage, update and protect your IT systems through a single console.
LANDesk Patch Manager can also be easily upgraded to LANDesk Security Suite for a comprehensive security management solution that lets customers automatically detect and deploy security patches with active endpoint security management, quarantine capabilities, active threat analysis, spyware detection and removal, antivirus enforcement xP SP 2 firewall enabling and configuring, access control, configuration security tools and more from a single console.
