PatchLink Scanner Integration Module to Support Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
PatchLink Corporation, a leading provider of security patch, vulnerability and compliancy management software, solutions, and services, today announced that it will integrate Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.0 with PatchLink Update using the PatchLink Scanner Integration Module(TM) (SIM) to provide Microsoft customers with increased protection against network vulnerabilities. Availability of the PatchLink Scanner Integration Module version that supports MBSA 2.0 is anticipated for Q3 2005, and will be demonstrated at Microsoft TechEd 2005, in PatchLink booth #409. PatchLink Scanner Integration Module provides a flexible integration point for PatchLink customers to import scanner results from a wide-range of leading third-party scanners, allowing customers to view results from multiple scanners simultaneously. PatchLink's Scanner Integration Module allows organizations to combine the enhanced scanning and detection capabilities available in MBSA 2.0 with the advanced remediation, reporting and compliancy functionality delivered by PatchLink Update, and in-depth patch testing services provided by PatchLink's onsite test engineers. PatchLink also today announced a development relationship with Microsoft whereby PatchLink Update(TM), PatchLink's market-leading security patch and vulnerability management software product, will extend support for Microsoft's Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) solution. IT professionals using PatchLink Update can now measurably reduce administrative costs even further while helping to meet mandated enterprise reporting and compliancy requirements. "As networks have become increasingly complex and diverse, customers should consider adopting vulnerability assessment and remediation best practices," said PatchLink CEO Sean Moshir. "PatchLink Update works with Microsoft technologies to deliver best-of-breed patch, vulnerability, and compliancy management capabilities for IT security implementations within the large, heterogeneous networks protected by PatchLink. This highly integrated solution will provide even higher return-on-investment for customers." According to Mike Chan, Product Manager for Microsoft Security Business and Technology Unit, "We are bringing our mutual customers a higher level of consistency on the Microsoft platform by working with PatchLink to develop an integrated scan and remediation experience." Using vulnerability identifiers, security and configuration issues discovered by MBSA 2.0 can be directly correlated to patch-based remediation and compliancy reporting service capabilities available through PatchLink Update. Enterprise customers can also leverage PatchLink Update's custom package development functionality to build, test, and deploy sophisticated remediation packages for configuration-based vulnerabilities. Moreover, the PatchLink Update security management console allows administrators to view results from MBSA 2.0 to deliver an accurate and comprehensive overview of security and configuration results based on customer-defined parameters.
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