Lumension PatchLink Update
Using Lumension PatchLink Update, security patch management is a secure, proactive, managed, and policy-based preventive process that you control. Lumension PatchLink Update scans networks for security holes using our patented fingerprint technology, and closes them with the click of a mouse for every major operating system and vendor application.
Lumension PatchLink Update is the only fully internet-based security patch and vulnerability management software for all Microsoft, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, Novell NetWare, and MacOS X operating systems.
Lumension PatchLink delivers effective security patch management through a well-defined six-step process:
- Patch Acquisition – proactively download patches from major technology vendors into a secure repository.
- Patch Testing – test each patch against over 250 standard images.
- Vulnerability Detection – utilize patented “fingerprint” technology to determine if vulnerabilities exist.
- Threat Assessment – determine the severity of the issue(s) addressed by the patch.
- Patch Deployment – schedule a deployment of the required patches to production computers or build new packages using Package Editor.
- Patch Maintenance – continuously monitor to ensure patches are not corrupted.
