Improving Security and Productivity — What Risks Reside On Your Network?

In the IT world, the concept of "risk mitigation" often translates directly into protecting the organization against external security threats through the implementation of defenses such as firewalls, data encryption, identity authentication, anti-virus software, and so on. However, studies have shown that over half of security breaches—whether malicious or unintentional—occur inside the corporate firewall. Because business leaders often fail to fully appreciate the threats originating from within the desktop environment, it is imperative that IT professionals raise the visibility of internal vulnerabilities, as well as demonstrate how their department plans to curb business and legal risks through ongoing IT asset management processes and controls.

Express Software Manager^® allows IT professionals to easily identify the presence and use of non-standard software that may pose a risk to data security, productivity, or network performance such as hacking programs, P2P applications, instant messaging, or streaming media. Comprehensive software inventory reports tell you exactly what's installed across your network environment, as well as identifies any new programs that have been introduced over a specified timeframe (and by whom). You can even use it to prohibit the launch of non-standard applications among specified users, certain departments, or organization-wide.

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