Criston Launches Precision 5.4, Including Powerful Vulnerability Scanning Tool Within its IT & Secur

Criston launches key new IT security management suite at Infosecurity UK exhibition

[UKPRwire, Mon Apr 23 2007] Criston, a leading provider of IT & Security Management Solutions, is announcing at Infosecurity UK the general availability of Criston Precision Management solution version 5.4, designed to help IT professionals manage and secure their desktops, laptops, servers & PDAs.

By using Criston Precision Management 5.4, IT organizations can automate many system management tasks enabling them to more efficiently manage their IT assets, install and maintain software, decrease license and support costs, and respond more effectively to audits and compliance requirements.

Criston Precision Management 5.4 addresses market needs and requests for more efficient manageability through a number of design enhancements and additions, including:


- Integration of the Scan, Click & Fix™ solution: manage the entire vulnerability life cycle from a single administrator console

- Protect user productivity and reduce resource needs by easily keeping up with patches and updates and maintaining system-level security (automatic patch download based on severity, affected product, date etc)

- New console with wizards for most common tasks

- New reporting module (customizable report templates, PDF generation)

- List all USB devices that are or have been previously used on a system, including description, device type, serial number etc

- Setup and console support for Italian and Chinese languages

- Discovery of network printers, including description, serial number and memory

- New scheduling options

- Support for Novell Suse 9 & 10

- Native support for Windows 64-bits


“The adoption of the Criston Precision Management 5.4 Suite will improve IT and security professionals day-to-day efficiency, through an easy-to-use and open solution.” says Raphaël Chauvel – Criston CTO. “A further key element is the solution’s ability to provide multi-level reports, that address monitoring and compliance requirements.”

Scan, Click & Fix provides a reliable, ergonomic tool which combines patch, configuration and vulnerability management. Scan, Click & Fix manages the entire vulnerability life cycle from a single administrator console: from vulnerability audit through to remediation.

It significantly cuts the time that users are exposed to attacks. The Scan, Click and Fix solution makes it possible to reduce the window between identifying a security flaw and actually correcting it.

A vulnerability Scan starts by identifying and classifying the detected vulnerabilities. The results can then be analysed at the administrator console. In just a few clicks, administrators can automatically execute configuration changes or deploy patches (Fix) on all the computers in question.

The operational reports generated by Scan, Click & Fix allow real-time monitoring of deployment of patches on all the installed equipment. Summary reports show changes in the level of vulnerability over time in graphical form (trend analysis).

Criston says that existing solutions are often highly specialised and not properly integrated. Security threat watch teams receive security bulletins, security teams scan systems in order to identify the existence of vulnerabilities and production teams deploy critical patches. This whole process often takes too long and is not very automated.

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