PatchLink Corporation has acquired the STAT Guardian Vulnerability Management Suite from Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries.

With the acquisition, PatchLink enhances its vulnerability management solution to help enterprises address risk management and policy-based compliance. In addition, the acquisition advances the companys strategy to deliver a holistic end point security platform with a single, policy-based architecture and consolidated compliance reporting for complete protection across the enterprise.

As part of the agreement, PatchLink has acquired the STAT Command Center, STAT Report Center, STAT Analyzer and STAT Scanner which are already integrated with PatchLinks flagship product, PatchLink Update. The combined solution is currently deployed by some of the largest enterprises in the world as a result of an existing OEM partnership.

Harris technology uniquely complements PatchLinks solution to deliver a hybrid architecture that provides enterprises with complete visibility into their IT infrastructure by combining agent- and network-based vulnerability assessment for complete auditing and compliance reporting. With the addition of Harris robust database of vulnerabilities, PatchLink has created the industrys largest repository of more than 19,000 patches, security updates, and vulnerabilities. This powerful combination allows enterprises to enhance their security posture, achieve policy compliance and reduce business risk all through a centralized management console.

The PatchLink Vulnerability Management Solution simplifies the entire vulnerability management lifecycle including thorough asset discovery and agent deployment, comprehensive vulnerability assessment and prioritization, intelligent remediation and validation, and complete auditing and compliance reporting. The architecture supports centralized or distributed IT environments and provides the following:

• discover unmanaged and rogue devices then deploy agents automatically
  
• identify and report on a wide range of vulnerabilities using a hybrid architecture that combines network- and agent-based scanning for a complete view of the infrastructure
  
• prioritize and remediate end points based on risk-assessment and internal policies
  
• inventory and report on network assets including desktops, servers, routers, printers, switches, software, services and wireless access points.

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www.patchlink.com/products/VMS

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