Here are some stats that will blow your mind: Every minute of every day, 48 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube, Google receives over 2 million queries, over 100,000 tweets are sent and nearly 600 new websites are created. Perhaps most shocking is that quietly in the background, all of this data is tracked and stored. But what happens to it after that?
Obviously, today’s Internet is filled with vast amounts of data. When only a few short years ago a search would yield varied results, today search engines, social networks and even advertisers have realized that information must be culled, filtered and targeted for their consumers. In order to do this, many of these services collect data about you. Whil…
Why should you care about streamlining the management of network device configs and passwords?
Enterprises depend on network availability for business continuity and network configuration data lies at the core of enterprise network administration. Network device configurations contain access credentials, SNMP settings, access control lists and other sensitive data that make them crucial to network security. Naturally, access to the devices is controlled through a password and access to the configurations is regulated through another password.
However, unfortunately, many organizations continue to neglect the crucial aspects of both Network Configuration Management and Device Password Management.
Lack of Proper Change Management Plan
Business needs are in a constant state of flux a…
January 2013 Patch Tuesday Bulletins are now Supported by Desktop Central
Microsoft January 2013 Patch Tuesday bulletins are now supported by Desktop Central. The patch assessment team at Desktop Central has tested the patches and have updated their online patch database on January 09, 2013 at 07:30 EST.
Update your vulnerability database to install the patches pertaining to the Security Bulletins:
MS13-001 – Vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2769369)
MS13-002 – Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2756145) – [Except KB2758696]
MS13-004 – Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2769324)
MS13-005 – Vulnerability in Windows Kernel…
Change Control Automation & Better Management of Network Assets
In IT infrastructure management, integration of tools/software with one another has always been a crucial requirement. In Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM), which predominantly deals with change control, such integration becomes all the more essential as network configuration data lies at the core of enterprise network administration. However, due to the inherent incompatibility issues among tools, the integration goal is fraught with too many roadblocks. DeviceExpert now breaks all the barriers in integration efforts through its REST APIs. Any third-party application or software can integrate with DeviceExpert directly and add, access and extract dat…
Bridge the gap between IT Operations & IT Security
Traditionally, IT operations and IT Security have remained at loggerheads. IT operations team is tasked with the responsibility of carrying out the the day-to-day activities, maintaining the software and hardware inventories, ensuring reliability, optimizing performance, capacity and utilization of the network and a host of other activities. They always need to respond to business requirements at the quickest time possible, keeping in mind business continuity.
IT Security, on the other hand, is tasked with the responsibility of safeguarding the business from evolving, sophisticated cyber-threats and ensuring compliance to regulations. To reduce risks, IT security enforces processes and pl…
Configuration changes, human errors and network availability
What happens when you face network outage?
Network Outage – Causes
Network outages could occur due to a variety of reasons. But, industry experts have reported that more than 60 per cent of the outages occur due to human errors committed when carrying out device configuration change…
Get uninterrupted access to device configs using DeviceExpert
DeviceExpert, the trusted Network Change and Configuration Management solution helps administrators automate various repetitive and time-consuming configuration management tasks.
Administrators rely on DeviceExpert for backing up the configurations, viewing historical information, tracking changes in real-time, comparing configurations, pushing configuration changes to many devices in bulk, automating tasks like firmware update, checking configurations for complian
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DeviceExpert to showcase the industry-first feature ‘device end-of-life management’ at Cisco Live, London
Large networks rely on a wide variety of switches, routers and other devices, and many organizations have policies requiring the replacement of devices to which manufacturers have assigned an end-of-life (EOL) status. At EOL, many manufacturers will no longer support or maintain these devices, which increases risk for the organization that still uses them.
Organizations today usually track device EOL status manually. The network management team must discover when a device has been declared EOL and then make a plan to replace the device. They have to save device configurations manually from the EOL device and then reinstall the configuration on the replacement device.
With so many devices on a ne…
End-of-Life Management, a critical aspect of Network Management
When device vendor announces end-of-life for a particular device model, it is highly important to assess the potential risks associated w
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Role-based access control for device configurations, key for ensuring network security
In multi-member work environments, network administrators often have to access and deploy configuration changes to devices in production. This requires:
- collaboration among the administrators
- consistency in rolling out configuration changes
- DeviceExpert to showcase the industry-first feature ‘device end-of-life management’ at Cisco Live, London
- Why ManageEngine DeviceExpert? A Comic Way of Explanation!
- Success Story: DeviceExpert helps leading IT service provider for retailers centrally manage network device configurations
- Bridge the gap between IT Operations & IT Security
- White Paper: Conquering the Operational Challenges of Network Configuration Management through Automation
- Managing Risk: Rapidly responding to security alerts from network device vendors