Virtualization
Virtualization Security and Management
VM sprawl continues to be one of the top concerns of IT professionals. The impact of VM sprawl is that VMs go undetected and unmanaged.
With Shavlik, Organizations will discover physical and virtual machines they didn’t know they had and uncover software applications they didn’t know were installed.
The Shavlik Security Suite is tightly coupled with the virtual infrastructure – vSphere, ESX, or ESXi – enabling dynamic detection of new VMs – regardless of power state – at scan time curbing the impact of VM sprawl.
Single Solution Manages Physical and Virtual Systems
By centralizing the management and security of both physical and virtual machines, Shavlik supports an organization as it migrates from physical systems to virtual machines.
IT operations and IT security use a single process, single team, and single tool set to discover physical and virtual machines as they are added, ensure they are patched, and tracked over their lifecycle.
Control VM Sprawl
Shavlik’s asset management gives you a dynamic, up-to-date method to track your software, hardware, and virtual assets. You will discover physical and virtual machines you didn’t know you had and uncover software applications you didn’t know were installed. By eliminating these blind spots, you can quickly close the gaps in your security and policy compliance. The virtual machine asset information consolidates information about resources assigned to virtual machines as well as the operating system installed. Shavlik puts all the relevant asset information at your finger tips enabling IT to make decisions with confidence and accuracy.
Shavlik – Only Vendor Patching Offline Machines
See what Gartner says about the importance of patching offline virtual systems:
Gartner Report: Security Considerations and Best Practices for Securing Virtual Machines, by Neil MacDonald
"Patch offline images - Don't overlook the patching of VMs and VM appliances stored offline. In most cases today, these must be brought online on a live machine to be patched before being written off to storage again. Standardized virtual hard drive formats have made offline patching possible; wherever possible, require vendors to support offline patching or provide a specific road map when such a capability will be provided."
Shavlik Technologies has developed a way to patch all virtual machines, even those that are offline. This ensures that offline virtual machines are in a constant state of readiness to be deployed.
IT staff can quickly verify and report that 100% of the organization’s vulnerable machines – physical, virtual, and offline -- have received a specific critical patch and are protected.