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Policy and Trusted Scan Monitor

Catbird's Policy and Trusted Scan Monitor is a comprehensive and proactive tool for identifying two classes of at-risk assets: computers that are in violation of corporate policy and computers with OS-level or application-level vulnerabilities.

Catbird Networks' Policy and Trusted Scan Monitor helps organizations:

• Ensure that they are in compliance with established IT security policies
• Monitor new and evolving regulations
• Perform both OS and application-level trusted scans to protect against all classes of vulnerabilities.

Trusted Scan Monitoring

Many vulnerability scanning solutions monitor only external ports. But security threats can originate from inside of the network, just as they can originate from external hackers. Catbird's continuous Trusted Scan monitoring complements Catbird's External and Internal Intelligent Vulnerability Monitoring with a comprehensive check of all classes of vulnerabilities, including those that require credentials to proceed.

Application-level Vulnerabilities

Applications are the next port of entry for hackers. As IT managers are becoming more vigilant about monitoring for vulnerabilities in the operating system, and as the OS vendors themselves are spending millions of dollars to “harden” these core services, hackers are increasingly targeting software on top of the OS.

Indeed, most of the critical application vulnerabilities are in the most popular of applications, including Instant Messaging (IM), backup software and multi-media programs.

Many of these often-used applications inadvertently alter the operating system in a way that introduces vulnerabilities – making them easy targets for hackers. Any comprehensive vulnerability monitoring practice must include protection against these threats.

Full Coverage

Catbird Networks' Policy and Trusted Scan Monitor is the industry's best protection against such vulnerabilities. Sophisticated, yet easy to deploy, Catbird uses credentialed scanning to penetrate the at-risk computer and examine the operating system and installed applications. With this authenticated scan, Catbird can detect hundreds of vulnerabilities in Windows applications. Specifically, the Policy and Trusted Scan Monitor:

• Performs both Windows OS and application-level trusted scans to protect against all classes of vulnerabilities on most Windows operating systems and the most popular applications, including ones that require credentials to validate. Examples include software defects, unnecessary services, unsecured accounts, misconfigurations, incorrect patch levels and backdoors.
• Mitigates potential security or regulatory risks through Catbird's Penalty Box - a built-in ability to quarantine the out-of-compliance computer.
• Eliminates false positives and guesswork as credentialed scanning means IT administrators are guaranteed accurate information as monitor logs into machine itself.

Policy Monitoring

Establishing a security policy doesn't guarantee your network will be safe – but monitoring for adherence to this corporate policy is mandatory for security. Policy Management is a growing must-have for security professionals. CIO's as well as the government have set standards in an effort to protect the investments and assets of online customers. A simple error or deviation from these standards can represent millions of dollars in fines. A simple oversight exploited by a hacker can lead to millions of dollars of damage and irreparable reputational harm.

Catbird Networks' Policy and Trusted Scan Monitor ensures compliance with IT security policies by detecting any Windows server or desktop out of compliance with corporate policies. Examples include password policy, guest account policy, audit file logging status, patch levels, Windows registry and system shutdown. Coupled with Catbird Networks' Penalty Box, any out-of-compliance computer can be quarantined until IT staff choose to reauthorize it to join the network. The quarantine mechanism instantly removes any risk that the compromised PC poses to the organization at large.

Catbird's automated compliance monitoring is a key component of best practices policy management, satisfying both the managers supervising internal policy compliance and the auditors verifying Governmental and Regulator Compliance. Catbird's comprehensive reporting gives a continuous and complete picture of the state of policy compliance of the total network infrastructure.

Policy and Trusted Scan Monitor Data Sheet