For years, it has been common knowledge that an effective patch management strategy is key to reducing software vulnerabilities exploited by malicious code. In fact, industry statistics show that 90 percent of successful attacks are perpetrated against previously known vulnerabilities in which a patch or secure configuration standard was already available from the software vendor[1].

So while most organizations know that they need an effective patch strategy, why is it that so many of them are still affected by vulnerabilities they could easily avoid? The answer to that question may forever remain unanswered. But for those organizations that recognize and act on the need for patch management, Symantec can assist them in meeting their security needs.

Altiris Client Management Suite 7.1 from Symantec now includes Altiris Patch Management Solution 7.1 SP1. The enhanced patch management solution helps by automating the detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities...

Let’s pretend for a moment that you’re on a business trip. You hear the boarding call for your flight and reach down to grab you laptop – only your laptop isn’t there. Whether it was left at security or snagged by another traveler in the terminal, your laptop is gone and your company data is at risk.

So what do you do? Typically you’ll need to make a call to the office, notifying your IT department of the incident. This call will initiate a chain reaction of events set into place to ensure measures are taken to secure the files and equip you with a new device to keep business running as usual. This process typically involves a series of forms, approvals, signatures, etc.

While it may sound simple, enforcing processes with effectiveness is one of hardest things for companies to do. With multiple people involved and steps required, any number of things can go wrong, slowing down the process –...

My work Moving to  7.1 Client management Suite from 6.0 we started to use 7.0 but decided to wait for 7.1

It looks good from  the Demos I have seen we are moving from Help Desk to Service Desk and Deployment 6.9 to 7.1 This is going to be a busy summer as we do our summer work and learn all this new stuff  we plan to divide and conquer

DaveC

Update We have moved to 7.1 and the Service Desk seems to be working well we have the agents some installed and pc anywhere seems to work well so mutch more to work on we also have the patch management working those computers that have fully registered are patching for microsoft and 3rd party updates

At the following URL you can find a reference table to the IT Management Suite 7.1 SP1 documentation:

IT Management Suite 7.1 SP1 documentation