Lumension has a product called Patch Guard. Haven't used it in production but the trial worked great.
Regards KimW www.twitter.com/andronin www.facebook.com/andronin On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 02:44, Rob Fuller <[email protected]> wrote: > Secunia ( http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/ ) - has a pretty cool > product that has 3rd Party app patch detection. I have used their PSI tool > at home, and I like it. Their "Corporate" version I am betting as a way for > the admin to push updates, but I am can't say for sure. I do know that the > PSI gives you a clickable "update" feature that does one of a couple things: > does the update automagically / auto downloads the update for you to install > / or sends you to an update page. > > I have seen quite a few desktop apps that do the same thing, but never > encountered anything at the corporate or even small biz level. > > -- > Rob Fuller | Mubix > Room362.com | Hak5.org | TheAcademyPro.com > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Jody & Jennifer McCluggage < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> >> >> A few episodes ago Carlos made the excellent observation that many >> organizations do not have a centrally controlled automated strategy for >> patching 3rd party (non-Microsoft) applications on Windows. He correctly >> pointed out that Microsoft/Windows Update and WSUS does not patch 3rdparty >> applications. As late as last year, the number one application attack >> vector was Office. But according to one recent survey, this year the number >> one application attack vector were made up of some ubiquitous Adobe products >> (probably not a surprise to anyone here) so obviously patching only >> Microsoft products is no longer a viable solution. >> >> >> >> Does anyone have any recommendations of any products (commercial or open >> source) that are appropriate for small to mid-size organizations that can >> centrally deliver approved 3rd party application patches to Windows >> machines? >> >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> >> Jody >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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