If you are the network manager for a multi-platform system, then the sheer number of software installed every day can make it difficult for you to monitor security. Often, running diagnostic checks is a laborious process and one that requires the system to slow down for a significant amount of time. Instead, a quality intelligence management device is able to monitor software constantly and provide you with updates when vulnerabilities are detected. This leaves you with more time to spend addressing security issues, rather than simply attempting to find them.

The cycle of security within a network involves finding issues, assessing their genesis and level of danger, attempting to fix the problem, and then checking that the problem has been resolved. This process should be on-going, particularly because the digital security threats are never going to disappear. With a quality vulnerability management device, you will be able to receive updates as and when issues occur, meaning that you can spend more time on the assessment and fixing stages of the cycle. In addition, a quality piece of vulnerability management software will allow you to keep detailed records of previous issues, allowing you to spot trends and areas of overall weakness.

In addition, quality intelligence will allow you to do more with the alert than simply fix the problem; it will actually allow you to understand what caused the problem, and which areas criminals are exploiting. This will leave you better prepared to deal with future attacks, as well as passing on information to law enforcement to help with the fight against, viruses, hacking, identity theft and fraud. In addition, quality intelligence can advise as to areas where patches and other software may not suffice, and instead recommend changes to your network or system configuration.

A quality vulnerability management system will allow you to be better placed to deal with security threats, as well as threats from viruses. Often, fixing problems in your network or potential breaches is not enough, but instead you must be able to make structural or configuration changes to your system in order to keep your data safe. A quality vulnerability management can not only save time, but can reduce overall costs associated with using one integrated security device, rather than a range of smaller, non-integrated devices. On a large network, the number of pieces of software and applications in use can leave it open to virus or security issues. A piece of quality vulnerability management software will mitigate this, and keep your system and network secure.

Fiona Roy writes for a digital marketing agency. This article has been commissioned by a client of said agency. This article is not designed to promote, but should be considered professional content.