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August 18, 2010

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My background is in Network Management Systems (NMS). In the late 1990’s, the buzz words for NMS were around a “single pane of glass” management. This referred to a single CRT computer screen showing all of the relevant network management information in one view. The inherent value in this approach was the ability to see all of the relevant network information and status at a quick glance. For enterprise clients, this quick glance included “management by exception” since the single pane of glass should only show aspects that were faulty or out of tolerance versus all elements in the network. If they did show everything, the view generally became cluttered and lost its value as a quick glance tool. The value and philosophy of those management consoles still holds true today for vulnerability management. Reporting aspects of vulnerability assessment are designed to show you which devices are not within acceptable parameters; and management console dashboards highlight the highest risk assets and vulnerabilities. In essence, they are performing the same functions of management by exception using vulnerabilities and security as filtered disciplines. Thus, the inherent value of a management console is how much relevant information it can bring together into that single pane of glass and then allow detailed drill down of information when requested. The correlation of relevant information is equally as important in establishing this value. Consider a vulnerability management console that indicates your highest risk assets and which vulnerabilities are present. Every vendor in the vulnerability management industry has the view today. The technology for which is over a decade old. Now consider that same single pane of glass that also tells you what attacks that asset has experienced, what malware has been detected, and all of the relevant asset information including software installed and even processes running. The value of this management console has just increased because it extends relevance of the data to not only show what is vulnerable, but is also showing how that device is interacting with the environment from a security and asset management perspective. If we now couple that same view with the ability to manage our regulatory compliance initiatives and even offer two way communications to those devices that need remediation, our single pane of glass now provides a value that has never been realized before. A single management console can now provide the entire lifecycle of vulnerability management for assets from discovery, assessment, reporting, and remediation. So I would like to pose this question to my readers for comments:
Do you use a management console for a lifecycle approach to vulnerability management? If not, why?
Solutions are available today that can realize the visions of a decade ago and simplify your entire approach to vulnerability management. If you’re using a solution that only reports vulnerabilities, eEye can truly provide your business the value it has been striving for in the next generation management consoles.

Morey J. Haber

Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at BeyondTrust

Morey J. Haber is Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at BeyondTrust. He has more than 25 years of IT industry experience and has authored four Apress books: Privileged Attack Vectors (2 Editions), Asset Attack Vectors, and Identity Attack Vectors. In 2018, Bomgar acquired BeyondTrust and retained the BeyondTrust name. He originally joined BeyondTrust in 2012 as a part of the eEye Digital Security acquisition. Morey currently oversees BeyondTrust strategy for privileged access management and remote access solutions. In 2004, he joined eEye as Director of Security Engineering and was responsible for strategic business discussions and vulnerability management architectures in Fortune 500 clients. Prior to eEye, he was Development Manager for Computer Associates, Inc. (CA), responsible for new product beta cycles and named customer accounts. He began his career as Reliability and Maintainability Engineer for a government contractor building flight and training simulators. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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