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Remote Endpoint Security Solution for Managed Service Providers

Thursday, August 13th, 2009 by clear-blue-security

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are searching for ways to lower operating costs while providing better service to their clients. Implementing a remote endpoint security solution is one of the best ways to reduce the risk of client network outages and lost business continuity.

Because MSPs are responsible for the client infrastructure, they are also responsible for the tools required to manage it. Remote monitoring and remediation allows an MSP to increase their geographic reach and lower their costs by automating otherwise manual tasks. The savings can be passed on to the client or kept as profit for the MSP. 

Most remote endpoint security solutions require heavy up-front costs in the form of hardware, software and implementation, making them out-of-reach for smaller MSPs and too costly to deploy at SMB customers.

Clear Blue Security has compiled a list of requirements from MSPs who service small and medium sized businesses and have a dire need for an affordable endpoint security solution:

The endpoint security solution has to be lightweight and easily deployed:

The implementation cost for traditional monitoring products is high due to set-up and hardware costs. When implementing at SMBs, any hardware costs are usually covered by the MSP, not the client.

The endpoint security solution must be non-intrusive:

MSPs cannot risk service levels when introducing a tool that helps lower their costs. Implementation must appear seamless to the client.

The endpoint security solution must automatically monitor and alert vulnerabilities:

The cost of manual monitoring is too high and causes the MSP to provide less security for the client.

The endpoint security solution must work in a heterogeneous security environment:

SMB clients cannot afford to switch anti-virus vendors to accommodate the needs of an MSP remote monitoring tool. 

Clear Blue Security is the only remote endpoint security solution for MSPs that meets the requirements of small/medium sized businesses.

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Are There Chinks in Your Endpoint Security Protection Armor?

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 by clear-blue-security

Being an Antivirus vendor is tough business. Even giants like Symantec have trouble keeping up now and then.

In a comparative lab test conducted by Virus Bulletin this month, 35 antivirus products were run through a battery of tests in a Vista SP2 testing environment including virus scanning and avoiding false positives.

Get the full story here: Virus Bulletin

12 products failed the test (~30%). Among the failures was the enterprise Symantec Endpoint Security protection product. The company described the failure as a rare and obscure virus that has not been reported by any customers. However, it raises questions about vendors being able to keep-up with an ever-changing list of environment updates.

Clear Blue Security is an endpoint security protection product that can work inside a heterogeneous antivirus network, avoiding the cost and commitment to a single vendor. And in times of uncertain performance, Clear Blue Security allows users to switch antivirus vendors without an expensive detachment process.

Protect your endpoints today.  Download Clear Blue Security’s Endpoint Security protection software for free.

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Without Automation is Endpoint Security Management Possible?

Monday, August 3rd, 2009 by clear-blue-security

The war cry of IT managers today is, “I want my team to provide services, not be mechanics.”

IT professionals are working their way out of the trenches as companies focus on leveraging technology to save money and deliver more solutions faster. But do company owners understand the soft costs of mis-managing the talent pool?

Using intelligent and expensive resources to perform rudimentary tasks seems counterproductive in most organizations. And, as the role of IT becomes critical path to the business mission, IT professionals are expected to continuously evolve and manage more with less.

Automation promises a way for the IT department to scale manpower and simplify laborious tasks that take away from design and implementation responsibilities. Endpoint security management is a good example of a task best left to an automated system.

It is impractical for most companies to assign a full-time resource to manually monitor every endpoint to ensure security compliance. By using an automated endpoint security management tool like Clear Blue Security, endpoints are monitored real-time even when outside the network.

In a recent survey conducted by Clear Blue Security on 125 small and medium sized businesses, 100% of the businesses exhibited critical security vulnerabilities on the network. A majority of the threats were “elementary” and could have been easily avoided if an effective monitoring and detection system were in place.

“Most small and medium sized companies have basic security measures in place. A firewall and antivirus are par for the course.” comments John Sirvydas, CTO of Clear Blue Security. “We find most problems in the configuration of endpoint security tools. An endpoint security management system is required in resource constrained and complex networks to ensure the tools are updated and running properly.”

Protect your endpoints today.  Download Clear Blue Security’s Endpoint Security management software for free.

 

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