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Key Performance Indicators
June 15, 2010: Being able to measure IT security processes represents an important requirement for ensuring quality management in IT security. Using key performance indicators makes this possible. It also makes decision-making easier for managers, since it allows the level of compliance with key objectives to be measured based on them.
For the first time now, the Key Performance Indicators integrated into AMPEG Security Lighthouse show the security management team the duration of the distribution process for patches/updates.
If you would like further information on this, please go to Key Performance Indicators.
Classifying Computer Systems
April 07, 2010: In a GRC suite like HiScout from DB3, users can map their business processes and evaluate their computer systems according to criticality and safety class. By exchanging data between AMPEG Security Lighthouse and HiScout, companies that employ both software solutions can assess the security level of their critical computer systems in a dedicated manner. AMPEG Security Lighthouse users who are not yet ready to deploy GRC software can now classify their computer systems according to availability and safety classes in a simplified version. All computer systems in the network are listed in the administration section under Classification. Users can then select individual computers and assign them a Protection Class (e.g. 4-Very High) and/or an Availability (e.g. 4 High Critical). In the subsequent reports on the Security Information Map or in the lists and charts, only those systems with the appropriate classification assigned can be analysed.
New Vulnerability Collector
February 15, 2010: The new AMPEG Vulnerability Collector now transfers all security information from different vulnerability scanners into AMPEG Security Lighthouse. These scanners check your network regularly to pinpoint weak spots. The results are then analyzed in the central data warehouse in AMPEG Security Lighthouse and put into visual form on the Security Information Map and in various lists and charts. Correlation with the data from the patch management system provides you with an overview in AMPEG Security Lighthouse of the weak spots you have already patched successfully.