Asset Management

With thousands and millions of dollars worth of hardware and software inventory within organizations, their management, maintenance and updations can lead to significant operational expense when manually performed. It can lead to delays in patches and updation, as well as the introduction of illegal and unauthorized applications by users, raising issues of legal liability and malware entry.

IT managers are frustrated by the tedious routine of auditing and maintaining computer systems for hundreds and thousands of users in distributed locations. Some of the frequent issues that crop up include:

How many computers are installed with Windows XP or Vista?

When should software licenses be renewed?

How does one allow Windows patches to be applied automatically?

How does one prevent the download of illegal applications?

Which systems could be vulnerable to malware attacks?

Is my browser patched with latest updates ?

Consequently, organizations must use an asset management solution to optimize their hardware and software inventory. This helps them gain cost control while lowering the incidence of threats.

Cyberoam Asset Management

Cyberoam's Asset Management module for Windows enables organizations to streamline their IT infrastructure management with centralized and automated hardware and software asset management that includes inventory, patch and update management. This results in control of hardware and software costs, while keeping the Windows operating system and application software up-to-date, lowering malware incidence.

Asset Management discovers all hardware and software components through the Agent installed in Windows endpoints. This reduces the tedious and complex task of manually collecting hardware and software information, lowering manpower utilization and resulting in higher accuracy.

Key Features	Datasheet

Hardware and software inventory

Hardware/ software asset location, configuration, version tracking, historical information

Automated patch management, updates of Microsoft Operating System and its applications

Centralized management

Remote deployment of Microsoft Software Installation (MSI) packages

Asset Types

Asset types include the following:

Hardware: Information with username, IP address, BIOS, disk drive, CPU, network adapter, sound card, keyboard, modem, etc.

Software: Operating system, anti-virus, applications, Microsoft patches

Custom: Customized definition of new assets such as switches, routers etc.

Patch Management

Cyberoam’s patch management functionality makes periodic checks for Windows patches. It then automatically downloads, distributes and installs the patch to all agents if a new patch is found, therefore, handling bug fixes across the network irrespective of the geographic location and preventing malware attacks. Cyberoam’s comprehensive and centralized controls allow organizations to meet security compliance requirements.

Remote Deployment Support

With Cyberoam’s Asset Management, administrators can remotely install new MSI-based applications without the need of their physical presence at the endpoint. The module has the ability to create specific packages and to remotely perform bulk deployment of these applications.

Reporting

Cyberoam’s Asset Management module provides in-depth reporting of hardware and software assets which can be exported to CSV, XLS or HTML formats. These reports can be used later for audit and compliance requirements.