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Weeding out unsafe, unnecessary applications is increasingly important for strong endpoint security, as the average corporate endpoint has as many as 70 applications installed. The number of vulnerabilities affecting endpoints has more than tripled in recent years, fueled increasingly by 3rd party applications outside of Microsoft(1). To help organizations take back control of their endpoints and effectively manage applications and the risks they introduce, Lumension, the global leader in endpoint management and security, has fully integrated the Lumension Endpoint Integrity Service (L.E.I.S.) within the new Lumension Endpoint Management and Security Suite, (L.E.M.S.S.) v7.2 release. With this release, organizations can now discover and verify the authenticity of all applications found within their endpoint environment and utilize a Lumension application trust rating to make informed decisions on their application policies. By directly validating executables from original software vendors, referencing the NIST National Software Reference Library (NSRL), and querying the extensive Lumension user community database, L.E.I.S. triangulates on discovered applications to accurately determine identity, risk and distribution. This powerful service will now be available within the L.E.M.S.S. management console.
Lumension customers will also experience: Increased visibility, control and security with enhanced flexibility; Explicit identification and application risk rating for increased security, control and optimized management of the application ecosystem thereby improving endpoint security from both admin and user sides, reducing the burden / costs of doing so, and...