BELARC WHITE PAPERS
Belarc currently has the following white papers in circulation:
"Achieving and Maintaining Secure IT Configurations". The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has brought the subject of secure IT configurations into sharp focus with its requirement that all U.S. Agencies develop a plan for and implement a limited set of configurations. This paper describes a process to help IT management successfully implement and maintain these configuration checklists.
"PC Management for the Internet Age", describes the advantages of using an Intranet based architecture for PC Management.
"Policy Management vs. Vulnerability Scanning", offers a comparison between these two, often complementary, ways that IT managers can help secure their systems. Vulnerability scanning products test for known vulnerabilities. Policy management products are pro-active by locking the doors in advance of a possible attack.
"Security Within™ - Configuration based Security", describes the reasons for a configuration-based monitoring system in addition to your existing perimeter security systems, such as anti-virus and firewalls.
"System Management for the new Enterprise environment". Enterprise Architecture (EA) and IT best practice processes such as those from the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) have demonstrated the benefits of an accurate, automated and up-to-date centralized repository, or CMDB, describing of all of the enterprise's IT assets and their configurations. This white paper describes an architecture to successfully implement this repository and the benefits that can be achieved with it.
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And the following product papers:
"Belarc & Cisco NAC", describes how our products help to automate the use and operation of Cisco's Network Admission Control system.
"Belarc & SMS". Belarc's products and Microsoft's SMS product were designed around very different architectures and for different purposes. In many ways these products are excellent complements to help IT organizations manage their distributed IT assets. This paper describes the architectural differences and discusses the different roles that each product plays in the IT organization.
"Belarc Summary", is a short paper describing how Belarc's products are used and lists major customers.
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Please send us an email with the title of the white paper(s) you wish to receive, the reason for your interest in IT system management, and where you learned about Belarc: whitepapers@belarc.com
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