BMC announced its BladeLogic Threat Director solution to enable IT operations and security teams to move from a fractured defensive security approach to a coordinated offensive attack.
No matter where an enterprise is on its digital journey, security remains of the utmost importance. Eighty percent of attackers exploit known vulnerabilities most of which have a published patch available whereas a BMC and Forbes Insights report found that 44 percent of executives said data breaches occur even when vulnerabilities and their remediation have been identified.
“There is inherent friction between the Security team and the Operations team that results in everything from avoidable security risks, data loss, downtime and excessive labor costs,” said Sean Pike, program director, eDiscovery and Information Governance at IDC. “BMC’s BladeLogic Threat Director is the first solution to give security teams visibility into operational plans while giving operations an actionable view of threat data based on risk level.”
BMC’s BladeLogic Threat Director helps the Security and Operations teams become more agile and quickly move to a proactive security position for both cloud and on-premises systems. Security teams use the Security Dashboard to gain a view into operational plans and SLAs giving them the ability to assess the current security readiness of their organization.
At F. Korbel& Bros, Inc., purveyor of America’s premier champagne, wine and brandy, security is a high priority,” said Tracy McMahan, IT support coordinator. “We are vigilant about staying on top of all updates and patches, yet it is a manual, time-consuming process. BMC's BladeLogic Threat Director solution will enable the security and operations teams to see what the other is doing, opening a dialog to allow the most urgent issues to be addressed first while balancing the operations teams need for uptime. Ultimately, BladeLogic Threat Director will help any company become more secure.”
“As digital services become a competitive force for companies, the number of new services and version updates multiplies exponentially as do the odds of a breach. Now more than ever, it is imperative that companies keep hackers out of their systems,” said Gavin Selkirk, President, APAC, BMC Software. “BMC’s BladeLogic Threat Director enables the security and operations teams to be vigilant in patching known vulnerabilities while also ensuring the customer’s digital experience is not disrupted.”
