IBM launches integrated security solution

IBM has launched an integrated security intelligence solution that helps organizations identify key vulnerabilities in real-time, while reducing total cost of security operations. IBM QRadar Vulnerability Manager gives security officers an overview across their entire network, helping them to quickly strengthen and fortify their defenses. By aggregating vulnerability information into a single view, security teams can see the results from multiple network, endpoint, database or application scanners where it can be quickly reviewed and managed.


More than 70,000 security vulnerabilities exist today, with more than a dozen more being reported every day. The rapid expansion of social, mobile and cloud computing can further increase the number of potential vulnerabilities, expanding the threat landscape. 

Part of the IBM Security Intelligence Platform, QRadar Vulnerability Manager (QVM) combs through security holes to help close them to potential exploits, excluding those hidden behind firewalls, associated with inactive applications or otherwise unreachable from external attacks. By simply activating a license key, this new software can automatically scan the network and perform the analysis helping security teams more effectively direct their limited staff resources. "Security Intelligence is about putting all the available data into context, and making it useful for each client's unique security needs," said Brendan Hannigan, GM, IBM, Security Systems Division.