Ivanti, an enterprise software company providing a cloud-based IT and security platform, has launched Ring Deployment within Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management.
The new capability is designed to help IT teams mitigate the risks associated with patching systems by enabling the creation and configuration of deployment rings, providing a structured approach to patch testing and rollout.
Ivanti states that the increasing complexity of the threat landscape necessitates solutions that enable organisations to effectively manage risk, minimise business disruptions and maintain a positive user experience.
IT teams face the ongoing challenge of managing regular monthly maintenance patches, keeping up with weekly priority updates for applications such as browsers and responding rapidly to zero-day threats. The sheer volume and frequency of patch releases, combined with the severity of emerging threats, often leaves systems vulnerable. Ivanti emphasises that the longer vulnerabilities remain unpatched, the greater the risk of attacks or ransomware.
Organisations, therefore, require continuous patch management solutions that can address fast-emerging, critical threats.
The Ring Deployment reportedly enables users to implement a controlled rollout of monthly maintenance patches, resulting in minimal disruption to production systems, helping IT teams to meet service level agreements (SLAs) and benefit from a more controlled, efficient and reliable patch management process.
Neurons for Patch Management also incorporates Ivanti’s proprietary Vulnerability Risk Rating (VRR) to provide clarity on which vulnerabilities require patching. Unlike the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), VRR takes into account active or likely exploitation, rather than just severity. This dynamic scoring system adapts to real-world threat context, providing a more accurate assessment of vulnerability risk.
“As we’ve implemented Ring Deployment, we’ve done so with careful consideration of how to embed it into a world that is now highly focused on risk. Our goal is to ensure IT teams can resolve vulnerabilities that expose their environment to real-world risk while balancing that rollout with quality guardrails,” said Chris Goettl, VP of Product Management, Endpoint Security at Ivanti.
“By integrating Ring Deployment with Ivanti’s Deploy by Risk experience, our customers are able to manage the rollout of updates to address security and operational goals simultaneously.”
Additional benefits of Ivanti’s Ring Deployment, as outlined by the company, include:
- Reduced IT team strain: The process of prioritising, installing and testing security patches can place a significant burden on IT teams.
- Targeted response to critical threats: The out-of-the-box configurability of Ring Deployment facilitates large-scale but controlled rollouts with automated patch remediation.
- Data-driven decision-making: Real-time status views and insights into each deployment phase provide users with enhanced visibility and control.
- Minimised disruption to end-users: By enabling testing and validation of patches within smaller, controlled groups before wider distribution, the phased deployment model helps to ensure that updates function as expected without disrupting the end-user experience.
“Improving security is an ongoing process and Ivanti is dedicated to offering solutions that safeguard against the constantly changing threat landscape,” said Karl Triebes, Chief Product Officer at Ivanti.
