The automated IT management innovator, New Boundary Technologies®, announced today the release of Prism Patch Manager 6.4, which automates patch management to simplify proactive vulnerability management - from real-time assessment and remediation to validation and compliance reporting.

Maintaining secure Windows configurations, with more than 6,000 software vulnerabilities discovered in 2007, and a growing criminal black market that trades in software vulnerabilities, is a major and costly IT challenge. Prism Patch Manager automatically secures Windows systems from software vulnerabilities to support compliance with corporate policies and regulatory requirements.

The top two best practices for preventing IT security risks, according to the SANS Institute, the world's largest information security training and certification organization, are:
1.   Configuring systems for maximum security while allowing full business functionality
2.   Using automation technologies to ensure systems remain securely configured and fully patched.

To make those best practices simple and seamless IT processes, Prism Patch Manager delivers the innovative automation technologies and robust functionality. Key features of Prism Patch Manager 6.4 include:

    * Agent-based architecture that maximizes network efficiency and protects devices when disconnected from the network to ensure all systems and applications are compliant with standards and policies.
    * Robust scalability that meets the needs of large, complex, and highly distributed environments.
    * Patch Baselines that automatically configure Windows systems to a desired patch compliance level.
    * Automated patch level maintenance that sustains a patch baseline for ongoing compliance.
    * Ongoing patch monitoring and validation for maximum coverage.
    * Comprehensive reporting that demonstrates software patch compliance to management and auditors.

Prism Patch Manager leverages innovative vulnerability assessment technologies that deliver the most accurate threat detection available, and one of the world's largest patch repositories to deliver accurate, rapid patch management. Prism Patch Manager collects, tests, analyzes, and deploys patches throughout the organization with minimal impact on network resources, IT staff, and end-users. And Prism Patch Manager continuously monitors systems to maintain patch level compliance that supports best practices and regulatory mandates. New Boundary Technologies offers Prism Patch Manager as a component of its Prism Suite™ desktop management suite and as an individual point solution.