A leading provider of self-healing, intelligent security solutions, has announced the further expansion of its ecosystem of Absolute Application Resilience.
Joint customers can now apply Absolute's firmware-embedded persistence technology to improve the resiliency of more than 80 mission-critical security and business applications. Recent additions include NetSfere, ActivTrak Agent, HP TechPulse, Dell SupportAssist, Symantec Management Agent, BUFFERZONE Safe Workspace, Octopus Pro and Syxsense Responder.
Robust security controls
With cybersecurity risks and disruptions rising at an alarming rate, there is an urgent need for robust security controls that can effectively protect an organization's most vulnerable assets: users, their devices, and data. In everyday practice, however, maintaining the functionality of the applications, including their security, across widely distributed locations is associated with extensive problems and requirements. Absolute's Resilience Index 2023 report found that seven out of 80 popular security applications worked effectively on less than 47 percent of the devices they were installed on — and in some special cases as little as 52 percent. In contrast, when Absolute Application Resilience's self-healing capabilities were enabled, application health and effectiveness improved by up to XNUMX percentage points across the same vendors.
Application resilience
As a result of increased demand, Absolute has seen a 18 percent increase in the number of customers adopting Application Resilience over the past 79 months. These customers increasingly want to monitor the health of their business-critical applications and, if necessary, be able to repair or reinstall them themselves.
John Herrema, Absolute's EVP of Product and Strategy, explains: “Our mission is to enable our customers to increase their resilience against cyber attacks. We are committed to ensuring that the security features actually work. And because of our unique position of being embedded in firmware and our self-healing capabilities, we're uniquely qualified to do so. By continuously expanding our ecosystem for application resilience, we enable companies to continue to expand their security and business tools. In this way we ensure that they remain stable and can work effectively.”
strengthen security measures
The launch of the White House National Cyber Security Strategy earlier this year has also underlined the need for both companies and software vendors to strengthen security measures. This strategy aims to support security and resilience by shifting secure development practices and liability for software products and services directly to the digital ecosystem. "This will put companies in the best position to reduce risk to their business," Absolute said.
Herrema adds: “We believe that shared responsibility can also be the key to closing security and reliability gaps. Our data proves time and time again that even the most advanced applications can be corrupted by events such as wear and tear, unintentional tampering, or malicious acts. Both companies and software providers should therefore be aware of the enormous complexity of applications, devices and networks. They depend on successful installations and ongoing operations, and they must consistently take the right steps to ensure the resilience of these applications and protect them from these complex environments.”
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