Shavlik Technologies, the market leader in delivering software solutions that rapidly accelerate and continuously improve security and compliance readiness, today announced it is making a new research report on Vulnerability and Threat Management developed by the Aberdeen Group available for its customers, partners and organizations seeking detailed insight into “best of breed” solutions for their own IT organization and corporate enterprise.  The report’s conclusions mirror the experience of Shavlik customers who effectively manage and resolve vulnerability and threats on Internet-facing corporate networks using the Shavlik Security Suite.

The new report, from Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE:HHS), is titled “Vulnerability Management: Assess, Prioritize, Remediate, Repeat.” The report documents companies who gain a 91 percent return on investment by using best-in-class technology and practices to manage computer vulnerabilities. While keeping up with vulnerabilities and threats typically accounts for more than 15 percent of an organization’s IT budget, the top performers in the Aberdeen report are managing vulnerabilities more effectively and at a lower total cost. These organizations recognize that increased investment in automating and simplifying the vulnerability management lifecycle represents a significant opportunity to reduce costs associated with this essential function.

“The Aberdeen report confirms what Shavlik’s customers already know – that critical tasks such as vulnerability assessment, patch management, and configuration management continue to be complex and time-consuming. Essentially, if security management is too difficult and resource intensive, it doesn’t get done and therefore  the organization is ultimately putting their network at risk Leading organizations understand that there is value in investing in technologies to automate  these complicated and resource intensive tasks,” said Mark Shavlik, president and CEO, Shavlik Technologies.  Our customers continue to validate that the Shavlik Security Suite provides a single, easy to manage solution for automating the vulnerability management lifecycle, resulting in stronger security, higher service levels, and on demand proof of policy compliance."

“The explosive growth in the number of threats and vulnerabilities to Internet-facing networks, computers, and application software simultaneously demonstrates two things: the extreme cleverness and resourcefulness, and also the unfortunate greed and depravity, of human nature,” said Derek Brink, CISSP, vice president & research fellow, IT Security, Aberdeen. “Companies should accept that vulnerability management is a never-ending process, and that the cycle of “assess,” “prioritize,” “remediate” must be continuously repeated. Through better allocation of limited IT resources and risk management, Best-in-Class performance in vulnerability management frees up limited IT resources to invest in projects more directly tied to the "rewarded risks" of innovation and strategic growth.”