Kategorie: Symantec EPM Security

How to use Symantec IT Management Suite to remediate against BlackLotus Part 1 – Reporting

Determining Whether a BIOS Update Is Required The first step in preparing for Microsoft’s upcoming security changes—specifically, the rollout of new Secure Boot certificates via a cumulative Windows Update in 2026 — is to verify whether each device is running a BIOS version that meets the minimum requirements. Major OEMs such as HP and Dell … Weiterlesen How to use Symantec IT Management Suite to remediate against BlackLotus Part 1 – Reporting →

Jobs or Tasks get queued when TLS and SSL Hardening used on SMP and Task Servers

We found that if SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0 as well as TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols are disabled for hardening reasons, running Jobs / Tasks are getting queued and do not start immediately when scheduling them using quick run or schedule. Most of the hardening scripts for SSL and TLS disable SSL 2.0, SSL … Weiterlesen Jobs or Tasks get queued when TLS and SSL Hardening used on SMP and Task Servers →

How to detect and Report on Log4Shell vulnerability using Symantec Custom Inventory

In this Blogpost we are creating a Task and a Custom Inventory Dataclass that will help us to find computers affected by the Log4Shell vulnerability. Before you start implementing this, be aware that this script may take very long to run (depending on multiple factors). You may have to extend the time "Task stops after" … Weiterlesen How to detect and Report on Log4Shell vulnerability using Symantec Custom Inventory →

Did you KNOW? Series Part 2: Using the new Install Software Updates Task in 8.5 RU2

In the coming months I will post changes and features made into ITMS that are documented but mostly unknown or overseen. This will be a multi part series.  In this series I will show what changes are made in the different RUs and how to make “real-world” usage of the newly introduced features.  Starting with … Weiterlesen Did you KNOW? Series Part 2: Using the new Install Software Updates Task in 8.5 RU2 →