Evaluation Checklist

This checklist shows the many features that are available with Security Controls. Feel free to use this checklist to compare Security Controls with products from other vendors.

Item	Ivanti Security Controls	Competitor A	Competitor B
Installation and Licensing
Prerequisites automatically installed if missing
Installed and running in 30 minutes or less
Licenses available for a variety of feature sets
Ease of Administration
Simple to use: Can use with no training
Intuitive, easy-to- understand interface
Perform patch and asset scans within minutes of product installation
View patch status immediately after completion of scan
Easy-to-perform patch remediation
Initiate scans automatically or on-demand
Automated remediation
Scalable – can be used with small or large number of machines
Useability in Small, Medium and Large Organizations
Works with multiple operating system vendors (Microsoft, Red Hat and CentOS)
Works with multiple Microsoft operating systems
Works with multiple software products
Works with multiple product vendors (Microsoft and non-Microsoft)
Works with multiple machine types (servers, workstations, tablets, ATMs, etc.)
Works well with multiple networks
Flexible – able to grow with the organization
Can perform tasks agentlessly from a central console
Can perform tasks using agents installed on target machines
Patch Scanning Criteria, Accuracy and Security
Supports all current Microsoft operating systems
Supports all current Red Hat and CentOS operating systems
Supports all popular Microsoft applications
Supports large number of non-Microsoft applications
Can scan for both security and non-security patches
Can scan Microsoft’s security tools
Scans for both patches and service packs
Real-time patch validation (via XML file)
Patch supersedence (superseded patches are not presented)
Detailed patch analysis and validation via file version + registry keys
Digitally signed files for security during the patch process
Provides detailed information about each detected patch
Supports the use of custom patches
Supports patches for a variety of languages
Can group patches by criticality, then scan for & deploy by group
Control Over How Target Machines are Patched
Ability to identify missing patches
Ability to fix incorrectly patched machines
Can deploy individual patches or multiple patches
Can deploy based on user-defined criticality
Automatically deploy missing patches after a scan
Scheduled patch deployment options
Patch rollback
Virtual Machine Support (Online and Offline VMs)
Discover, inventory, and patch online virtual machines hosted on workstations
Discover, inventory, and patch offline virtual machines hosted on workstations
Discover, inventory, and patch online virtual machines hosted on ESX server
Discover, inventory, and patch offline virtual machines hosted on ESX server
Manage and track vCenter Servers and ESXi hypervisors
Scan and deploy patches to managed and unmanaged ESXi hypervisors
Application Control
Executable control
Privilege management
Browser control
Asset Management
Discover and catalog software assets
Discover and catalog hardware assets
Discover and catalog virtual assets
All virtual machine information available in one location
Ability to initiate asset scans automatically or on-demand
Can schedule agentless or agent-based asset scans
Power Management
Ability to shut down machines
Ability to restart machines
Ability to put machines into sleep state
Ability to put machines into hibernate state
Ability to send Wake-on-LAN (WoL) request
Ability to initiate power tasks automatically or on-demand
Can schedule agentless or agent-based power management tasks
PowerShell Scripts
Access to free scripts and all pre-defined scripts provided by Ivanti
Execute scripts against target machines
Execute scripts from the console
Create PowerShell templates
Import custom scripts
Share your custom scripts with the ITScripts community
Execute scripts immediately
Schedule script execution to run at some time in the future
Reports
Easy to generate
Large number of reports available
Large scope of reports, from enterprise view to machine-level detail
Indicates degree of compliance with patch policies
Export results to other formats
Ability to filter results
Find the exact information you want using advanced filtering
Send reports automatically via e-mail
Application Program Interface (API)
Support for both REST API and PowerShell API
Interact with different systems in your environment
Script a sequence of complex events that contain dependencies
Perform bulk operations or process list inputs from other systems
Programmatically stage patch deployments or initiate patch downloads
Product Documentation and Support
Robust, online Help system
Product documentation available online
Video tutorials
Available e-mail support
Online support forum
RSS feeds that provide security-related news & important messages