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Who is Shavlik Technologies?
Shavlik Technologies is the technology and market leader in risk and compliance management software solutions with more than 10,000 customers worldwide.
Where did the Shavlik name come from?
Shavlik Technologies was founded by Mark Shavlik, a former Microsoft Windows NT developer widely regarded as the founder of the security patch management industry.
What problems do Shavlik Technologies products solve?
The Shavlik Solution Suite simplifies complex network security problems. Through automation, our easy-to-use and easy-to-deploy solutions provide immediate value by enabling organizations to meet their operational objectives, lower costs, and reduce their risk of exposure.
What is the Shavlik Solution Suite?
The Shavlik Solution consists of a set of tools that together provide an enterprise-wide management and reporting solution to reduce risks and contain drift in an organization’s security posture. The software products in the Shavlik Solution Suite are:
  • Shavlik Security Intelligence: an intuitive risk and compliance management solution that puts the power to measure risk and compliance across your entire network in web-based dashboard.
  • Shavlik NetChk Compliance: provides the shortest route to attaining and sustaining compliance with internal security policies, industry and government mandates, and industry best practices.
  • Shavlik NetChk Protect: enterprise solution that simplifies management of critical security patches, spyware, malware, and unwanted software by automating the assessment, remediation, and management cycle.
What Shavlik product will specifically manage spyware?
Shavlik NetChk Protect automates the management of critical security patches, spyware, malware and unwanted software applications from one easy-to-use console
What Shavlik product will do compliance reporting?
Shavlik Security Intelligence which offers high-level compliance reports, managers can drill down to problem areas and make technical recommendations to help with regulation or security standard compliance (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA, ISO 17799/27001, NIST).
What compliance assessments does Shavlik offer?
Shavlik provides compliance assessments that measure existing security management practices and controls against the requirements of law and regulations or industry best practices, including:
  • Legal and regulatory directives: HIPAA, GLBA, FFIEC, SB 1386, IT Control Review for SOX
  • Industry Best Practice Standards: ISO 17799/27001, CobiT, NIST
How many systems can Shavlik NetChk Protect Audit Edition scan?
The NetChk Protect Audit Edition scan engine is optimized to scan up to 100,000 systems.
What platforms will Shavlik NetChk Analyzer support?
Shavlik NetChk Analyzer offers support for today's most widely used platforms including Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Additionally Shavlik NetChk Analyzer scans popular Microsoft and non-Microsoft applications including Microsoft Office, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Adobe Reader, Firefox, Real Player, WinZip and many others.