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Axonius 5.0
Cybersecurity asset management vendor Axonius announced a major new update to its platform that seeks to provide unheard-of visibility into installed software applications, with the aim of dramatically improving an array of critical security and business functions, Co-Founder and CEO Dean Sysman (pictured) recently told CRN. Axonius 5.0 also enables correlation of data about installed applications with other parts of an organization’s digital infrastructure in a way that’s never been possible before, according to the company.
Sysman said that the release of Axonius 5.0 and its new capabilities around installed software marks a major step in the company’s effort to become the industry’s go-to “system of record” for digital assets and infrastructure. “We’re not aware of any other platform that allows you to see this comprehensive level of your infrastructure,” Sysman said. “Today, we’ll have devices, identities, vulnerabilities, installed software and SaaS applications, all in one platform.”
With the newest add-on capability — Axonius Software Management — the platform can now consume inventories of installed software. The enhanced visibility into installed apps can enable improved whitelisting and blacklisting of software, while also giving a boost to vulnerability management, Sysman said. Customers and partners will also be able to use the capability to determine which software is end-of-life or end-of-support — and in some cases, whether software licenses could be utilized more fully.
