Ivanti Neurons Patch for Intune
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Ivanti Neurons Patch for Intune extends existing
Microsoft Intune implementations to include
third-party application updates. Its threat andpatch intelligence help organizations properly
prioritize remediation of third-party software
vulnerabilities.

Third-party updates in Intune
Data breaches and ransomware attacks are increasing
every year. Similarly, the number of applicationsorganizations deploy is also on the rise, up 24% since2016.1 It should therefore come as no surprise thatthird-party applications have become one of themost attractive attack vectors for cyber adversaries.
Unfortunately, data breaches stemming fromThe bad news is that identifying that 4% from thevulnerabilities in third-party applications are also

over 130,000 total vulnerabilities in the NVD canamong the most expensive, costing organizations anbe difficult. For example, if an organization were toaverage of $4.33M.

patch all critical vulnerabilities based on the Common

2Organizations thus need to be diligent about updating
third-party applications, which can be challenging
with the ever-increasing number of applications they

Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v3, theywould miss out on patching 73.61% of ransomware
vulnerabilities.3

Introducing Ivanti Neurons Patchfor Intune
Ivanti Neurons Patch for Intune extends existing
Microsoft Intune implementations to include thirdparty application update capabilities without theneed for any additional infrastructure. It also provides
actionable threat intelligence and patch reliability

must account for. Further complicating matters isThis situation can be even more problematic for

insight for IT teams to prioritize and remediate

the growing number of vulnerabilities they need toorganizations that leverage Microsoft Intune to deliver

the vulnerabilities that pose the most risk to theirtrack as well – an average of 61 are disclosed by theapplications and updates to their devices. Whileorganization. With Ivanti Neurons Patch for Intune,

National Vulnerability Database (NVD) every day.3

Intune offers comprehensive patch management

organizations can better protect themselves from datacapabilities for Microsoft applications, it provides

breaches, ransomware and other threats that stemno native functionality for updating third-partyfrom vulnerabilities in third-party applications.

The good news is only 4% of all Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) have bee npublicly exploited.4applications.

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2Key features and capabilities

Avoid failed patch deployments

Streamline patch management processes

Extend Microsoft Intune with third-party
patch publishing

Save time and avoid failed patch deployments withRealize a range of operational efficiencies withpre-tested application updates and patch reliability

Ivanti Neurons Patch for Intune’s helpful features:

Maximize the return on your Intune investment
while protecting against threats that stem fromvulnerabilities in third-party applications. Ivanti
Neurons Patch for Intune publishes pre-tested
third-party application updates from Ivanti’s Neurons
cloud platform directly to Intune. This lets IT teams

insights. Ivanti thoroughly tests each patch content
package we create. Testing is conducted in an
extensive virtual environment to ensure the packages
work across a wide array of application versions
and operating systems before they are released
to the product.

deploy third-party application updates alongside

To further bolster your confidence, patch reliability

Microsoft OS and application updates within Intune

insights from crowdsourced social sentiment data andas part of their existing application lifecycle

anonymized patch deployment telemetry enable you tomanagement workflows.

evaluate application updates based on their reliability

Additionally, as a cloud-native solution, Ivanti Neurons
Patch for Intune enables Intune customers to migrate

in real-world environments before deploying them.

■ Automatically publish third-party application

updates into Intune as they become available(auto-publish optional).
■ Achieve more reliable patching with fewer failures

when leveraging pre-tested application updates
coupled with patch reliability insights.
■ Effectively prioritize patch efforts with threat

intelligence so you focus only on what matters.
■ Facilitate data and risk conversations between

security and IT operations teams with exploit
and malware insight to improve operational
collaboration.

their patching workloads entirely to the cloud andachieve Microsoft’s vision of modern management
without the need for any additional infrastructure.

Proactively protect against active exploits
Prioritize remediation based on adversarial risk withintelligence on known exploits and threat-context forvulnerabilities – including ties to ransomware. Ivanti’s
Vulnerability Risk Rating (VRR) better arms you totake risk-based prioritized action than basic CVSS
scoring by taking in the highest fidelity vulnerability
and threat data plus human validation of exploits from
penetration testing teams.

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July 2021. https://www.ibm.com/security/data-breach
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Spotlight Report”, 26 January 2022. https://www.ivanti.
com/lp/security/reports/ransomware-spotlight-year-end2021-report
4. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),“Binding Operational Directive 22-01: Reducing theSignificant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities”, 3November 2021. https://cyber.dhs.gov/bod/22-01/