<html><body><p><font size="2" face="Arial">Security analytics and security operations center (SOC) managers who have continuous access to a breadth of data throughout an operation is a key indicator of an organization’s good security posture. The IBM BigFix App Team prides itself in helping security analysts and SOC managers meet that goal with the release of the </font><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM BigFix App for QRada</font></i></b><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial">r</font></i></b><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial"> v1.0.</font></i></b><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial">0</font></i></b><font size="2" face="Arial">in May 2017, providing them continuous visibility and insights into their endpoint security status from a single panel on the QRadar Console. </font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM BigFix App for QRadar fully integrates QRadar and BigFix to retrieve a variety of endpoint security data such as vulnerabilities discovered, patches to be applied, anti-virus deployment status, and software installation and processes running status. The deep and wide-scoped endpoint security data enables QRadar security analysts to increase their awareness on endpoint status and perform incident investigation more effectively. It also delivers to SOC managers a comprehensive endpoint security posture across the organization to help identify critical areas that need attention.</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">With IBM Security’s continued dedication to combat advanced cybersecurity threats, the IBM BigFix team is releasing </font><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM BigFix App for QRadar</font></i></b><i><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font></i><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial">v1.5.0</font></i></b><font size="2" face="Arial">to provide more security threat data, enhanced data visualization, and usability improvement. </font><p><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">What’s included in version 1.5.0</font></b><ul><ul type="disc"><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Attack alerts generated based on IOC and IOA analysis</font><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Anchored header showing the Endpoint, Vulnerability, and Patch summary throughout the Overview or Endpoint pages</font><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Improved data visualization involving color and contrast enhancements and element location refinements</font><li><font size="2" face="Arial">More configuration options for data source connection verification</font><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Improved download logs functionality</font><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Additional solution collaterals:</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Solution Brief: Making Security Analytics More Effective with Deep Insight into Endpoints (</font><a href="http://ibm.biz/BigFixAppSolutionBrief_WGS03113USEN-20170711"><font size="2" face="Arial">http://ibm.biz/BigFixAppSolutionBrief_WGS03113USEN-20170711</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial">)</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Solution Demo Video (</font><a href="http://secureyourendpoints.com/BigFixforQRadar.html"><font size="2" face="Arial">http://secureyourendpoints.com/BigFixforQRadar.html</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial">)</font></ul></ul>
<p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Where to get the app</font></b><p><font size="2" face="Arial">To download the app, go to the </font><a href="https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/hub/extension/503221b661847b5e5a4569a3be8d836d"><font size="2" face="Arial">app download page</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> on IBM Security App Exchange, a marketplace for the security community to share apps based on advanced security technologies.</font><p><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Want to learn more?</font></b><ul><ul><li type="disc"><a href="https://securityintelligence.com/unapplied-knowledge-using-endpoint-intelligence-to-earn-an-a-plus-in-security/"><font size="2" face="Arial">Unapplied Knowledge: Usnig Endpoint Intelligence to Earn an A-Plus Security</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> by I-Lung Kao, IBM Product Manager for IBM BigFix endpoint security solutions. </font><li type="disc"><a href="https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&partnerref=SecIntEvents&eventid=1404993&sessionid=1&key=6C9419A385FF1D5FE3F822A4C17DA752®Tag=107634&sourcepage=register"><font size="2" face="Arial">A Perfect Match: How to Correlate Security Event to Your Endpoint Vulnerabilities</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> webcast available on demand from IBM Security Webinar.</font><li type="disc"><a href="https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=WGS03113USEN&"><font size="2" face="Arial">Making Security Analytics More Effective with Deep Insight into Endpoints</font></a><a href="https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=WGS03113USEN&"></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> article highlights what the app can do for you.</font><li type="disc"><a href="http://ibm.biz/BigFixQRadarApp"><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM BigFix App for Qradar community</font></a><a href="http://ibm.biz/BigFixQRadarApp"></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> allows you to provide your feedback directly to the developers of the BigFix app.</font><li type="disc"><font size="2" face="Arial">Videos</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">o </font><a href="http://secureyourendpoints.com/BigFixforQRadar.html"><font size="2" face="Arial">Solution Demo Video</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Technical function demo videos available on youTube:</font><ul><ul><font size="2" face="Arial">- </font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXJuoVz_58c"><font size="2" face="Arial">BigFix App: Giving SOC Analyst Tons of Actionable Information (Part 1)</font></a><p><font size="2" face="Arial">- </font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r98wg1vMGsg"><font size="2" face="Arial">BigFix App: Giving SOC Analyst Tons of Actionable Information (Part 2)</font></a></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul>
<p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">We want to hear from you</font></b><p><font size="2" face="Arial">Tell us what you think of the app and post your feedback at </font><a href="https://ibm.biz/BigFixQRadarApp"><font size="2" face="Arial">https://ibm.biz/BigFixQRadarApp</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial">. We want to hear your thoughts – no matter whether it is good or bad. Your feedback will help us make this app better than it already is!</font><p><p><font size="2" face="Arial">We hope you find the app useful and effective.</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">Thank you!</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM BigFix App Team</font><p><BR>
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