SCCM Patch Compliance Report Tool
Help ensure patch compliance for devices in your environment
SolarWinds® Patch Manager can help you minimize security risks by providing easy-to-use reporting tools right out of the box. By monitoring successful and unsuccessful deployments, users can more easily identify problem devices and systems to resolve patching issues and ensure endpoints demonstrate compliance.
The included customizable management reports in Patch Manager are designed to provide visibility into patch status and general network security health, which can also be used to show auditors systems are in compliance with a number of standards and regulations, such as HIPAA.
Extend patch management compliance for SCCM and WSUS
System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) are useful environments for patching Windows applications and servers, but they aren’t always convenient when needing to patch third-party applications.
Patch Manager helps streamline the patching process by extending the functionality of SCCM and WSUS to patch third-party apps, allowing you to more easily run reports to help you with compliance audits including the full scope of systems and applications in your environment.
Run pre- and post-deployment scenarios to track patches
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What is patch compliance reporting?
Patch compliance reporting can help provide insights into the general security health of multiple devices at once when deploying patches. Once a patch has been tested and deployed, running a compliance report can help you confirm whether the patch installed successfully, or which devices may not be meeting compliance standards.
Why is patch compliance reporting important?
Taking every step possible to ensure devices, software, and applications are up to date and protected is an essential part of maintaining proper security and preventing cyberattackers from exploiting vulnerabilities. Failure to keep systems, software, and applications patched can lead to malware, improper functioning, lost revenue, fines for failing to maintain security and data integrity standards, and even legal proceedings.
By regularly running patch compliance reports, users can more easily demonstrate to auditors and key stakeholder devices across the network demonstrate patch management compliance regulations and can help ensure proper, proactive security protocols are in place.
What does patch compliance reporting do?
Patch compliance reporting is designed to pull metrics related to patch deployments and organize this data into a single, easily readable file. The report can help indicate which elements across the network are in patch compliance and which are not.
In addition to generating a record of the report, compliance reporting features may also include notification tools to send automated alerts about new patches, devices missing patches, and failed patch deployments. This can help keep users aware of potential issues needing to be addressed to meet patch compliance standards.
How does patch compliance reporting work in SolarWinds Patch Manager?
Patch Manager’s intuitive dashboards are built with powerful search functions letting you search your environment for devices requiring a certain patch or by specific device types to more easily determine which patches need deployed. The dashboard views can also display which devices have successful patch installations, installation errors, or missing patches that can be ordered based on severity and critical nature of the patch.
Patch Manager is designed to integrate easily with and extend the capabilities of SCCM and WSUS to provide a more streamlined patching capability for third-party applications outside of SCCM- and WSUS-only Windows patch management. Patch Manager includes pre-tested patch bundles for many common third-party applications.
You can also use Patch Manager to generate reports about computer update status, latest patches, missing patches, software installed, and more to be exported and emailed in a number of different file types—including PDF, HTML, XLS, and more—to support your ability to more easily demonstrate compliance standards.
Related Features and Tools
- Windows Patch Management
- Application Patch Management
- SCCM Software Inventory Management
- Virtual Patching
- Java Patching
- Automated Patch Management
- Automated Software Deployment Tool
- Extend Microsoft SCCM Patch Management
- Extend Microsoft WSUS Patch Management
- WSUS Alternative
- SCCM Alternative
- Security Patch Management
- What is patch compliance reporting?
- Why is patch compliance reporting important?
- What does patch compliance reporting do?
- How does patch compliance reporting work in SolarWinds Patch Manager?
- Related Features and Tools
What is patch compliance reporting?
Patch compliance reporting can help provide insights into the general security health of multiple devices at once when deploying patches. Once a patch has been tested and deployed, running a compliance report can help you confirm whether the patch installed successfully, or which devices may not be meeting compliance standards.
Automate security patch management to help keep your network safe
Patch Manager
- Extend the functionality of WSUS and SCCM for a more effective security patch management process.
- Easily install and monitor patches to support network security.
- Create reports to help with compliance audits using automated security patch management software.
