Knowledge Security Column Vol.4

We receive requests for help from customers who still have some computers running Windows XP at their overseas locations or at subsidiaries, or who want to start management of IT assets and security, but do not know all the devices used by their employees at their headquarters, subsidiaries and overseas branches.

“KDDI Cloud Inventory” is an IT asset and security management tool that collects endpoint information and automatically generates reports. With this one tool, you can do cloud-based management, automatically gathering information on all your managed devices. Many other features are also included, such as setting unified policy, Wi-Fi and USB restrictions, user operation logs, and more.

With KDDI Cloud Inventory, you can simultaneously enable software updates for OS, Adobe products, and Web browsers, reducing the problem of endpoints that are missing the latest updates.

For software not covered by countermeasure 1, software that supports silent installations can be batch force-installed from the administrator side to client devices.

There is no limit to the number of security countermeasures that can be taken, such as installing security software, EDR, and behavioral analysis, but without first knowing the endpoints connected to your network, you won’t know which endpoints need to be covered in the first place. In security management, knowing all of your endpoints is an important step. To avoid supply chain attacks and other threats, consider checking not only endpoints at your headquarters, but also those at subsidiaries, which tend to have lighter security.