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ICICI Bank felt that it was necessary that each device on the network was always updated with the latest patches, had up-to-date antiviruses, and was free of malware and spyware. Therefore, the bank's Information Security team decided to centralize and automate the process of updating and rolling out patches.
This project was undertaken to assure a secure working environment for critical business functions, and to protect the customers' sensitive data. This called for a centralized security management architecture that would carry out the inventory of information assets, analysis of threats, (identification of vulnerabilities and security holes), patch management, malicious code prevention as well as port control. LanDesk would have allowed them to manage and monitor a client-server environment, but was not sufficient. The bank decided to tailor the deployment to inhibit selected applications from launching, in order to protect against corporate prohibited applications, protect data leakages through centralized port control, implement hardening policy and carry out real-time audits. Automated patch management and the removal of spyware and malware is already operational. In the next phase, ICICI plans to deploy features like Network Admission Control, Server Manager, and Software License Monitoring. The hardware and software used is heterogeneous, and comprises four dual core, dual CPU, AMD Opteron servers, with 2.19 GHz processor speed and 4 GB RAM; clients with Win 2k/XP with 128 MB RAM, P III and above; .NET Framework 1.1, Oracle 9i, MS SQL Server 2004, and more.
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| Project Specs |
| Business problem: Updating each device with the latest security patches took a lot of time
IT solutions: LanDesk, customized to inhibit selected applications from launching
Impact: Secure working environment for critical functions and effective protection for sensitive customer data
IT Implementation partner: Allied Digital
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| Sunil Dhaka, Head IT |
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