Lenovo ThinkShield delivers Smarter Security
In today’s connected world, everyone benefits from advanced cyber defense programs. At an individual level, a cybersecurity attack can result in everything from identity theft, to extortion attempts, to the loss of important data like family photos. Everyone relies on critical infrastructure like power plants, hospitals, and financial service companies. Securing these and other organizations is essential to keeping our society functioning.
Furthermore, today’s remote workforce is making IT asset accountability difficult and costly. Critical asset data resides in multiple systems and formats, like static spreadsheets and incomplete databases, making the capture and synchronization of meaningful asset information difficult and costly. The risk is high, enterprises cannot defend or manage what they do not know they have.
Enterprise customers need an IT asset management tool to effectively track and manage technology assets, improve compliance, optimize IT infrastructure, and reduce costs. Lenovo heard the call from customers and has responded.
ThinkShield Asset Intelligence gives the enterprise visibility to its assets, even if they are purchased from multiple manufacturers and places. The solution powered by Ivanti and included in Lenovo’s ThinkShield portfolio of cybersecurity solutions, allows IT managers to access their company-wide databases, including purchasing, shipping, warranty, and hardware components, so they can know what devices are where and with whom.
In addition, because all upgrades and any changes to hardware are registered, Lenovo is among the first hardware manufacturers to provide this OEM solution to fully automate the flow of factory procurement data with an organization’s discovery data to enable accurate and feature-rich asset management capabilities. Different from traditional security approaches, ThinkShield Asset Intelligence provides the full picture of knowing both what has been purchased and merging that information with existing endpoint management sources.
ThinkShield Asset Intelligence helps mitigate attack risks by tracking and monitoring devices throughout the life of the asset. By providing a clear set of processes and procedures to verify complete and accurate asset disposal, the solution anticipates and deflects threats before a breach occurs. With ThinkShield Asset Intelligence, enterprise customers can lower security risks by tracking assets, more quickly identify assets that are lost or stolen, and identify devices not being managed.
ThinkShield Asset Intelligence also enables IT managers to assign devices to user and locations, track software usage to avoid the phenomenon of “shelfware,” and gain insights about when to purchase or update assets.
Nima Baiati, Executive Director & GM, Commercial Cybersecurity Solutions at Lenovo said: “As the saying goes that you can’t secure what you can’t see.” He also said that ThinkShield Asset Intelligence enables IT and Security teams to not only gain visibility to their assets but enables them to gain deeper insights into those assets allowing them to more effectively manage and secure those assets.
