OPSWAT enables cloud integration through Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), an open standard that allows identity providers (IdPs) to pass credentials to service providers (SPs). OPSWAT also offers a zero-trust solution that replaces VPNs with better security, easier management and a more positive user experience.

In a local environment, OPSWAT provides detailed identification and security compliance to make sure you know exactly what’s on your network, can block any unauthorized attempts and enable segmentation by placing IOT devices in the appropriate group.

OPSWAT offers integrated solutions for specific environments, such as Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Salesforce, to make it even easier for both IT and the end user to have a secure device and access in these situations.

OPSWAT examines devices with standard security controls, such as operating system and antivirus software, and then goes much deeper, including risk and vulnerability assessments, with the ability to detect and fingerprint more than 5,000 third-party applications. Other tests include encryption, removable media, keylogger protection, screen capture protection, unwanted applications and multiple scans for active and passive malware.

OPSWAT illustrates the endpoint status of the entire environment and provides control over every device accessing your network and cloud applications – on a single panel. Administrators can conduct a detailed security review of any device and monitor which devices are accessing which applications and when. The overall dashboard illustrates threats, device actions and current vulnerabilities across the enterprise.

OPSWAT offers self-repair options right out of the box, minimizing costly support calls. To maximize productivity, some repair options can simply be automated, such as updating virus definitions in local malware protection software, activating firewall software and removing unwanted applications.

Challenges
Companies in the medical industry and healthcare facilities need to take extra precautions to ensure the privacy of confidential patient data is maintained, according to the consensusBYOD users often avoid accessing security software because it is traditionally cumbersome and slows productivity. OPSWAT provides a lightweight client that conducts a quick but comprehensive assessment and can be removed from the device.e with GIODO and HIPAA requirements. The requirements are that organizations adequately protect the privacy of the protected electronic health information they collect, create, maintain or transmit. When these confidential data are breached (with increasing frequency), healthcare organizations are exposed to significant costs associated with the consequences of the breach.

Solution
OPSWAT technologies provide ideal solutions to each of these challenges faced by today’s educational institutions. AppRemover forces old security applications to be uninstalled so that new ones can be installed on all student and faculty computers. Metascan provides protection for email and file upload servers by scanning incoming files through a mechanism of multiple anti-virus engines, increasing confidence that malware will not enter the network. Many universities also use Metascan for their IT departments to facilitate malware research.
Universities that choose network solutions from vendors such as Juniper, Cisco or others to allow students and researchers to access protected resources can specify a list of approved Anti-Malware applications by selecting applications certified by OPSWAT. These applications will be compatible with the university’s network solutions, and the OPSWAT video will also help explain to students why they should use the Anti-Malware applications on this list, so that fewer questions will be directed to the Help Desk.

Detect all known threats in the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) library, as well as using MetaAccess’ proprietary scoring system created to protect more than 100 million endpoints to help prioritize.