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Dell KACE and OpenManage Essentials
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and firmware comparison reporting by each individual machine or across a range of machines in the
environment
While a choice will typically be made to use the Dell Update Center processes exclusively from either
OME or the K1000, that choice can be driven by the needs of the environment rather than any
incremental costs to the solution since both offerings provide Dell Update Center integration as part of
their core functionality.
K1000 Dell update comparison per machine Figure 11.
Assessing and resolving security vulnerabilities
Because the K1000 Appliance extends systems management to include the operating system and
software applications, it is able to assess and address vulnerabilities across a full range of
configurations. Assessments are performed using industry-standard approaches such as the Open
Vulnerability Assessment Language (OVAL) and the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). Use
of OVAL and SCAP ensures a reliable and reproducible set of metrics that are constantly updated as
new threats are identified.
OVAL vulnerability assessment tests Figure 12.