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Chapter 1
The Skybox™ Appliance is a hardware solution that enables you to deploy
Skybox easily, without the burden of maintaining your own server.
Skybox
®
is an Automated Risk and Compliance Management (ARCM) platform
that helps enterprise IT departments to discover and resolve potential security
and compliance risks before they impact your organization.
Skybox is a multi-tier platform. Skybox Appliance runs the Server and users run
Managers (clients) that connect to the Server over the network. Skybox also
runs an additional Skybox component, the Collector, which connects to data
sources and imports the data to the Server.
The Skybox Server and Collector are preinstalled on Skybox Appliance and run at
startup.
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Basic architecture
The Skybox platform consists of a 3-tiered architecture with a centralized server
(Skybox Server), data collectors (Skybox Collectors), and a user interface
(Skybox Manager). Skybox can be scaled easily to suit the complexity and size of
any infrastructure.
For additional information, see the Skybox architecture topic in the Skybox
Installation and Administration Guide.
Related documentation
Related documentation includes:
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Skybox online help
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Overview
