Skybox version 11.6.100
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Chapter 1
Overview
Skybox
®
Appliance is a hardware solution that enables you to deploy Skybox 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-tiered platform. Skybox Appliance runs the Skybox Server and users run
Skybox Managers (clients) that connect to the Skybox Server over the network. Skybox also
runs an additional Skybox component, the Skybox Collector, which connects to data sources
and imports the data to the Skybox Server.
The Skybox Server and Skybox Collector are preinstalled on Skybox Appliance and run at
startup.
In this chapter
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 to suit the complexity and size of any infrastructure.
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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Note: If you are not using the latest version of Skybox, you can find the documentation for
your version at
https://downloads.skyboxsecurity.com/files/Installers/Skybox_
View/<major version/<minor version>/Docs
. For example,
https://downloads.skyboxsecurity.com/files/Installers/Skybox_
View/11.5/11.5.100/Docs