Trend Micro InterScan M Series, Administrator'S Manual

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Trend Micro™ InterScan™ Gateway Security Appliance M-Series Administrator’s Guide
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Control Manager Basic Features
Control Manager allows system administrators to monitor and report on activities
such as infections, security violations, or virus entry points. System administrators
can download and deploy update components throughout the network, helping ensure
that protection is consistent and up-to-date. Control Manager allows both manual and
pre-scheduled updates. Control Manager allows the configuration and administration
of products as groups or as individuals for added flexibility.
Control Manager is designed to manage antivirus and content security products and
services deployed across an organization’s local and wide area networks.
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Description
Centralized configuration
Using the Product Directory and cascading management struc-
ture, these functions allow you to coordinate virus-response
and content security efforts from a single management console
This helps ensure consistent enforcement of your organiza-
tion's virus and content security policies.
Proactive outbreak
prevention
With Outbreak Prevention Services (OPS), take proactive
steps to secure your network against an emerging virus out-
break
Secure communication
infrastructure
Control Manager uses a communications infrastructure built on
the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol
Depending on the security settings used, Control Manager can
encrypt messages or encrypt them with authentication.
Secure configuration and
component download
These features allow you to configure secure management
console access and component download
Task delegation
System administrators can give personalized accounts with
customized privileges to Control Manager management con-
sole users.
User accounts define what the user can see and do on a Con-
trol Manager network. Track account usage via user logs.
Command Tracking
This feature allows you to monitor all commands executed
using the Control Manager management console.
Command Tracking is useful for determining whether Control
Manager has successfully performed long-duration com-
mands, like virus pattern update and deployment.
On-demand product
control
Control InterScan Gateway Security Appliances in real-time.
Control Manager immediately sends configuration modifica-
tions made on the management console to the InterScan Gate-
way Security Appliances. System administrators can run
manual scans from the management console. This command
system is indispensable during a virus outbreak.