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Chapter 1
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-tier 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 Collector are preinstalled on Skybox Appliance and run at
startup.
In this chapter
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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 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:
›
Skybox online help
›
Note: If you are not using the latest version of Skybox, you can find the
documentation for your version at
http://downloads.skyboxsecurity.com/files/Installers/Skybox_Vi
ew/<your major version/<your minor version>/Docs
. For example,
http://downloads.skyboxsecurity.com/files/Installers/Skybox_Vi
ew/10.0/10.0.400/Docs
Overview