Introduction to Endpoint Security Manager – SME
Endpoint Security Manager (ESM) SME is designed to help administrators of corporate networks deploy, manage and monitor Comodo endpoint security software on managed networked computers.
Total Protection for networked computers
ESM allows administrators to leverage and maximize the protection offered by Comodo's endpoint security solutions. These products can now be centrally managed and administered to ensure a workforce that is protected by best-of-breed solutions such as Comodo Internet Security (including Firewall and Antivirus). If installed individually, each product delivers superior protection against its specific threat vector. If installed as a full suite of packages, they provide a level of total endpoint security that is unrivaled in the industry.
More efficient, effective and easier management
This ability to roll out and centrally manage security policies to a network that is protected with a proven and fully integrated security suite can save thousands of man-hours per year. Administrator time that would otherwise be lost to repetitive configuration and vendor interoperability problems can be re-directed towards more productive and profitable core business interests. Furthermore, because ESM policies can be deployed immediately across all protected nodes, administrators can respond more quickly to protect an entire network against the latest, zero hour threats. Furthermore, ESM's dashboard provides fingertip access to tasks wizards, important network and task related data and support resources. The Administrator can add endpoint computers, install agents, create new policies and do much more quickly by using the wizards via the web interface.
Features:
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New web browser-based panorama style user interface compatible with touch-screen computers
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New Dashboard interface with Active Tiles™ and configurable email alerts
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New policy-based Comodo Internet Security configuration management
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New Internet policy supports different CIS configuration for laptops
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Integration with the latest Comodo Internet Security
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New Active Reports™ with built in drill down to computers
Guide Structure
This guide is intended to take you through the configuration and use of Endpoint Security Manager - SME and is broken down into the following main sections.
Dashboard Area - Features a set of highly configurable, dynamic tiles that let system administrators create the control panel of their choice.
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Dashboard area gives an immediate heads-up on network, virus and policy status
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Serves as a launchpad for common tasks such as antivirus scans or database updates
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Highly customizable - tiles can be dragged, dropped and re-arranged as admin sees fit
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Dynamic – admins can change the type of information that is shown on any particular tile
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Additional Active Tiles™ with extra functionality can be dragged onto the dashboard by clicking the ellipsis
button on the settings bar at the lower left of the interface.
Computers Area - Plays a key role in the ESM Administrative Console interface by providing system administrators with the ability to import, view and manage networked computers.
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View complete details of the endpoints that are managed by ESM
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Add/Import computers to ESM for centralized management
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Create computer Groups for easy administration
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Apply security policies to computers and groups
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Download the latest version of the agent and deploy agents to target computers.
Policies Area - Allows administrators to import and manage security policies for endpoint machines.
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View a list of all policies along with their descriptions and the CIS component covered by the policy
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View and modify the details of any policy – including name, description, CIS components, target computers and whether the policy should allow local configuration
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Add or remove policies as per requirements
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Export any policy to .xml file
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Create a new policy by importing settings from another computer, using another pre-existing policy or from a saved xml file.
Reports Area - Generate highly informative, graphical summaries of the security and status of managed endpoints.
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Drill-down reports can be ordered for anything from a single machine right up to the entire managed network
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Each report type is highly customizable according to administrator's requirements
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Report archiving enables to compare reports generated at various time points
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Reports can be exported to .pdf and .xls formats for printing and/or distribution
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Available reports include endpoint CIS configuration, policy compliance, malware statistics, policy delta, CIS logs, quarantined items and more