Trend Micro Network VirusWall™ Enforcer 2500 Administrator’s Guide
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Control Manager Basic Features
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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Centralized configuration
Using the Product Directory and cascading management
structure, these functions allow you to coordinate
virus-response and content security efforts from a single
management console
This helps ensure consistent enforcement of your
organization'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
outbreak
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
console users.
User accounts define what the user can see and do on a
Control 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
commands, like virus pattern update and deployment.
On-demand product
control
Control Network VirusWall Enforcer 2500 devices in real-time.
Control Manager immediately sends configuration
modifications made on the management console to the
Network VirusWall Enforcer 2500 devices. System
administrators can run manual scans from the management
console. This command system is indispensable during a virus
outbreak.
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