F-SECURE POLICY MANAGER 8.0 Administrator's Manual - page 16
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1.1
Overview
F-Secure Policy Manager provides a scalable way to manage the security
of numerous applications on multiple operating systems, from one central
location. It can be used to keep security software up-to-date, manage
configurations, oversee enterprise compliance, and can be scaled to
handle even the largest, most mobile workforce. F-Secure Policy
Manager provides a tightly integrated infrastructure for defining security
policies, distributing policies and installing application software to local as
well as remote systems, and monitoring the activities of all systems in the
enterprise to ensure compliance with corporate policies and centralized
control.
The power of the F-Secure Policy Manager lays in the F-Secure
management architecture, which provides high scalability for a widely
distributed, mobile workforce. F-Secure Policy Manager is comprised of
F-Secure Policy Manager Console and F-Secure Policy Manager Server.
They are seamlessly integrated with the F-Secure Management Agent
that handles all management functions on local hosts.
Main Components of F-Secure Policy Manager
F-Secure Policy Manager Console
provides a centralized management
console for the security of the managed hosts in the network. It enables
the administrator to organize the network into logical units for sharing
policies. These policies are defined in F-Secure Policy Manager Console
and then distributed to the workstations through the F-Secure Policy
Manager Server. F-Secure Policy Manager Console is a Java-based
application that can be run on several different platforms. It can be used
to remotely install the Management Agent on other workstations without
the need for local login scripts, restarting, or any intervention by the end
user.
F-Secure Policy Manager Server
is the repository for policies and
software packages distributed by the administrator, and status information
and alerts sent by the managed hosts. It provides scalability by working
as an extension to the Apache web server. Communication between