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Websense Enterprise® Client Policy Manager™ (CPM)
delivers Zero Day protection against unknown security threats
and prevents the execution of unauthorized applications. Only Client
Policy Manager enforces employee application use policies for
corporate desktops, laptops and servers with its unique and
comprehensive database of categorized applications, which is updated
daily. Complementing traditional firewall and antivirus tools, CPM
closes the window of exposure to today's fast-moving and blended
security threats.
Employees often introduce new security challenges for corporate
IT groups when downloading applications, or when traveling with
their computers and then reconnecting to the network, exposing it to
malware. Organizations need the ability to:
- Enforce an application use policy for
employees and deliver Zero Day protection
- Detect desktop threats and attempts to use
unauthorized applications
- Protect the enterprise from known and unknown
security threats
- Prevent unauthorized applications from accessing
the network
- Implement and manage application use polices by
category, user or group
Client Policy Manager solution
Only CPM delivers effective, comprehensive threat detection and
flexible application use policy management, enabling organizations
to achieve:
- Stronger desktop / laptop security –
Stops malware from spreading through the enterprise, leading to
higher application and network uptime.
- Higher employee productivity – Enables
organizations to set appropriate application use policies thus
maximizing productivity.
- Lower desktop management costs –
Reduces help desk and desktop administration costs by
eliminating software incompatibilities and their consequent help
desk calls.
Deliver Zero Day protection against unknown security threats
CPM provides a new and important layer of protection for
addressing the Zero Day security loophole.
- Network Access Lockdown – Delivers Zero
Day protection against unknown security threats by blocking
access to specific ports and protocols by application category.
- Application Lockdown – Provides maximum
control over desktop environments by allowing only approved
applications to run on corporate PCs and servers, thereby
preventing unknown, potentially malicious applications from
launching.
- Outbreak Mode – Enhances enterprise
security infrastructure when needed most, during a virus
outbreak, before patches and anti-virus updates can take effect.
Blocks the launch of specific malware by enabling IT to quickly
push policies to PCs in realtime.
Detect and analyze desktop security threats and application
activity
CPM provides leading-edge threat detection for the corporate
desktops.
- Explorer for CPM – Detects potential
security threats and software misuse with a click-through,
interactive, browser-based interface. This dynamic forensics and
reporting tool provides business managers with reports on
application use and network access attempts by employee,
department, date, and application category.
- CPM Reporter – Automatically schedules
and distributes customizable, "out-of-the-box"
browser-based reports, including desktop inventories,
application launches, software categorizations, historical
application usage and organization risk profiles.
- Inventory Manager – Performs critical
hardware and software inventories that provide categorized and
normalized views of programs and applications, enabling early
threat detection and identification of unauthorized
applications.
Enforce flexible and auto-updating application use policies
CPM enables you to enforce up-to-date application use policies
with minimal administration.
- Application
Database – Categorizes applications within the
Websense Master Database, allowing flexibile policies to be set
by user, group, and, most importantly, by category using our
comprehensive methodology for categorizing thousands of
applications into over 50 categories.
- AppCatcher™ / ProtocolCatcher™
– Automatically and anonymously forwards to Websense Master
Database any unknown applications and its network behavior at
customer sites so that policies stay current
Client Policy Manager integrates seamlessly with existing IT
infrastructure
CPM makes it easy to begin managing corporate PCs and enforcing
an appropriate application use policy for employees.
- Automated desktop agent deployment –
Deploys CPM desktop agents onto corporate desktops individually
or globally with the click of a button in Websense Enterprise
Manager; there's no need for IT to deal with individual
desktops.
- Seamless integration with Websense Enterprise
– Integrates directly into the Websense Enterprise Manager
that manages employee computing across the gateway, network and
desktop, with no new interfaces to learn or consoles to deploy.
- User Directory integration – Enables IT
administrators to customize policies based on existing user and
group network definitions. Interoperates with the existing
infrastructure and integrates with popular, user-directory
services.
Websense Enterprise v5.2 system requirements
CPM Server
- Hardware: Pentium III processor or
greater with at least 512 MB RAM. Hardware requirements will
vary by configuration. Please see deployment guide for
additional information.
- Software: Microsoft® Windows®
2003 Server, Windows® 2000 Server (SP3 or greater)
or Windows® NT 4 Server (SP6a or greater).
CPM Client
- Hardware: CPM client supports most
desktop hardware configurations. Please see deployment guide for
additional information.
- Software: Microsoft® Windows®
XP, Windows® 2000, Windows® NT or
Windows® 98 SE.
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