Overview
BigFix Client Manager for Endpoint Protection (CMEP) encompasses Anti-Virus, spyware tools, and device control capabilities.
This application allows the management of endpoint security clients from vendors such as McAfee, Symantec, Windows Defender (also known as Microsoft Defender), Sophos, and Trend Micro. More than just a way to put anti-malware defense under a BigFix umbrella, CMEP brings unprecedented scalability, speed, and thoroughness to keep organizations steps ahead of external threats.
The CMEP application includes the following features:
- Real-time visibility into the current health and status of vendor-acquired endpoint security clients
- Management and remediation of unhealthy, vendor-acquired endpoint security clients where possible
- Uninstall tools to enable easy switch-out of incumbent endpoint protection tools
- Web-based reporting to monitor migration progress in real time, with drill-down details
- Closed-loop verification of updates, signature definition files, and more even if endpoints are disconnected from the network
- Unparalleled scalability and speed a single management server can support up to 250,000 endpoints with updates made in minutes
CMEP is intended to supersede the BigFix Client Manager for Anti-Virus (CMAV) content site. CMEP contains all of the functions of CMAV, including some additional features:
- New and improved dashboard interface to manage each functional area
- Support for Windows 7 on Symantec, McAfee, and Trend Micro supported products
- Support for Windows 2008 on Symantec, Trend Micro, and Sophos
- Support for Mac on McAfee and Symantec
- Inclusion of device control capability
- Inclusion of the computer filtering feature
- Inclusion of the export to PDF feature