Overview
BigFix Client Manager for Endpoint Protection (CMEP) encompasses Anti-Virus, spyware tools, and device control capabilities.
This application enables the management of endpoint security clients from vendors such as McAfee, Symantec, IBM, and Trend Micro. More than just a way to put anti-malware defense under a BigFix umbrella, Client Manager for Endpoint Protection 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
- Inclusion of the Microsoft Forefront Update Wizard