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Novell® ZENworks® Endpoint Security Management provides complete, centralized security management for all endpoints in the enterprise. Because ZENworks Endpoint Security Management applies security at the most vulnerable point, the endpoint, all security settings are applied and enforced, wherever the user may be. This is critical to not only protect the data within the corporate perimeter, but also to protect the critical data that resides on the endpoint device itself.
This release of the ZENworks Endpoint Security Management product includes the addition of the Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Client 4.0. The Endpoint Security Client 4.0 is a client release to support Microsoft Windows Vista. The Endpoint Security Client 4.0 uses the ZENworks Endpoint Security Management 3.5 Server and Management Console. You can now manage Windows XP with the 3.5 client and Windows Vista with the 4.0 client.
The Endpoint Security Client is responsible for enforcement of the distributed security policies on the endpoint system. When the Endpoint Security Client is installed on all enterprise PCs, these endpoints can now travel outside the corporate perimeter and maintain their security; endpoints inside the perimeter receive additional security checks within the perimeter firewall.
The following components are installed on servers that are secured inside the corporate perimeter:
• Policy Distribution Service: Responsible for the distribution of security policies to the Endpoint Security Client and retrieval of reporting data from the Endpoint Security Client. The Policy Distribution Service can be deployed in the DMZ, outside the enterprise firewall, to ensure regular policy updates for mobile endpoints.
• Management Service: Responsible for user policy assignment and component authentication, reporting data retrieval, creation and dissemination of ZENworks Endpoint Security Management reports, and security policy creation and storage.
• Management Console: The visible user interface, which runs directly on the server hosting the Management Service or on a workstation residing inside the corporate firewall with connection to the Management Service server. The Management Console is used to both configure the Management Service and to create and manage user and group security policies. Policies are created, copied, edited, disseminated, and deleted using the Management Console.
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