Find Information About Security Tools

HPCA provides options to manage the security tools. The tools can be enabled or disabled, definitions can be updated, and scans initiated. The tools can be enabled selectively based on the Product Name, Product Version, or the Vendor.

HPCA also gives you the ability to discover anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall tools running on your devices. The Security Tools Management dashboards and reports provide the following information:

Security Tools Management Dashboards and Reports Information
Security Tool Information Available
Anti-virus Name and version of the product installed
Whether the tool is currently enabled
Last time the tool performed a full system scan
Last time the virus definitions were updated
Specific version of the current definitions
Anti-spyware Name and version of the product installed
Whether the tool is currently enabled
Last time the tool performed a full system scan
Last time the spyware definitions were updated
Specific version of the current definitions
Firewall Name and version of the software firewall installed
Whether the firewall is enabled
Rules used by that firewall (applies to Windows XP SP2 or later service packs and Windows Vista firewalls only)

See the following topics for more detailed information:

Unlike compliance or vulnerability management, security tools management does not require you to download extra “definition” files. All of the knowledge about gathering information about security tools installed on a device is embedded in the scanner. As necessary, HP Live Network updates the scanner to support newly released security tools (anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewalls).


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