Endpoint Security Solution

Altiris' Client Security is an enterprise-class security solution (SearchSecurity.com 2007 Readers' Choice Award winner) that's tightly integrated with the entire suite of Altiris offerings. Here are some pretty cool demos where you can learn more in a hurry.

PCI DSS is tough on wireless LANs. I suppose wireless LANs have earned this reputation, deservingly so. Too many retailers operate open wireless networks without any encryption or they have used WEP, which can be broken in about 6 minutes of sampling.

Release versions for Endpoint Security Solution are as follows.

6.0 GA - 243
Hot Fix 1 - 244
Hot Fix 2 - 244
6.0 Service Pack 1 – 357

Endpoint Security Solution 6.0 Service Pack 1 is now available for download and installation. Be aware that 6.0 agents will not be able to receive policy updates from a 6.0 SP 1 server due to changes in policy encryption. It is recommended that the deployment of server and agent updates are implemented together.

Here's another very cool feature of Endpoint Security Solutions -- the reporting of files being copied to removable media.

As cool as this feature is, there is some confusion surrounding it. Read on to get a clear picture.

Keep your Endpoint Security Solution up to date by applying the latest patches and hot fixes. Here's the info on two of the most recently released code updates.

If you use VMware and Endpoint Security you know that you cannot run the ESS agent in a VM Session. The workaround is to load the agent onto your physical host machine and control it through the VM server.