Sophos Enterprise Console Help Product Version: 5.5 Contents About Sophos Enterprise Console
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Sophos Enterprise Console Help product version: 5.5 Contents About Sophos Enterprise Console...........................................................................................................1 Guide to the Enterprise Console interface.............................................................................................. 2 User interface layout..................................................................................................................... 2 Toolbar buttons..............................................................................................................................2 Dashboard panels......................................................................................................................... 4 Security status icons..................................................................................................................... 5 Navigating the Endpoints view......................................................................................................6 Computer list icons........................................................................................................................7 Filter computers by the name of a detected item.........................................................................8 Find a computer in Enterprise Console........................................................................................ 9 Navigating the Update managers view......................................................................................... 9 Getting started with Sophos Enterprise Console...................................................................................11 Setting up Enterprise Console............................................................................................................... 13 Managing roles and sub-estates.................................................................................................13 Creating and using groups..........................................................................................................22 Creating and using policies.........................................................................................................25 Discovering computers on the network.......................................................................................31 Synchronizing with Active Directory............................................................................................34 Configure the Sophos Mobile URL............................................................................................. 40 Protecting computers............................................................................................................................. 41 Prepare for installation of security software................................................................................41 Remove third-party security software..........................................................................................41 Protect computers automatically................................................................................................. 42 Locate installers for protecting computers manually...................................................................44 Checking whether your network is protected..............................................................................44 Configure the Dashboard............................................................................................................ 44 Check that computers are protected...........................................................................................45 Check that computers are up to date......................................................................................... 45 Find computers with problems.................................................................................................... 46 Dealing with alerts and errors.....................................................................................................46 Scanning and cleaning up computers now.................................................................................50 Updating computers............................................................................................................................... 52 Configuring the update manager................................................................................................ 52 Configuring software subscriptions............................................................................................. 59 Configuring the updating policy...................................................................................................63 Change primary server credentials............................................................................................. 67 Schedule updates........................................................................................................................69 Monitoring the update manager.................................................................................................. 70 Update out-of-date computers.....................................................................................................72 Configuring policies................................................................................................................................ 73 Anti-virus and HIPS policy.......................................................................................................... 73 On-access scanning.................................................................................................................... 75 On-demand and scheduled scanning......................................................................................... 81 Behavior monitoring.....................................................................................................................87 Sophos Live Protection............................................................................................................... 91 Web protection............................................................................................................................ 93 Scanned file types and exclusions..............................................................................................96 Authorizing items for use.......................................................................................................... 100 Firewall policy............................................................................................................................ 103 Application control policy...........................................................................................................131 Data control policy.....................................................................................................................133 Device control policy................................................................................................................. 147 (2018/12/17) Tamper protection policy...........................................................................................................153 Patch policy............................................................................................................................... 156 Web control policy.....................................................................................................................158 Full Web Control....................................................................................................................... 163 Exploit prevention policy............................................................................................................165 Setting up alerts and messages.......................................................................................................... 169 Set up software subscription alerts...........................................................................................169 Set up anti-virus and HIPS email alerts....................................................................................170 Set up anti-virus and HIPS SNMP messaging......................................................................... 171 Configure anti-virus and HIPS desktop messaging.................................................................. 172 Set up application control alerts and messages....................................................................... 172 Set up data control alerts and messages................................................................................. 173 Set up device control alerts and messages..............................................................................174 Set up network status email alerts........................................................................................... 175 Set up Active Directory synchronization email alerts................................................................176 Configure Windows event logging.............................................................................................176 Turn sending feedback to Sophos on or off............................................................................. 177 Viewing events..................................................................................................................................... 178 View application control events.................................................................................................178 View data control events...........................................................................................................178