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Getting started with McAfee Policy Auditor
Use of ePolicy Orchestrator software features
Installing the agent plug-in adds a product icon to the McAfee Agent system tray. In Windows
environments, the product icon optionally displays a balloon tip to indicate the system is being
audited.
Systems that have the McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in installed are known, in McAfee Policy
Auditor terminology, as managed systems.
Use of ePolicy Orchestrator software features
McAfee Policy Auditor is an extension of ePolicy Orchestrator software, and uses and relies
upon many of its features.
McAfee Policy Auditor is configured from the ePolicy Orchestrator server. The
ePolicy Orchestrator server is the center of your managed environment and provides a single
location where you can administer and monitor security settings throughout your network. You
can use the default settings or configure the settings to match your organizational needs.
This table lists the applicable ePolicy Orchestrator software features and describes how they
are used by McAfee Policy Auditor. You should become familiar with each of the listed features
and their uses.
ePolicy Orchestrator feature
Assign Policies
Client tasks
Contacts
Dashboards and Monitors
Detected Systems (Rogue System Detection)
Issues
McAfee Policy Auditor 6.0 software Product Guide for ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6
Location
Used by McAfee Policy Auditor
Menu | Systems |
To assign policies, like file integrity
monitor, to managed systems.
System Tree | Assigned
Policies
Menu | Systems |
To deploy the McAfee Policy
System Tree | Client
Auditor agent plug-in to detected
Tasks
systems.
To update the McAfee Policy
Auditor agent plug-into the latest
version.
To wake up the McAfee Agent on
selected systems.
To create user contact information
Menu | User
when you want to notify specific
Management | Contacts
personnel by email of an event.
Menu | Reporting |
To create a new dashboard
Dashboards
containing McAfee Policy Auditor
monitors
To manage the various
dashboards you use for policy
audits
To access detailed information
about policy audits
Menu | Systems |
To identify systems detected by
Detected Systems
McAfee Foundstone
To determine whether the
coverage of network enforcement
appliances is sufficient.
To prioritize, assign, and track issues.
Menu | Automation |
Issues can also be associated with
Issues
tickets in a third-party ticketing server.
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