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Getting started with McAfee Policy Auditor
Managed systems vs. unmanaged systems
Auditing managed systems
When connected to a network managed by ePolicy Orchestrator software, managed systems
can exchange information with the ePolicy Orchestrator server as scheduled. The primary
advantage of managed systems is that they are audited by the agent even when they are not
connected to the network. When they are reconnected, the Agent plug-in communicates the
results to McAfee Policy Auditor. The Agent plug-in slightly increases memory and processor
use.
Auditing unmanaged systems
Unmanaged systems can be audited by registering a McAfee Vulnerability Manager 6.8 or
McAfee Vulnerability Manager 7.0 server with McAfee Policy Auditor. McAfee Vulnerability
Manager performs the audits and returns the results to McAfee Policy Auditor. The primary
advantage of unmanaged systems is that you can audit them without installing an agent.
Unmanaged systems cannot be audited when they are disconnected from the network.
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