4.10 Central Anti-virus Protection

Solutions for central protection from Dr.Web help automate and simplify configuring and managing information security of computers within logical structures (for example, company computers that access each other from both inside and outside of company's local networks). Protected computers are united in an anti-virus network which security is monitored and managed from central sever by administrators. Connection to centralized anti-virus systems guarantees high level of protection while requiring minimum efforts from end-users.

Logical Structure of Anti-virus Networks

Solutions for central protection from Dr.Web use client-server model.

Workstations and servers are protected by local anti-virus components (agents, or clients; herein, Dr.Web Anti-Virus for Linux) installed on them, which provides for anti-virus protection of remote computers and ensures easy connection to central protection server.

Local computers are updated and configured from central server. The stream of instructions, data and statistics in the anti-virus network goes also through the central protection server. The volume of traffic between protected computers and the central server can be quite sizeable, therefore solutions provide options for traffic compression. To prevent leak of sensitive data or substitution of software downloaded onto protected computers, encryption is also supported.

All necessary updates are downloaded to central protection server from Dr.Web Global Update System (Dr.Web GUS) servers.

Local anti-virus components are configured and managed from central protection server according to commands from anti-virus network administrators. Administrators manage central protection servers and topology of anti-virus networks (for example, validate connections to central protection server from remote computers) and configure operation of local anti-virus components when necessary.

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Figure 23. Logical structure of anti-virus networks.

Central Protection Solutions

Dr.Web® Enterprise Security Suite

Dr.Web® Enterprise Security Suite is a complex solution for corporate networks of any size that provides reliable protection of workstations, mail and file servers form all types of modern computer threats. This solution also provides diverse tools for anti-virus network administrators that allow them to keep track and manage operation of local anti-virus components including components deployment and update, network status monitoring, statistics gathering, and notification on virus events.