Five Ways to Draw More Value from Microsoft NAP Deployments

Windows Agent

OnGuard Persistent and Dissolvable Agents

Avenda's OnGuard Universal System Health Agent (USHA) for Windows enhances NAP end point health inspection in Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP Service Pack 3. The OnGuard persistent and dissolvable agents also support all versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 endpoints. The agent provides for extensive, supplemental system health checking in conjunction with the most popular anti-virus, anti-spyware and personal firewall products in use today. In addition, the Avenda agent can check the status of system services and for the existence of specified registry keys. And, it can also be configured to auto-remediate a quarantined endpoint.

Seamless Operation in the NAP Environment
  • Avenda OnGuard USHA is installable on Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3 as an add-on to the Microsoft NAP client
  • The Avenda OnGuard Agent is installable on all versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 endpoints
  • New  Avenda's OnGuard Agents require the use of Avenda's eTIPS
Comprehensive Health Checks
  • Anti-Virus Status - Ensure software is up-to-date and auto-remediate by triggering updates
  • Anti-Spyware Status - Ensure software is up-to-date and auto-remediate by triggering updates
  • Firewall Status - Verify status with auto-remediation
  • Service Status - Check for different services that are running on the endpoint and auto-remediate by stopping or starting services
  • Process Status - Check for different processes (including MD5 sum checks) that are running on the endpoint and auto-remediate by stopping or starting these processes
  • Registry Checks - Scan for specified registry keys and auto-remediate by creating, deleting or modifying specified keys
  • Patch Management Application check - Scan for specified patch management and update applications
  • OS checks - OS type, version, service packs, security updates, etc.
  • Peer-to-Peer Application Checks - Check for peer-to-peer applications or networks and auto-remediate by stopping or starting these applications.
  • Hotfixes checks - Check for hotfixes (by Microsoft KB name and description) and auto-remediate by installing required hotfixes.
  • USB Mass Storage detection - Check for presence of USB mass storage devices and auto-remediate by stopping the device.

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Supported Platforms
OnGuard USHAWindows 7 (all versions), Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista
OnGuard Persistent AgentWindows 7 (all versions), Windows XP (all versions), Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows 2000
OnGuard Dissolvable AgentWindows 7 (all versions), Windows XP (all versions), Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Send email to ask-nap@avendasys.com for a current list of supported anti-virus, anti-spyware and personal firewall products