About Monitors
Applies To: Forefront Endpoint Protection
Monitors use captured data in order to determine the health state of an object. The monitor then displays the state of the object (Healthy, Warning, or Critical). Additionally, FEP monitors can also generate alerts. Information that is displayed by monitors is event-driven. The FEP Security Management Pack contains four types of monitors: Vulnerability, Security State, Overall Health, and Deployment. For more information about FEP Security Management Pack monitors, see Security Management Pack Monitors.
Security Management Pack Monitor Types
Vulnerability Monitors
Vulnerability monitors track the settings and dynamic statuses of FEP clients. These monitors can be used to identify possible security vulnerabilities. The FEP Security Management Pack contains the following Vulnerability monitors:
Antimalware Engine
Antimalware Definitions Age
Antimalware Definitions
Vulnerability Protection
Real-time Protection
Windows Firewall
Security State Monitors
FEP Security State monitors monitor the security state of FEP clients. The FEP Security Management Pack contains the following Security State monitors:
Active Malware
Additional Actions Pending
Overall Health Monitor
The FEP Overall Health monitor reflects the overall health of all protected systems running FEP client software. This monitor is not visible, but is used to generate alerts when the overall health of monitored protected clients is unsatisfactory. The FEP Security Management Pack contains the following Overall Health Monitor:
- Malware Outbreak
Deployment Monitor
The FEP Deployment monitor reflects the deployment status of protected and unprotected clients. This monitor can be viewed in the Endpoints without FEP view. The FEP Security Management Pack contains the following Deployment monitor:
- Deployment Failure