About Trend Micro Smart Protection Server (Standalone) hardening

Product / Version includes:

Smart Protection ServerAll

Last updated: 2022/07/25

Solution ID: KA-0013180

Category: Update

Summary

Smart Protection Server is a next-generation, in-the-cloud based, advanced protection solution. At the core of this solution is an advanced scanning architecture that leverages malware prevention signatures that are stored in-the-cloud.

This solution leverages file reputation and web reputation technology to detect security risks. The technology works by offloading a large number of malware prevention signatures and lists that were previously stored on endpoints to Smart Protection Server.

Using this approach, the system and network impact of the ever-increasing volume of signature updates to endpoint is significantly reduced.

Is Trend Micro Smart Protection Server hardened based on Center for Internet Security (CIS) standard?

Trend Micro Standalone Smart Protection Server run on CentOS Linux 7. The Smart Protection Server R&D team has hardened that product based on the Center for Internet Security (CIS) standard for CentOS Linux 7 Benchmark. The Smart Protection Server 3.3 has passed Levels 1 and 2 of the CIS Benchmark Server assessment conducted in 2019.

Hardening involves making changes to secure the system and make it less vulnerable to attack. For Smart Protection Server, the changes included removing unnecessary software, disabling unneeded services, and configuring system settings to use the principle of least privilege, wherever applicable.

Trend Micro does not recommend altering or customizing the default configurations of the CentOS Linux 7 image hosting the Smart Protection Server, as it might result in system and application malfunction.

Trend Micro has released Smart Protection Server 3.3 Patch 10 Build 1302 at the Trend Micro Download Center. This patch contains accumulated fixes and enhancements.

Download the Smart Protection Server 3.3 Patch 10 Build 1302 package.
For further details about this patch, refer to the Readme.

For support assistance, please get in touch with Trend Micro Technical Support.

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About Trend Micro Smart Protection Server (Standalone) hardening

About Trend Micro Smart Protection Server (Standalone) hardening

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