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Staff who manage Parity activities should be familiar with the Mierosoft Windows operating system, web applications, desktop infrastructure (especially in-house procedures for software roliouts, patch management, and antivirus software maintenance), and the effects of unwanted software. In addition, if you intend to use features that integrate Parity and Active Directory, you should be familiar with Active Directory ‘concepts and use. Although not necessary for day-to-day users of Parity Server, knowledge of SQL Server management is important for whoever is maintaining the Parity database server at your site. In the HTML version of this manual, page eross references from the print version are replaced by links labeled “go!” — you can click these fo reach the correct location Bit9 Terminology ‘The following table defines a numberof key terms used in a Bit9-pecifc context. ay DUT To) Parity Server ‘Computer running the Bit9 Parity Server software on a. Sipported Windows platonm Parity Agent Agent software installed on computers on your network; ee ‘agent runs independently but reports to the Parity ver Parity Console | The console, which can be displayed remotely with a web browsers the user interface and management, ‘center for all Parity management activities. ‘SecCon Security Condon. The protecton level applied io ‘computers running Parity Agent, A range of levels from Lockdown (most protective) to Agant Disabled (least protective) enable you to specify the level of file blocking required. Computer Windows-compatible computer that runs the Parity ‘Agent. Each computer protected by Parity ‘communicates with the Parity Server via the agent when itis on the same network. Policy Each computer protected by Parity is associated with @ Fly el donibe ts socarly datas ‘Computers with the same security requirements can share the same policy Computer El inaization proces for new computers thal come initialization gnline tothe Party system. During initialization, each, file on the hard-drive of the new machine is evaluated and classified by the Panty Server. Parity, Release 6.0.1 11/29/2010 6 Preface: Before You Begin Login account | To use Parity Console, users must have a login account, Role-based accounts tallored to users responsibilies determine what they can do on the system, Note that users of computers running the Parity Agent do not need Parity accounts. The server requires no direct interaction with users of computers Party is, ‘monitoring ‘An executable is any fle that contains executable code. Parity examines the content of each unknown ile that ‘appears on a computer in its network, determines ‘whether it contains executable code, and, if so, Calegorizes it according to executabie type. Scripts aro included in this process, although you can distinguish between the treatment given executables and scripts, Parity classification that determines how executables are tracked and permitted or not permitted to be run. ‘Top-level file states Includes approved, banned, and pending states. Ray processes fr approving legmate software Approved software is alowed to run without any user or ‘administrator intervention, even on computers under lockdown protection ‘A report that contains information that can help determine how far one oF more computers have drited from a baseline of files. This can help determine level of ‘compliance with company policies on acceptable files, and also identify fles that should be approved and ‘added to an updated baseline. Party's near-real-time database of all les of interest on all computers running Parity agent. Baseline ‘A reference point that can be used to determine drift of ‘computers running Parity agent from the reference, and thus potential risk for those computers. A baseline can ‘be a named table of files or the current set of files on a reference computer. Executable File stato ‘Software approval Drift report Live inventory What You Can Do Using Parity is your guide to day-to-day administration tasks: monitoring executable files, ‘on your network using Parity; configuring the Parity Server; managing computers running the Parity Agent; and managing Parity Console users. Note ‘This guide does not include one-time instalation instructions for the Parity Server. For server installation instructions, refer to the Installing Parity guide included with your documentation set. Parity, Release 6.0.1 11/29/2010 7 Using Parity Using Parity explains the following aspects of application control with Parity 1 10 " 2 B 4 15 reg Parity Overview Using the Parity Console ‘Managing Console Login Accounts ‘Creating and Configuring Policies “Managing Computers Getting File Information Approving and Banning Software Custom Software Rules Registry Rules Memory Rules ‘Monitoring Events and File Activity Monitoring Change: Baseline Drift Reports Using and Customizing Dashboards Locating Files Parity Configuration Parity, Release 6.0.1 co Describes the Parity architecture, key management concepts, and operation strategies Explains how to lag into the system and navigate to Parity features using the Parity Console. f includes

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