Smart Protection

Trend Micro Smart Protection technology is a next-generation, in-the-cloud protection solution providing File and Web Reputation Services. By integrating Web Reputation Services, Deep Discovery Inspector can obtain reputation data for websites that users attempt to access. Deep Discovery Inspector logs URLs that Smart Protection technology verifies to be fraudulent or known sources of threats and then uploads the logs for report generation.

Note

Deep Discovery Inspector does not use the File Reputation Service that is part of Smart Protection technology.

Deep Discovery Inspector connects to a Smart Protection source to obtain web reputation data.

Reputation services are delivered through the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network and Smart Protection Server (standalone). These two sources provide the same reputation services and can be integrated individually or in combination. The following table provides a comparison

Note

For details about the supported versions of Smart Protection Server, see Integrated Trend Micro Products/Services.

Smart Protection Sources

Basis of Comparison	Trend Micro Smart Protection Network	Smart Protection Server
Purpose	A globally scaled, Internet-based infrastructure that provides File and Web Reputation Services to Trend Micro products that integrate smart protection technology	Provides the same File and Web Reputation Services offered by Smart Protection Network but localizes these services to the corporate network to optimize efficiency Smart Protection Server connects to the following services: Certified Safe Software Service Community Domain/IP Reputation Service Community File Reputation Mobile App Reputation Service Predictive Machine Learning engine Web Inspection Service Web Reputation Service
Administration	Hosted and maintained by Trend Micro	Installed and managed by Trend Micro product administrators
Connection protocol	HTTPS	HTTPS
Usage	Use if you do not plan to install Smart Protection Server To configure Smart Protection Network as source, see Configuring Web Reputation Settings.	Use as primary source and the Smart Protection Network as an alternative source For guidelines on setting up Smart Protection Server and configuring it as source, see Setting Up Smart Protection Server.

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