OfficeScan protects enterprise networks from malware, network viruses, web-based threats, spyware, and mixed threat attacks. An integrated solution, OfficeScan consists of an agent that resides at the endpoint and a server program that manages all agents.

The agent guards the endpoint and reports its security status to the server. The server, through the web-based management console, makes it easy to set coordinated security policies and deploy updates to every agent.

Use the OfficeScan Endpoint Encryption Deployment Tool plug-in to deploy Endpoint Encryption agents to OfficeScan managed endpoints. You can select endpoints based on specific criteria and see the status of the deployment. After the Endpoint Encryption Deployment Tool plug-in deploys the Endpoint Encryption agent software, the Endpoint Encryption agent synchronizes to PolicyServer using the settings specified in the plug-in. OfficeScan does not manage Endpoint Encryption policies. The OfficeScan agent and the Endpoint Encryption agent are independent on the same endpoint.

The following illustration explains how to deploy Endpoint Encryption for the first time on OfficeScan managed endpoints. In OfficeScan deployments, administrators can use either Control Manager or PolicyServer MMC to manage PolicyServer.