When creating a policy, you can define how the agent is deployed. Your choice of deployment method affects the enforcement criteria you can specify on that policy. You can the following agent deployment options:
No agent—this agent deployment method is recommended for organizations with unsupported platforms. With this deployment, only protocol-based antivirus detection, network virus scanning, network application policy assessment, and certain threat mitigation functions are supported.
Single-use agent—installs an agent for assessment and stops the agent service after the assessment is completed. Unless the agent is outdated, Network VirusWall Enforcer will reuse the same agent to perform an assessment on the same endpoint.
Note: On earlier releases of Network VirusWall Enforcer, this deployment option was referred to as the "agentless" option.
Persistent agent—installs an agent that periodically assesses the endpoint and handles threat mitigation requests. This is the default deployment option.