Computer Location Parent topic

OfficeScan provides a location awareness feature that determines whether a OfficeScan client’s location is internal or external. Location awareness is leveraged in the following OfficeScan features and services:

Features and Services that Leverage Location Awareness

Feature/Service
Description
Web Reputation Services
The OfficeScan client’s location determines the web reputation policy that the OfficeScan client will apply. Administrators typically enforce a stricter policy for external clients.
For details about web reputation policies, see Web Reputation Policies.
File Reputation Services
For clients that use smart scan, the OfficeScan client’s location determine the smart protection source to which clients send scan queries.
External clients send scan queries to Smart Protection Network while internal clients send the queries to the sources defined in the smart protection source list.
For details about smart protection sources, see Smart Protection Sources.
Data Loss Prevention
A OfficeScan client’s location determines the Data Loss Prevention policy that the client will apply. Administrators typically enforce a stricter policy for external clients.
For details about Data Loss Prevention policies, see Data Loss Prevention Policies.
Device Control
A OfficeScan client’s location determines the Device Control policy that the client will apply. Administrators typically enforce a stricter policy for external clients.
For details about Device Control policies, see Device Control.