Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Server™ is a next-generation, in-the-cloud based, advanced protection solution. At the core of this solution is an advanced scanning architecture that leverages malware prevention signatures that are stored in-the-cloud.

This solution leverages file reputation and web reputation technology to detect security risks. The technology works by off loading a large number of malware prevention signatures and lists that were previously stored on endpoints to Trend Micro Smart Protection Server.

Using this approach, the system and network impact of the ever-increasing volume of signature updates to endpoint is significantly reduced.