Trend Micro Management Communication Protocol Policies

The Trend Micro Management Communication Protocol (MCP) is the latest part of the communications backbone of Control Manager. MCP implements the following policies:

• MCP Heartbeat: The MCP heartbeats to Control Manager ensure that Control Manager displays the latest information, and that the connection between the managed product and the Control Manager server is functional.

• MCP Command Polling: When an MCP agent initiates a command poll to Control Manager, Control Manager notifies the agent to send managed product logs or issues a command to the managed product. Control Manager also interprets a command poll as a passive heartbeat verifying the connection between Control Manager and the managed product.