Smart Protection

Smart Protection Technology

Trend Micro smart protection technology is a next-generation, in-the-cloud based protection solution providing File and Web Reputation Services to endpoints. At the core of this solution is an advanced architecture that leverages threat signatures stored in-the-cloud.

Threat Mitigator leverages File Reputation Services during routine mitigation tasks and On-demand Scan.

• Threat Mitigator does not leverage Web Reputation Services.

In place of the conventional Virus Pattern, Threat Mitigator downloads and updates a lightweight pattern called Smart Scan Agent Pattern. If this pattern is unable to determine the risk of a file during mitigation or On-demand Scan, a scan query is sent to a cloud-based server called Smart Protection Server. The File Reputation Services of Smart Protection Server process the query by checking the Smart Scan Pattern.

The Smart Scan Pattern hosted on the Smart Protection Server contains signatures not found in the Smart Scan Agent Pattern. This pattern checks whether the file is safe to access. A Smart Protection Server downloads and updates the Smart Scan Pattern from the Trend Micro ActiveUpdate server.

Endpoints that cannot connect to Smart Protection Server can send scan queries to Trend Micro Smart Protection Network. The following table provides a comparison between Smart Protection Server and Smart Protection Network.

See also:

• Smart Protection Implementation

• Threat Mitigation

• Mitigation Tasks

• On-demand Scan