Andrew Berges

Configuration Manager, Security, and other musings from a self-confessed IT geek.

March 2011 - Posts

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6 Released

As per their notice, new features Include:

  • Streamlined installation and guided configuration wizard: deliver highly efficient enterprise-class security management to new small and medium-sized customers
  • Software Manager for direct access and check-in of product updates; eliminates download site visits
  • Client Tasks can now be managed just like policies: import, export and manage tasks or policies from a central catalog
  • Tag-Based Policy Assignment precisely targets assignment of pre-defined security profiles to systems based on their business role or at-risk status
  • Modified System Information view answers customers’ requests for a single screen showing properties and history of an endpoint
  • Streamlined dashboard management includes drag-and-drop editing, dynamic monitor resizing, and custom URLs, plus enhanced export features
  • Advanced reporting: provides report templates customized to a user’s company and personalized for various audiences
  • Customer Web APIs and python scripts: allow admins to build workflows that integrate security management into their business and automate repetitive tasks such as synchronizing endpoint information with other IT platforms; adding/deleting users; executing queries to integrate data with other tools; and adding data to ePO
  • Leveraging the McAfee user community admins can share best of breed dashboards, scripts, queries, and policies with their peers.
  • FIPS 140-2 level 2 validation: ePO 4.6 will be submitted for this high level security validation to support requirements of Federal customers and customers who do business with the government.

A master list of support articles related to ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6 can be found here, while the product can downloaded from here with a valid grant number.

ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 Patch 4 Released

Release Notes available here.  Fixes 79 issues, available for download here with your McAfee Grant Number.