Job Management Partner 1/Client Security Control Description, User's Guide and Operator's Guide

2.2 Managing inventory information

A client security control system can collect and centrally manage IT asset information, such as hardware information and software information, from clients.

The IT asset information sent from JP1/Software Distribution Client running on the clients to JP1/Software Distribution Manager running on the management server is known as inventory information. Since this inventory information is updated in real-time, an administrator can accurately assess the latest client inventory information.

The client inventory information collected by JP1/Software Distribution is managed in the client security control system via the asset management database of AIM. Of the inventory information collected, information about the following software is used to determine the client security level:

• Windows security update
  This is used to manage information about the Windows patches and service packs not yet applied to the client.
  
• Anti-virus products
  These are used to manage whether or not any anti-virus products are installed on the client, as well as manage the version of the virus definition file.
  
• Software in the Add/Remove Programs menu
  This is used to manage whether any prohibited software is installed on the client, or whether mandatory software is installed on the client.
  
• User-specific asset information
  This is used to manage information defined as asset information by the administrator, such as whether automatic login is enabled.
  

Inventory information can be acquired from not only clients in the network, but also from off-line machines isolated from the network.

The following figure shows an overview of inventory information.

Figure 2-2 Overview of inventory information

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