Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.x: Manage and Administer - ENDPOINT-MA

By the completion of this course, you will be able to:
• Describe how the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) communicates with clients and make appropriate changes
as necessary.
• Design and create Symantec Endpoint Protection group structures to meet the needs of your organization.
• Respond to threats using SEPM monitoring and reporting.
• Analyze the content delivery system (LiveUpdate).
• Reduce bandwidth consumption using the best method to deliver content updates to clients.
• Configure Group Update Providers.
• Create location aware content updatThis course is for IT and system administration professionals who are charged with managing and monitoring Symantec Endpoint
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• Use Rapid Release definitions to remediate a virus outbreak.

You must have working knowledge of advanced computer terminology, including TCP/IP networking terms and Internet terms, and an
administrator-level knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Introduction
• Course environment
• Lab environment
Monitoring and Managing Endpoints
Managing Console Access and Delegating
Responsibility
• Creating administrator accounts
• Managing administrators and delegating responsibility
Managing Client-to-SEPM Communication
• Analyzing client-to-SEPM communication
• Restoring communication between clients and SEPM
• Verifying clients are online with the SEPM
Managing the Client Architecture and Active
Directory Integration
• Describing the interaction between sites, domains,
and groups
• Managing groups, locations, and policy inheritance
• Assigning policies to multiple locations
• Importing Active Directory Organizational Units
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• Controlling access to client user interface settings
Managing Clients and Responding to Threats
• Identifying and verifying the protection status for all
computers
• Monitoring for health status and anomalies
• Responding to incidents
Monitoring the Environment and Responding to
Threats
• Monitoring critical log data
• Identifying new incidents
• Responding to incidents
• Proactively respond to incidents
Creating Incident and Health Reports
• Reporting on your environment’s security status
• Reporting on the health of your environment
Enforcing Content Updates on
Endpoints using the Best Method
Introducing Content Updates using LiveUpdate
 Describing the LiveUpdate ecosystem
 Configuring LiveUpdate sources
 Troubleshooting LiveUpdate
 Examining the need for an internal LiveUpdate
Administration server
 Describe the high-level steps to configure an internal
LiveUpdate server
Analyzing the SEPM Content Delivery System
 Describing content updates
 Configuring LiveUpdate on the SEPM and clients
 Monitoring a LiveUpdate session
 Managing content on the SEPM
 Monitoring content distribution for clients
Managing Group Update Providers
 Identifying the advantages of using group update
providers
 Adding group update providers
 Adding multiple and explicit group update providers
 Identifying and monitoring group update providers
 Examining group update provider health and status
Configuring Location Aware Content Updates
 Examining location awareness
 Configuring location aware content updates
 Monitoring location aware content updates
Managing Certified and Rapid Release Definitions
 Managing Certified SEPM definitions from Symantec
Security Response
 Managing Certified Windows client definitions from
Symantec Security Response
 Managing Rapid Release definitions from Symantec
Security Response
 Managing Certified and Rapid Release definitions from
Symantec Security Response for Mac and Linux clients
 Using static definitions in scripts to download content