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configurable, granting total control over when and how frequently alerts are triggered. See “Alerts
Monitoring” on page 33 for details.
Reporting is critical in assessing and implementing strong security policies. Reports may be
accessed through the Management Console by clicking on Reports. The endpoint security
information gathered and reported back is also completely configurable, and can be gathered by
domain, group, or individual user. See “Reporting” on page 37 for details.
Menu Bar
The menu bar gives you access to all functions of the Management Console. As with all Windows
menus, simply click the menu link to display the menu items. The menu items are described
below. .
Figure 4 : Menu Bar
• File - The File menu is used for the creation and management of policies
• New - creates a new policy
• Refresh Policy List - updates the list to display all active policies
• Delete - deletes the selected policy
• Import - imports a policy into the Management Console
• Export - exports a policy and the required SETUP.SEN file to a specified loca-
tion outside of the Management Service database
• Exit - Closes the Management Console software, logging out the user
• Tools - The Tools menu is used to control the Management Service
• Configuration - opens the Configuration window
• Permissions - opens the Permissions window
• View - The View menu gives you an option to change to key policy tasks without
using the task bar
• Policy - when a policy is open, switches the view to that policy
• Policy List - displays the policy list
• Alerts - displays the Alerts dashboard
• Reporting - displays the Reporting dashboard
• Help - The Help menu gives you access to the Management Console Help tool and the
About box
• Help - launches the Management Console Help tool, which can guide you
through policy creation as well as all Management Console tasks (also avail-
able by pressing the F1 key on your keyboard)
