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Figure 115: Posture Evaluation Process
Policy Manager uses posture evaluation to assess client consistency with enterprise endpoint health policies,
specifically with respect to:
l Operating system version/type
l Registry keys/services present (or absent)
l Antivirus/antispyware/firewall configuration
l Patch level of different software components
l Peer to Peer application checks
l Services to be running or not running
l Processes to be running or not running
Each configured health check returns an application token representing health:
l Healthy. Client is compliant: there are no restrictions on network access.
l Checkup. Client is compliant; however, there is an update available. This can be used to proactively remediate to
healthy state.
l Transient. Client evaluation is in progress; typically associated with auditing a client. The network access granted
is interim.
l Quarantine. Client is out of compliance; restrict network access, so the client only has access to the remediation
servers.