Previous Topic: Endpoint DeploymentNext Topic: Endpoint Requirements


Client Installation Features

When you install a CA DataMinder client machine, the following features are listed in the Custom Setup screen of the client installation wizard:

CA DataMinder Client

This feature installs the CA DataMinder infrastructure. This enables the various components to run and communicate. You cannot install other features without also installing the infrastructure.

Management Console

This feature enables the host system to run these consoles:

Administration Console

The Administration console enables CA DataMinder administrators to manage user accounts, machine accounts, and policies. It also enables administrators to manage scanning jobs and content agents and to view log files.

Data Management Console

The Data Management console (DMC) allows reviewers to search for, view and update the audit status for captured events.

Note: By default, only the Administration console is installed with the Management Console feature.

Content Registration

This enables CA DataMinder endpoint agents to use Content Agent triggers to detect fingerprinted files.

Agents

These features (or ‘endpoint agents’) enable CA DataMinder to integrate with e-mail and browser applications on the client machine, and to detect when other specified applications are being used. Endpoint agents include:

Microsoft Internet Explorer Agent

The IE agent can capture and control web activity in Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer, including unauthorized attempts to access web pages, upload or download files, and submit data to a web site.Note: You can optionally turn off integration with Windows Explorer using general variable WGNNOEXPLORER.

Microsoft Outlook Agent

The Outlook endpoint agent can capture and control any Outlook-based email activity. On computers where both the Outlook and Internet Explorer endpoint agents are installed, CA DataMinder can also capture or control any web activity when Outlook is used as a web browser.

Note: Integration with Outlook browsers requires a minimum version of Internet Explorer (see the Requirements section). It can be optionally disabled using general variable WGNNOOUTLOOKBROWSER.

Lotus Notes Agent

The Notes endpoint agent can capture and control any Notes-based email activity.

Application Agent

The Application endpoint agent can monitor usage of other desktop applications and capture application usage metrics.

File System Agent (CFSA)

The Client File System Agent (CFSA), also known as ‘Policy on Save’, detects and controls attempts to copy or save files to removable storage devices (such as USB flash drives) and network locations, and attempts to burn files onto writable CDs and DVDs. The CFSA can selectively block or allow copying for specified devices or network locations and, if required, apply policy based on a file’s text content or properties.

The CFSA can also scan the local hard disk and apply policy triggers based on a file’s content or properties.

Print System Agent (CPSA)

The Client Print System Agent (CPSA), also known as ‘Policy on Print’, detects and controls attempts to print documents. It applies policy to the documents being printed and uses the results of policy processing to allow or block the print job. The CPSA can also disable the Print Screen button on a user’s keyboard.

More information:

Command Line Parameters for Msiexec.exe