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Apex One provides a location awareness feature that determines whether the Security Agent is in the internal or external network. Location awareness is leveraged in the following Apex One features and services:

Table 1. Features and Services that Leverage Location Awareness

Feature/Service

Description

File Reputation Services

For smart scan agents, the location of the Security Agentdetermines the smart protection source to which the Security Agent sends scan queries.

External Security Agents send scan queries to the Smart Protection Network while internal Security Agents send scan queries to the sources defined in the smart protection source list.

For more information, see Smart Protection Sources.

Web Reputation

The location of the Security Agent determines whether the Security Agent applies internal or external policy settings. Administrators typically enforce a stricter policy for external Security Agents.

For more information, see:

Data Loss Prevention

Device Control
Parent topic: Managing the Security Agent