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The following table highlights the differences between Smart Protection Network and Smart Protection Server.

Table 1. Smart Protection Sources Compared

Basis of Comparison

Smart Protection Server

Trend Micro Smart Protection Network

Availability

Available for internal agents, which are agents that meet the location criteria specified on the Apex One web console

Available mainly for external agents, which are agents that do not meet the location criteria specified on the Apex One web console

Purpose

Designed and intended to localize smart protection services to the corporate network to optimize efficiency

A globally scaled, Internet-based infrastructure that provides smart protection services to agents who do not have immediate access to their corporate network

Administration

Apex One administrators install and manage these smart protection sources

Trend Micro maintains this source

Pattern update source

Trend Micro ActiveUpdate server

Trend Micro ActiveUpdate server

Agent connection protocols

HTTP and HTTPS

HTTPS