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48 Building a Network Access Control Solution with IBM Tivoli and Cisco Systems
Compliance evaluation Consisting of Security Compliance Manager
snapshots and policies, these components
centrally verify security compliance.
Compliance client
The client consists of modules that run on the endpoint to collect compliance
information and report it to the Security Compliance Manager server. In the IBM
Integrated Security Solution for Cisco Networks, the Security Compliance
Manager client introduces a new posture plug-in that communicates with the
Cisco Trust Agent required by Cisco to report posture data during the NAC
process.
The Security Compliance Manager client is Java™-based software that runs on
systems to be monitored for security compliance. By default, the client runs as a
daemon with root authority on UNIX® systems, or as a service running under the
local system account on Microsoft® Windows® systems. The client provides the
runtime environment for collectors deployed to the system and handles
communication with the server.
Note: You can find more details about these components in the IBM Redbook
Deployment Guide Series: IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager,
SG24-6450.