Is your computer putting your organization's security at risk?
The Endpoint Assessment Test is a free tool that scans a computer and assesses whether it is a security risk to your organization.
A single scan checks that:
- your Microsoft service pack is the current one for your operating system
- your Microsoft patches are all up to date
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antivirus protection is installed, running and current
- a personal firewall is installed and running
The Endpoint Assessment Test checks for more than 700 patches, 70 anti-virus applications and 40 firewall applications. It uses the Sophos Java-based dissolvable compliance agent to scan in passive "report-only" mode. Once the scan is done, the agent presents the results.
Test results show 85% of corporate endpoints failed a basic check
After collecting information from thousands of PCs worldwide, test results show that 85% of corporate endpoints fail one or more basic checks.
Of the computers tested:
- 66% were missing at least one Microsoft security patch
- 51% of endpoints tested had disabled client firewalls
- 20% had out-of-date or disabled endpoint security software
Endpoint assessment and control
If the test finds security risks on just one computer, imagine how many more computers in your organization could be equally vulnerable.
We have two products that enable you to keep all managed, unmanaged and guest computers on your network healthy with up-to-date protection:
System requirements
To run the Sophos Endpoint Assessment Test, you will need the following:
- Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
- Internet Explorer version 6 or greater
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 5 update 12 or version 6 update 2
Note: The test uses the Sophos NAC detection engine. Do not run this test on a computer already running Sophos NAC.