Installation guide

Individual CollectionResults

Trust individual collectionresults to be only as valid as their source.

Data collected by VCM is returned by the Agent that runs on the managed machine. Although the Agent

should be protected from tampering by nonadministrator users, it is ultimately subject to modification and

tampering by the machine administrator or a malware infection.

For this reason, do not trust the collected data more than the integrity of the data source. Base your

decisions on aggregate values rather than on individual collection results. For example, consider the

number of machines that have a vulnerability rather than the compliance state of a specific machine.

VCM Agent Systems and Managed Machines

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