Carbon Black Cloud Platform Essentials Add-On
This Carbon Black Cloud Essentials Add-On license provides essential endpoint security capabilities to protect your business operations.
- Enhanced Threat Detection: Gain access to advanced analytics and threat intelligence to identify and respond to emerging cyber threats.
- Endpoint Visibility: Coverage for real-time monitoring of endpoint activity, providing crucial insights into potential security incidents.
- Compliance Assurance: Protection against data breaches and unauthorized access, helping to meet regulatory compliance requirements.
- Operational Continuity: Entitlement to essential security features that minimize downtime and safeguard critical business data.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The CA Technologies Carbon Black Cloud Platform Essentials Add-On is a software licensing subscription that unlocks core endpoint security functionalities within the Carbon Black Cloud platform. This essential add-on provides foundational capabilities for threat detection, prevention, and response, ensuring your endpoints are protected against a wide range of cyber threats.
This licensing is designed for businesses of all sizes that utilize IT for their own operations, including IT Managers and IT Professionals responsible for safeguarding company data and systems. It integrates into existing security frameworks, providing a critical layer of defense for workstations, servers, and other endpoints within the organization's network.
- Core Endpoint Protection: Unlocks essential security features for threat prevention and detection.
- Subscription-Based Licensing: Provides flexible, ongoing access to platform capabilities on a recurring billing model.
- Platform Integration: Seamlessly adds essential security functions to your existing Carbon Black Cloud deployment.
- Visibility and Analytics: Offers insights into endpoint activity to aid in threat hunting and incident response.
- Scalable Security: Easily scales with your business needs, ensuring continuous protection as your environment grows.
This Carbon Black Cloud Essentials Add-On is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market teams seeking foundational endpoint security without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Foundational Endpoint Security
Enable teams to establish a baseline of endpoint protection against common malware and attack vectors. Streamline the deployment of essential security controls across all company workstations and servers.
cloud-managed endpoints, on-premises servers, remote workforce, hybrid environments
Enhance Threat Detection Capabilities
Streamline the process of identifying suspicious activities and potential threats with enhanced analytics. Automate the initial stages of threat hunting by providing critical endpoint telemetry.
security operations monitoring, incident response readiness, proactive threat hunting, endpoint data collection
Ensure Licensing Compliance
Automate the management of software licenses to ensure compliance with vendor terms and avoid penalties. Maintain accurate records of endpoint security software usage across the organization.
software asset management, IT governance, regulatory audits, license tracking
Key Features
Core Threat Prevention Engine
Prevents known and unknown malware from executing on endpoints, reducing the risk of infection.
Endpoint Activity Monitoring
Provides visibility into endpoint processes, network connections, and file activity to aid in investigations.
Cloud-Based Management Console
Enables centralized management and policy enforcement for all protected endpoints from a single interface.
Subscription Licensing Model
Offers predictable costs and continuous access to the latest security updates and platform features.
Essential Security Analytics
Delivers basic insights into security events, helping IT teams prioritize and respond to potential threats.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent data protection and compliance with regulations like GLBA and PCI DSS, making robust endpoint security essential for safeguarding sensitive financial information.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA and protect patient data, necessitating advanced security solutions to prevent breaches and ensure operational continuity.
Legal & Professional Services
Firms in this sector handle highly confidential client data and are prime targets for cyberattacks, requiring strong endpoint security to maintain client trust and regulatory compliance.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Protecting operational technology (OT) and intellectual property is critical, as cyber threats can disrupt production lines and compromise sensitive designs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Carbon Black Cloud Platform Essentials Add-On?
This is a software license subscription that adds essential endpoint security capabilities to the Carbon Black Cloud platform. It provides foundational features for threat detection and prevention.
Who is this license intended for?
This license is designed for businesses that use IT for their own operations, including SMB and mid-market companies looking to enhance their endpoint security posture.
What type of billing model does this use?
This product is offered on a subscription billing model, providing ongoing access to the platform's essential features.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.