McAfee Important Announcement: SaaS Platform Q1 2012 Release

Dear McAfee Partner:

Thank you for offering McAfee Security-as-a-Service to your customers.

We are pleased to announce the following improvements to the SecurityCenter on January 31st 2012, which provides easy online management for your customers of SaaS Endpoint Protection and related bundles:

Refresh Licenses button : We will now offer an easy way to remove computers that are no longer checking in to the security center, thus freeing up their licenses for new users, while not blocking any of them from updating. The Refresh Licenses button will make it very easy to ensure that only current systems are still using the endpoint protection product. This helps organizations clear out systems that are no longer in use and prevents machines that have been re-imaged as using more than one license.

Improved renewal flow : Customers looking to renew licenses will now have a very easy way to get reseller information along with license totals, making it easier to renew expiring licenses. Customers of partners who use the partner custom “Buy Now” URL will continue to access this page when clicking “Renew” or “Buy More”.
Automatic blocking of risky websites: Customers with a license to Web Filtering who use the McAfee Default policy will benefit from a policy change whereby risky sites (e.g. hacking, criminal activities) are automatically blocked. Customers may change this behavior if desired by creating a custom policy.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Again, thank you for your support of McAfee Security-as-a-Service!

The SaaS Endpoint Protection Product Team