Active Protect for desktop
Continuous device security and compliance monitoring.
Active Protect checks device security posture, identifies risks and provides clear guidance to help employees resolve issues, supporting stronger security and ongoing compliance.
Built for remote and BYOD environments, Active Protect helps organisations maintain visibility of device security, support ongoing compliance and prepare for audits throughout the year.
How Active Protect works
Monitor security settings across devices
Windows, Mac, phones and tablets in one lightweight app. Device-specific checks cover everything from firewalls and disk encryption to passwords and outdated operating systems. We collect only security settings, nothing personal, so it's safe for BYOD.
Know where you stand every 15 minutes
An unobtrusive agent checks device security controls and configurations in the background every 15 minutes, or on demand when you need an up-to-date view. Your people keep working without interruption, while you get a centralised view of your organisation's security posture instead of a once-a-year snapshot.
Turn every alert into a fix
Help users fix issues themselves. When a security check fails, employees receive clear, step-by-step guidance to help them resolve common issues. This reduces manual follow-up and helps IT teams spend less time chasing routine fixes.
See risk by user, software and device
See risk by user, software and device. Get a centralised view of device security posture, with reporting to help identify gaps, track progress and support compliance requirements
Smart score
One score. A clear picture of your security. Know exactly where you stand, and what to do next.
Your Smart score shows your organisation's cybersecurity level at a glance. No digging through reports or piecing together data from different tools. Just a clear, simple measure of how protected your business is right now.
Alongside your score, you get recommendations on what to do to keep your business safe. It's the simplest way to track progress, brief leadership, and show customers you take security seriously.
Policy creation and management
Roll out policies in minutes. See who's signed, and who hasn't.
Start from ready-made templates, including Cyber Essentials, Data Protection, Data Classification, IT Access and Security Awareness policies. Send them to your team straight through the Active Protect app they already have installed.
Staff read and acknowledge policies on their own device, and you track acceptance from your dashboard. Access clear reporting to support compliance and audit preparation. Track security posture and improvements across users and devices
Interactive, multimedia training modules
Active Protect includes Learn Lite, providing bite-sized security awareness training to help employees recognise common threats and develop safer security habits
Every employee gets access to 18 short multimedia modules, each with videos, factsheets and quizzes. They cover the threats your people actually face: phishing, passwords, malware, social media, identity theft, safe browsing, mobile and hybrid working, GDPR and data protection.
Training management and reporting
Turn training into evidence. See who's done it, and who hasn't.
Track training completion across your business at company and individual level, all from the same dashboard you use for device security and policies. You'll see at a glance where awareness is strong and who still needs to complete their modules.
Access clear reporting to support compliance and audit preparation. Track security posture and improvements across users and devices
Optional Add-ons
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Benefits of Active Protect
Continuous protection
Fix issues in a couple of clicks
Full visibility of supported devices in your business
Supports any device on MacOS and Windows
Supports BYOD and remote working
Installed software checked against 210,000+ common vulnerabilities
18 training modules with factsheets and quizzes
Templated policies with distribution and read receipts
Trusted by organisations of every size
Further strengthen your security with
Cyber Essentials
Self-certification is quick and easy, plus you'll get access to unlimited support and attempts at passing Cyber Essentials.
Cyber Essentials Plus
An accredited auditor will take you through the certification controls and simulate attacks in real-time to test your defences and advise on how to fill any gaps.
Vulnerability Management
Simplifies managing and eliminating vulnerabilities with CyberSmart Vulnerability Manager.
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Frequently asked questions
CyberSmart Active Protect is a powerful on-device agent designed to deliver comprehensive endpoint monitoring, risk management, policy enforcement, and cybersecurity awareness training. With a strong emphasis on security and compliance, it prioritises the protection of your organisation’s sensitive data and ensures you’re meeting regulatory requirements.
Active Protect works by running an unobtrusive agent in the background of devices, checking configurations, training modules passed and policies acknowledged. For desktop, the app can be downloaded via email once an administrator has sent out the enrolment link or for mobile, this can be done through the relevant app store. Once a device has been scanned, passes and failures can be reported back to the user and employees responsible for cybersecurity will be able to view this information through several dashboards.
No personal or private data is gathered from users, instead, only details about device software, completed training modules, policies completed and hardware are gathered. CyberSmart’s data centres are also UK and EU-based, so your data is not transmitted abroad, and all data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
Yes, device and software data is represented in multiple graphs and insights throughout the CyberSmart platform
Active Protect is powered by a small, unobtrusive agent that gathers device data. The agent has been optimised to reduce CPU usage, via our API, and users should not notice any discernible device slowdown when checks are running.
CyberSmart checks for vulnerabilities against the US Government’s vulnerability database; one of the most comprehensive databases in the world for software vulnerabilities as well as against 70 Antivirus Databases.
Due to limitations imposed by Apple, Active Protect cannot scan iOS devices for vulnerabilities. For Android, software vulnerabilities are scanned and users are notified of any apps deemsd to be suspicious or malicious.
Active Protect is a comprehensive cybersecurity solution that protects organisations from cyber threats through compliance, policy management, training and device scanning. The role of an RMM is to give IT teams and managed IT providers remote access to devices to make changes, monitor performance and run tests. Although Active Protect monitors devices for misconfigurations and identifies new software vulnerabilities, organisations will still need an RMM to wipe, lock or make changes to devices remotely.