⚠️ OPSWAT Central Management v7 and My OPSWAT On-Premises (My OPSWAT Central Management v8) will reach End of Sale on July 31, 2025, and End of Life on January 31, 2027. We encourage you to upgrade to My OPSWAT Central Management v10 before Janauary 31, 2027, to ensure continued support and access to the latest features.

What are differences between OCMv7 vs My OPSWAT?

Why are My OPSWAT On-premises better than OCMv7?

  • Improve the quality and clarity of reports and dashboards to emphasize what a user should pay attention: Security risk, Inventory, product-specific dashboards
  • Optimized/ standardized communications between managed products and My OPSWAT for easy deploying the entire OPSWAT solution.
  • Seamless and secure user provisions with Local users, Active Directory integration, and Single Sign-On integration
  • Individual license & Volume license activation
  • Flexible/ faster deployment with virtual appliance option for on-premises deployments
  • Provide a SaaS-based product management solution that enables customers to seamlessly integrate their instances and start immediately.
  • Seamless upgrade process: either Auto-upgrade itself via Internet at desired schedule or manually upgrading.
  • Integration: RESTful APIs allows seamless data retrieval from My OPSWAT to your data center, enabling data visualization across various systems within your organization.
  • Enhance the user interface and user experience so that users can focus on their operation

Deployment Options

OCMv7My OPSWAT
On-premises

Windows (msi)

Linux (Ubuntu 18, 20, 22; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7)

Virtual appliance (ova: VMware Player, WMware)
SaaSmy.opswat.com
IaaS (Bring Your Own Cloud)AWS AMI

Features parity with OCMv7

Product Management

ProductInventoryDashboard & ReportingConfigurationAuto UpdateLicense ManagementProduct Update
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MetaDefender Kiosk Linux (L-Series)YYYYYYModules FirmwareModules FirmwareVolume licenseVolume licenseYY
MetaDefender Kiosk Windows (K-Series)YYYYYYNFirmwareIndividualIndividual/ Volume licenseN/AN/A
MetaDefender CoreYYYYYYModulesModulesIndividualIndividual/ Volume licenseN/AN/A
MetaDefender File Transfer (Vault)YYNYYYIndividualN/AN/A
MetaDefender ICAP ServerYYYYIndividualN/AN/A
MetaDefender Email Gateway SecurityYYYYIndividualN/AN/A
MetaDefender for Secure StorageYYNYN/AN/A
MetaDefende Software Supply ChainY
MetaDefender DriveYYOnly scan session reportY
MetaDefender Media FirewallYYN/AN/AY
MetaDefender SandboxYN/AN/AN/AN/A
MetaDefender Bilateral Security Gateway RedYN/AN/AN/AN/A
MetaDefender Bilateral Security Gateway BlueYN/AN/AN/AN/A
MetaDefender Optical Diode RedYN/AN/AN/AN/A
MetaDefender Optical Diode BlueYN/AN/AN/AN/A
MetaDefender NetWall Threat Protection RedYN/AN/AN/AN/A
MetaDefender NetWall Threat Protection BlueYN/AN/AN/AN/A
MetaDefender Unidirectional Security Gateway RedYN/AN/AN/AN/A
MetaDefender Unidirectional Security Gateway BlueYN/AN/AN/AN/A
MetaDefender OT SecurityYN/AN/AN/AN/A
MetaDefender Industrial Firewall & IPSYN/AN/AN/AN/A

User Management

OCMv7My OPSWAT
User Provision
Local UsersYY
Active DirectoryYY
Single Sign-On (SAML 2.0)

Y

only IdP-Initiated

no single logout

Y

both IdP-Initiated and SP-Initiated

single logout

allow map IdP groups to My OPSWAT with different roles

User Roles
built-in roles
  • Administrator
  • View-Only
  • Operator
  • Administrator
  • View-Only
Custom rolesNY
Miscellaneous
Export users/groupsNY
User session timeoutYY
PIN requirement for changes

Y

always enable

Y

configurable

User ProfileYY

Reports & Notifications

OCMv7My OPSWAT
Inventory DashboardY

Y

(with a better dashboard)

Security Risks DashboardY
MetaDefender Kiosk SummaryYY

Public APIs

My OPSWAT provides RESTful APIs that allow seamless data retrieval from your My OPSWAT to your data center, enabling data visualization across various systems within your organization. More details can be found at <documentation link>

OCMv7 doesn’t support this.

Other Features

OCMv7My OPSWAT
ProxyYY
Email

Y

Basic authentication

Y

Basic authentication

Secret key authentication

Secure connectionYY
Certificates managementYY
Trust certificates managementY
Auto-upgradeY
Audit logYY
Import/ExportYY
Data RetentionY
Tools
  • Challenge Response Code Generator for MD Endpoint (OMVA)
Y
Customization
  • message on Login page
Y
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