User Guide
About This Guide
Welcome to the OPSWAT Central Management v7.x guide. This guide is intended to provide the information you need to:
- Install, configure, and manage OPSWAT Central Management v7.x.
- Learn about new features, updated features, and bug fixes on each OPSWAT Central Management releases
- Learn about frequently asked questions and our library of knowledge base articles
About Central Management

Central Management is a centralized console that you can perform global operations such as manage MetaDefender products and MetaDefender Endpoint, view managed anti-malware engines, manage virus definition and engine updates, and check licensing status. You can manage the following OPSWAT products:
- MetaDefender Core v4 versions from v4.14.3,
- MetaDefender Email Security v4 versions from v4.7.2,
- MetaDefender ICAP Server v4 versions from v4.7.1,
- MetaDefender Kiosk v4 versions from v4.3.0,
- MetaDefender Managed File Transfer versions from 1.3.3
- MetaDefender for Secure Storage version from 2.0.3
- MetaDefender Endpoint
For compatible versions of products, you can check out this KB Which versions of OPSWAT Products are compatible with OPSWAT Central Management v7?
Key features:
- Centralizing configuration and monitoring all OPSWAT products: MetaDefender Core, Kiosk, Managed File Transfer, Drive, ICAP Server, Email Security and Secure Storage.
- Managing multiple MetaDefender instances
- Centralizing engine updates ( more than 40 engines)
- Supporting multiple OS platform
- Managing device compliance and security policies:
- Disk Encryption Detection
- Anti-malware Compliance
- Advanced Threat Detection
- Patch Management Detection
- User authentication and Screen Lock
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