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Table of Contents
Below you'll find a table of contents for the Access & Planning journey.
- Table of Contents
- Prerequisites
- Actions
- Planning Considerations
- Director Install Type
- Actor Install Type
- Access to Mandiant Advantage
In traditional security deployments, it's extremely difficult - nearly impossible - to validate that your security controls are effective. Mandiant Security Validation (MSV) is a SaaS solution that continuously tests your security controls to ensure they are working as expected.
Prerequisites
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Entitlement for Mandiant Security Validation.
Actions
Planning Considerations
Mandiant Security Validation (MSV) is an extremely powerful platform with a number of features that can be utilized to ensure your security controls are working as expected. In this section we will cover some of the key considerations to keep in mind when planning your deployment.
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Prerequisites
See the Relevant Links section for more documentation regarding the prerequisites.
- Entitlement for Mandiant Security Validation.
Steps
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Determine where and how you want to deploy the Director. The Director is the central component of MSV that orchestrates the testing of your security controls and can be deployed as a Virtual Appliance or as Installable Software. | Docs
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Determine what type of Actors are necessary in your environments. Actors are the entities that will be used to test your security controls. MSV provides a number of different Actors that can be used, including Linux, Windows, and MacOS Actors.
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Determine where and how you want to deploy the Actors. You may find you have a mix and match scenario where some Actors are deployed as a Virtual Appliance or as Installable Software.
Relevant Links
Director Install Type
The MSV Director can be deployed as a Virtual Appliance or as Installable Software. There are some minor difference between the two installations that should be considered when planning your deployment.
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Prerequisites
See the Relevant Links section for more documentation regarding the prerequisites.
- Entitlement to Mandiant Security Validation.
Steps
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Review the documentation linked below to determine which installation type is best for your environment. | Docs
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Utilize the deployment workbook to help organize your deployment planning. | Docs
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Actor Install Type
Actors can be deployed as a Virtual Appliance or as Installable Software. You will likely deploy a number of Actors, each with a specific role in your environment. As such, you will need to determine the best method of deployment for each Actor.
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Prerequisites
See the Relevant Links section for more documentation regarding the prerequisites.
- Entitlement to Mandiant Security Validation.
- Inventory of Systems to monitor and which operating systems they run.
Steps
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Review the differences between feature availability for Actor types in the linked documentation. | Docs
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Utilize the deployment workbook to help organize your deployment planning. | Docs
Relevant Links
Access to Mandiant Advantage
In order to access Mandiant Security Validation (MSV), you will need access to Mandiant Advantage.
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Prerequisites
See the Relevant Links section for more documentation regarding the prerequisites.
- Entitlement for Mandiant Security Validation.
- Mandiant Advantage Account.
Steps
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Navigate to the Mandiant Advantage Login Page, sign in using your credentials. | Docs
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Upon login, you will see your profile page. Fill out your profile appropriately.
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At the top of the profile page, there is an Applications section. In there are links to your deployment of Attack Surface Management, Threat Intelligence, and anything else you are entitled to. Click on Mandiant Security Validation.