Trellix

Trellix (Previously FireEye) is a company that Portland Community College and a consortium of Oregon community colleges have partnered with to assist in the area of Information Security.

Benefits:

  • Provides a warning message when an email message contains a link that could be a phishing attempt.

Products PCC uses

Trellix Endpoint Security

Trellix Endpoint Security is PCC’s endpoint anti-malware, anti-virus protection, and intrusion prevention technologies to stop and remove malicious software. This software runs quietly in the background, ensuring that your computer is secure.

Trellix Email Security

Trellix Email Security is used to identify and mitigate advanced email threats – including ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), and phishing. For additional information regarding Trellix Email Security, feel free to visit their product website.

Example of messaging you may receive upon clicking a link in your Google inbox:

Note: Depending upon the type of threat (phishing, spam, malicious, error) messaging may differ.

Trellix Message, asking if the link that was clicked on is legitimate.

Trellix – Exploit Guard and Process Guard
Exploit Guard

Exploit Guard Protection protects your endpoints from previously unrecognized exploits and other online attacks. This agent feature has two components: Exploit Guard detection and Exploit Guard prevention that allows it to detect and prevent exploit behaviors on your host endpoints that occur during the use of: Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Java, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Exploit Guard Protection is supported for host endpoints running in specific Windows environments only. Exploit Guard Protection is not supported for host endpoints running macOS or Linux operating systems.

If your Windows computer displays the below pop-up notification and you are prevented from being able to access one of the above applications, please reach out to the IT Service Desk at 971-722-4400 or servicedesk@pcc.edu.

Pop-up:

Process Guard

Process Guard protects endpoints against credential theft attacks by preventing access to credential data stored in the Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) process.

Service availability

24/7

Service owner

Information Security

At a glance

Who uses this service

Employees, Faculty, Students

Get help

For more information or technical assistance, contact the IT Service Desk