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USM Anywhere Sensors give you the visibility into all of your on-premise and cloud environments, including the assets in your hybrid environments.
Get started with Sensor deploymentTo deploy a sensor in your environment, you will need a valid Sensor Activation Code, which connects the sensor to your USM Anywhere instance.GET FREE TRIAL

Start investigating alarms in three steps

1

Deploy the Sensor

Deploy the USM Anywhere Sensor virtual machine in your selected environment.
2

Connect the Sensor

Complete the Sensor setup and analyze the initial event data.
3

Investigate Your First Alarm

Within a day, you should be able to investigate the first alarms for your system.

Download the sensor that you need for your environment

         VMware Sensor Download
             Deployment Guide | Quick Start Guide
         Hyper-V Sensor Download
             Deployment Guide | Quick Start Guide

Watch the video on how to get started with USM Anywhere Sensor deployment.

Frequently Asked Questions

A sensor sends collected data over an encrypted connection to USM Anywhere where it is aggregated, analyzed, correlated, and archived.
The activation code connects USM Anywhere to your account.
Refer to your sensor’s Deployment Guide link to deploy your first sensor. After your first sensor is deployed, you can set up additional sensors within USM Anywhere by going to Settings and navigating to the Sensors section.
It may vary depending on your environment and how much data you are sending to USM Anywhere. Typically though, our users see their first alarm within one day.