Supported Cyber Protect features by operating system

The Cyber Protect features are supported on the following operating systems:

• Windows: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and later, Windows 2008 R2 and later.

  Windows Defender Antivirus management is supported on Windows 8.1 and later.

• Linux: CentOS 7.x, CentOS 8.0, Virtuozzo 7.x, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure 3.x.

  Other Linux distributions and versions might be supported, but have not been tested.

• macOS: 10.13.x and later (only Antivirus and Antimalware protection is supported).

Cyber Protect features	Windows	Linux	macOS
Default protection plans
Remote Workers	Yes	No	Yes
Office Workers (third-party antivirus)	Yes	No	Yes
Office Workers (Cyber Protectantivirus)	Yes	No	Yes
Cyber Protect Essentials (only for Cyber Protect Essentials edition)	Yes	No	No
Forensic backup
Collecting memory dump	Yes	No	No
Snapshot of running processes	Yes	No	No
Forensic backup for machines with one drive without reboot	Yes	No	No
Notarization of local image forensic backup	Yes	No	No
Notarization of cloud image forensic backup	Yes	No	No
Continuous data protection (CDP)
CDP for files and folders	Yes	No	No
CDP for changed files via application tracking	Yes	No	No
Autodiscovery and remote installation
Network-based discovery	Yes	No	No
Active Directory-based discovery	Yes	No	No
Template-based discovery (importing machines from a file)	Yes	No	No
Manual adding of devices	Yes	No	No
Active Protection
Process Injects detection	Yes	No	No
Automatic recovery of affected files from the local cache	Yes	No	No
Self-defense for Acronis backup files	Yes	No	No
Self-defense for Acronis software	Yes	No	No
Trusted/blocked process management	Yes	No	No
Processes/folders exclusions	Yes	No	No
Ransomware detection based on a process behavior (AI-based)	Yes	No	No
Cryptomining process detection based on process behavior	Yes	No	No
External drives protection (HDD, flash drives, SD cards)	Yes	No	No
Network folder protection	Yes	No	No
Server-side protection	Yes	No	No
Zoom, Cisco Webex, Citrix Workspace, and Microsoft Teams protection	Yes	No	No
Antivirus and Antimalware protection
Fully-integrated Active Protection functionality	Yes	No	No
Real-time antimalware protection	Yes	No	Yes
Static analysis for portable executable files	Yes	No	Yes*
On-demand antimalware scanning	Yes	No	Yes
Network folder protection	Yes	No	No
Server-side protection	Yes	No	No
Scan of archive files	Yes	No	Yes
Scan of removable drives	Yes	No	Yes
Scan of only new and changed files	Yes	No	Yes
File/folder exclusions	Yes	No	Yes**
Processes exclusions	Yes	No	No
Behavioral analysis engine	Yes	No	No
Exploit prevention	Yes	No	No
Quarantine	Yes	No	Yes
Quarantine auto clean-up	Yes	No	Yes
URL filtering (http/https)	Yes	No	No
Corporate-wide allowlist	Yes	No	Yes
Windows Defender Antivirus management	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Security Essentials management	Yes	No	No
Registering and managing Antivirus and Antimalware protection via Windows Security Center	Yes	No	No
Exploit prevention in antivirus and antimalware protection	Yes	No	No
Vulnerability and configuration assessment
Vulnerability assessment for Windows	Yes	No	No
Vulnerability assessments of Cyber Infrastructure (Linux)***	No	Yes	No
Vulnerability assessment for 3rd-party Windows applications	Yes	No	No
Patch management
Patch auto-approval	Yes	No	No
Patch auto-installation	Yes	No	No
Patch testing	Yes	No	No
Manual patch installation	Yes	No	No
Patch scheduling	Yes	No	No
Fail-safe patching: backup of machine before installing patches as part of protection plan	Yes	No	No
Cancelation of a machine reboot if a backup is running	Yes	No	No
Data protection map
Adjustable definition of important files	Yes	No	No
Scanning machines to find unprotected files	Yes	No	No
Unprotected locations overview	Yes	No	No
Ability to start the protection action from the Data protection map widget (Protect all files action)	Yes	No	No
Disk health
AI-based HDD and SSD health control	Yes	No	No
Smart protection plans based on Acronis Cyber Protection Operations Center (CPOC) alerts
Threat feed	Yes	No	No
Remediation wizard	Yes	No	No
Backup scanning
Antimalware scan of image backups as part of backup plan	Yes	No	No
Scanning of image backups for malware in cloud	Yes	No	No
Malware scan of encrypted backups	Yes	No	No
Safe recovery
Antimalware scanning with Antivirus and Antimalware protection during the recovery process	Yes	No	No
Safe recovery for encrypted backups	Yes	No	No
Remote desktop connection
Connection via HTML5-based client	Yes	No	No
Connection via native Windows RDP client	Yes	No	No
Remote assistance	Yes	No	No
#CyberFit Score
#CyberFit Score status	Yes	No	No
#CyberFit Score standalone tool	Yes	No	No
#CyberFit Score recommendations	Yes	No	No
Management options
Upsell scenarios to promote Cyber Protect editions	Yes	Yes	Yes
Web-based centralized and remote management console	Yes	Yes	Yes
Protection options
Remote wipe (Windows 10 only)	Yes	No	No
Cyber Protect Monitor
Cyber Protect Monitor app	Yes	No	Yes
Protection status for Zoom	Yes	No	No
Protection status for Cisco Webex	Yes	No	No
Protection status for Citrix Workspace	Yes	No	No
Protection status for Microsoft Teams	Yes	No	No

* Static analysis for portable executable files is supported only for scheduled scans on macOS.

** File/folder exclusions are only supported for the case when you specify files and folders that will not be scanned by real-time protection or scheduled scans on macOS.

*** The vulnerability assessment depends on the availability of official security advisories for specific distribution, for example https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/, https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/, and others.