Installing Risk

Tanium Cloud automatically handles module installations and upgrades.

For information about configuring Risk for Tanium™ Cloud, see Configuring Risk.

Use the Tanium Console Solutions page to install Risk and choose either automatic or manual configuration:

  • Automatic configuration with default settings (Tanium Core Platform 7.4.2 or later only): Risk is installed along with all other licensed solutions. After installation, the Tanium Server automatically configures the recommended default settings. This option is the best practice for most deployments. For more information about the automatic configuration for Risk, see Import Risk with default settings.
  • Manual configuration with custom settings: After installing Risk, you must manually configure required settings. Select this option only if Risk requires settings that differ from the recommended default settings. For more information, see Import Risk with custom settings.

Before you begin

  • Read the release notes.
  • Review the Risk requirements.
  • If you are upgrading from a previous version, see Upgrade Risk.
  • Assign the correct roles to users for Risk. Review the User role requirements.
    • To import the Risk solution, you must be assigned the Administrator reserved role.
    • To configure the Risk action group, you must be assigned the Administrator reserved role, Content Administrator reserved role, or a role that has the Action Group write permission.
  • Install or upgrade the required dependencies to the specific version in the specified order. For more information, see Manage dependencies for Tanium solutions.

Manage solution dependencies

Other Tanium solutions are required for Risk to function (required dependencies) or for specific Risk features to work (feature-specific dependencies). If you are using Tanium Core Platform 7.5.2.3531 with Tanium Console 3.0.72 or later, when you import or update Risk, the Tanium Server automatically imports the latest available versions of any required dependencies that are missing. If some required dependencies are already imported but their versions are earlier than the minimum required for Risk, the server automatically updates those dependencies to the latest available versions.

If you are using Tanium Core Platform 7.5.2.3503 or earlier with Tanium Console 3.0.64 or earlier, you must install or upgrade the required dependencies to the specified minimum versions in the specified order before you install Risk. If you select only Risk to import, you must manually import or update its feature-specific dependencies regardless of the Tanium Console or Tanium Core Platform versions. See Solution dependencies.

Use the Automatic configuration with default settings option when you install the dependent Tanium solutions to ensure that the solutions are operational.

Import Risk with default settings

(Tanium Core Platform 7.4.5 or later only) You can set the Risk action group to target the No Computers filter group by enabling restricted targeting before adding Risk to your Tanium licenseimporting Risk. This option enables you to control tools deployment through scheduled actions that are created during the import and that target the Tanium Risk action group. For example, you might want to test tools on a subset of endpoints before deploying the tools to all endpoints. In this case, you can manually deploy the tools to an action group that you configured to target only the subset. To configure an action group, see Tanium Console User Guide: Managing action groups. To enable or disable restricted targeting, see Tanium Console User Guide: Dependencies, default settings, and tools deployment.

When you import Risk with automatic configuration, the following default setting is configured:

The following default setting is configured:

Setting Default value
Action group
  • Restricted targeting disabled (default): All Computers computer group
  • Restricted targeting enabled: No Computers computer group

To import Risk and configure default settings, see Tanium Console User Guide: Import all modules and services. After the import, verify that the correct version is installed: see Verify Risk version.

Import Risk with custom settings

To import Risk without automatically configuring default settings, be sure to clear the Apply All Tanium recommended configurations check box while performing the steps in Tanium Console User Guide: Import, re-import, or update specific solutions. After the import, verify that the correct version is installed: see Verify Risk version.

To configure the Risk action group, see (Optional) Configure the Risk action group.

Upgrade Risk

For the steps to upgrade Risk, see Tanium Console User Guide: Import, re-import, or update specific solutions. After the upgrade, verify that the correct version is installed: see Verify Risk version.

Risk uses Tanium Criticality to manage criticality levels for endpoints. If you previously uploaded a CSV file to assign endpoint criticality in the Settings > Endpoint Criticality tab in an older version of Risk, the endpoint criticality data has been migrated to Tanium Criticality. For more information, see Tanium Criticality User Guide: Assigning criticality to endpoints.

Verify Risk version

After you import or upgrade Risk, verify that the correct version is installed:

  1. Refresh your browser.
  2. From the Main menu, go to Modules > Risk to open the Risk Overview page.
  3. To display version information, click Info Info.