Which component reduces latency specifically for agent communications?

• A. Security Manager
• B. Update Server
• C. Event Processor
• D. Agent Handlers

Answer: (D)

Agent communications latency is minimized when there is a local intermediary that handles data from agents before it reaches the central server. Agent Handlers act as this intermediary, placed closer to the endpoints to receive data from many agents and then forward it to the ePO server. This setup reduces round‑trip time, lowers WAN traffic, and allows data to be processed in parallel, which noticeably speeds up how quickly agents can communicate and report.

The Security Manager is about enforcing access control and policies, not speeding up the data path from agents. The Update Server handles distributing updates to agents, not real-time communications latency. The Event Processor deals with processing and indexing events once they arrive at the server, rather than reducing the time agents spend talking to the server.