I'm writing a script that gathers information on a system. I'm looking for some way to tell the status of the security center on a group of Servers (2000 to 2008r2), i want to append the output to a simple log file. and then I'm sending that log file to a central location. All of this is done as a service behind the scenes with no gui or user output.
What I'm stuck on is how to get the status of the security center. For example, when you log into the console the bubble pops up on the bottom right of the task bar saying that your firewall is off, or your anti-virus is out of date etc. I'm looking for ideas on how to get that status into my log file. I've done some googling around and it doesn't appear that anyone has ever desired such a thing.
What I'm stuck on is how to get the status of the security center. For example, when you log into the console the bubble pops up on the bottom right of the task bar saying that your firewall is off, or your anti-virus is out of date etc. I'm looking for ideas on how to get that status into my log file. I've done some googling around and it doesn't appear that anyone has ever desired such a thing.