Carbon Black Cloud: Will disabling LanmanWorkstation (NTLM) affect sensor functionality?

Products

• Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard (formerly Cb Defense)

Issue/Introduction

Will disabling  LanmanWorkstation (NTLM) affect sensor functionality?

Environment

• Carbon Black Cloud Sensor: All supported versions
• Microsoft Windows: All supported desktop versions
• Microsoft Windows: All supported server versions

Resolution

Sensor functionality had no obvious limitations with LanmanWorkstation (NTLM) disabled.

Additional Information

In limited sensor testing with NTLM disabled there was no evidence sensor functionality was impacted.