User interface for security protection and remote management of network endpoints

A method comprising:

• employing a network regulator to protect a plurality of client systems against computer security threats, wherein the plurality of client systems are connected to the network regulator over a local network;
• employing the network regulator, in response to connecting to a router providing a service of supplying local network addresses to the plurality of client systems, to automatically take over the service of supplying local network addresses from the router;
• in response to the network regulator taking over the network service, employing a hardware processor of a computing system to receive data from a remote server, the data selected by the server for transmission to the computing system according to a subscription associated with the network regulator;
• and
• in response to the network regulator taking over the network service, employing the hardware processor to perform a display of a graphical user interface (GUI) of a device administration application according to the data, the GUI configured to:
• generate at least one device management view enabling a user of the computing system to remotely configure a client system of the plurality of client systems by selecting a device group from a predetermined plurality of device groups to indicate a membership of the client system in the selected device group, wherein members of each device group have group-specific values of configuration parameters;
• and
• generate at least one security notification view displaying an indicator of a computer security event caused by an action of the client system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a hardware processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to:

• receive data from a remote server, the data selected by the server for transmission to the computing system according to a subscription associated with a network regulator protecting a plurality of client systems against computer security threats, wherein the plurality of client systems are connected to the network regulator over a local network;
• and
• perform a display of a graphical user interface (GUI) of a device administration application according to the data, the GUI configured to:
• generate at least one device management view enabling a user of the computing system to remotely configure a client system of the plurality of client systems by selecting a device group from a predetermined plurality of device groups to indicate a membership of the client system in the selected device group, wherein members of each device group have group-specific values of configuration parameters;
• and
• generate at least one security notification view displaying an indicator of a computer security event caused by an action of the client system,
• wherein the network regulator is configured, in response to connecting to a router providing a service of supplying local network addresses to the plurality of client systems, to automatically take over the service of supplying local network addresses from the router.