What is the significance of the 'FIM Sensor and Portal' for Dq Treat locations?
Dq_Treat Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
| Role/Permission | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Admin | Grants user permission to authorize all changes to the account and its associated Managed Firewall & Orchestrator portal, hardware, features, and contacts. THERE MUST BE ONE ADMIN CONTACT PER LOCATION. | |
| Support | Enables the user to receive alerts and grants the user permission to 1) be given sensitive network information 2) to authorize the addition of Rogue Devices to the firewall's Baseline and 3) Activates alerts to be emailed to the contact. | |
| Installation | Person authorized to work with Acumera to coordinate the equipment installation. THERE MUST BE ONE INSTALLATION COORDINATOR PER | |
| Coordinator | LOCATION. | |
| Remote Access | If you purchased Secure Remote Access, you must select Remote Access permission for each contact that will use this service. Grants user Remote Access to any enabled machines. N/A for BranchSDO SD‐Branch | |
| Sensor Download | If you purchased our Advanced Threat Protection Sensor download service you must designate a contact to receive an email with a link and instructions to install the ATP sensors on the devices for this Location. | |
| Advanced Threat | If you purchased ATP, grant user permissions to receive email reports and alerts and access the Advanced Threat Protection portal and device log files. | |
| Protection (ATP) | If you subscribe to SIEM at Edge then you will also receive critical notifications via phone call. | |
| FIM Sensor and Portal | If you purchased the File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) service, you must designate at least one contact who will receive the email with the link and instructions to install the FIM sensors and have access to the FIM portal. |
Source: Item 17 — The following paragraph is added to the end of Item 17 of the Disclosure Document: (FDD pages 70–378)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Dq Treat's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) service is an optional purchase that franchisees can elect to include in their suite of services. If a Dq Treat franchisee purchases the File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) service, they must designate at least one contact who will receive an email with the link and instructions to install the FIM sensors and have access to the FIM portal.
The FIM service appears to be related to cybersecurity and data protection, as it involves monitoring the integrity of files. By designating a contact to manage the FIM sensors and portal, Dq Treat ensures that franchisees have a responsible party overseeing this aspect of their operations. This contact will be responsible for installing the FIM sensors using the provided instructions and accessing the FIM portal to monitor file integrity.
For a prospective Dq Treat franchisee, this means that if they opt to purchase the FIM service, they will need to assign someone to handle the technical aspects of installation and monitoring. This could be the franchisee themselves, a manager, or another designated employee. The designated contact will need to be comfortable with following instructions to install software (the FIM sensors) and accessing a web portal to review data and alerts. The FDD does not specify the cost of the FIM service.