{"id":4256,"date":"2026-06-08T17:57:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&#038;p=4256"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:57:54","slug":"how-to-test-the-elements-endpoint-detection-and-response-sensors","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/how-to-test-the-elements-endpoint-detection-and-response-sensors\/","title":{"rendered":"How to test the Elements Endpoint Detection and Response sensors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>How to test if EDR sensors on Windows, Mac and Linux are working and reporting detections to the Elements Endpoint Detection and Response portal?<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>For Windows sensors there are a few tests outlined in the product\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/userguides\/product.html?business\/edr\/latest\/en\/task_ECB9CC3EF17746DC8F3BF3206B323BFD-latest-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple test with Windows system tools | Elements Endpoint Detection and Response | Latest | WithSecure User Guides<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mac sensors can be tested by running the following Terminal commands for different detection event types:<\/p>\n<p>file event test:<br \/><b>uuid=$(uuidgen) &amp;&amp; touch &quot;$uuid&quot; $(printf this_is_%s_test_file f_secure)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>socket event test:<br \/><b>python -m SimpleHTTPServer<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Linux sensors can be tested by running the following Terminal commands for different detection event types:<\/p>\n<p>file event test:<br \/><b>touch this_is_f_secure_test_file<\/b><\/p>\n<p>socket event test:<br \/><b>python -m SimpleHTTPServer<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Windows, we can test for EDR detection by using &#8220;whoami&#8221; command, as explained in the manual <a href=\"https:\/\/help.f-secure.com\/product.html#business\/edr\/latest\/en\/task_ECB9CC3EF17746DC8F3BF3206B323BFD-latest-en\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>How about Mac and LInux? How can we perform a similar test on these platforms?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[100],"class_list":["post-4256","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000011753","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 14:57:54","import_hash":"5d5f3025b48255085dcf879b553f1d0ecc843734","vanilla_article_id":31341,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/31341-how-to-test-the-elements-endpoint-detection-and-response-sensors","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":105,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}