How are sensor updates managed and enforced across multiple hosts in Falcon?

Sensor updates are managed through sensor update policies assigned to host groups. Falcon uses host group membership to determine which policy applies to a host. Sensor update policies control whether hosts remain pinned to a specific version, automatically update to a relative version such as Auto - N-1 or Auto - N-2, or receive specific maintenance protections. Prevention policies control security behavior, not sensor versioning. Manual updates do not scale and are not the Falcon administrative model for enforcing consistent versions across many endpoints. Direct installation is only the initial deployment mechanism, not ongoing update governance. The course guide emphasizes using host groups and sensor update policies to control sensor maintenance at scale across Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms.