Security Services

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About Security Services

 

 

 

 

 

About Security Services

The security appliance supports a variety of UTM security services to provide the Internet threat protection for your network. By default, all security services except Network Reputation are disabled.

The following table lists all available security services on the security appliance.

Security Service

Description

 

 

Anti-Virus

Anti-Virus prevents network threats over a multitude of

 

protocols, including HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, CIFS,

 

NETBIOS, and IMAP. See Configuring Anti-Virus,

 

page 302.

 

 

Application Control

Application Control monitors and controls the use of

 

applications on your network. See Configuring

 

Application Control, page 309.

 

 

Spam Filter

Spam Filter detects the email sender’s reputation

 

score. If the reputation score is below the threshold,

 

then the email is blocked or tagged as spam or

 

suspected spam. See Configuring Spam Filter,

 

page 319.

 

 

Intrusion Prevention

IPS monitors network traffic for malicious or unwanted

(IPS)

behaviors and can react, in real-time, to block or

 

prevent those activities. See Configuring Intrusion

 

Prevention, page 321.

 

 

Network Reputation

Network Reputation blocks incoming traffic from IP

 

addresses that are known to initiate attacks throughout

 

the Internet. See Network Reputation, page 332.

 

 

Web Reputation

Web Reputation Filtering prevents client devices from

Filtering

accessing dangerous websites containing viruses,

 

spyware, malware, or phishing links. See Configuring

 

Web Reputation Filtering, page 325.

 

 

Web URL Filtering

Web URL Filtering allows you to block HTTP access to

 

malicious websites based on URL categories. See

 

Configuring Web URL Filtering, page 327.

 

 

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