
McAfee® Host Intrusion Prevention 6.1 Product Guide | Using ePolicy Orchestrator |
| Host Intrusion Prevention operations |
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Some Firewall feature policies require an ActiveX control. In opening one of these policies, you may be asked to run the control that is needed to display the policy content. If this alert appears, click Yes to display the details of the policy.
Figure 3-5 Active X control security warning
Fine-tuning
After you install the Host Intrusion Prevention software, McAfee recommends that you configure it to provide the greatest amount of security while not conflicting with
Carefully define your Host Intrusion Prevention security configuration. Evaluate who is responsible for configuring particular parts of the system and grant them appropriate access.
Change the default IPS Protection or Firewall Rules policies, which provide increasing levels of preset protection.
Modify severity levels of specific signatures. For example, when a signature is triggered by
Configure notifications, which alert specific individuals when particular events occur. For example, a notification can be sent when an activity that triggers a High severity event occurs on a particular server. For more information, refer to Setting up notifications for events on page 123.
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