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Glossary
correlated with URL category and URL reputation information about those URLs,
which is obtained from the Sourcefire cloud by the Defense Center . You can also
achieve more granular, custom control over web traffic by specifying individual
URLs or groups of URLs to allow or block.
URL Filtering license
A license that allows you to perform URL filtering based on URL category and
URL reputation information. URL Filtering licenses may expire.
user
A user whose network activity has been detected by a managed device or User
Agent .
user activity
An event generated when the system detects a user login (optionally, including
some failed login attempts) or the addition or deletion of a user record from the
Defense Center database.
User Agent
An agent you install on a server to monitor users as they log into the network or
when they authenticate against Active Directory credentials for any other reason.
User activity for access-controlled users is used for access control only when
reported by a User Agent.
user awareness
A feature that allows your organization to correlate threat, endpoint, and network
intelligence with user identity information, and that allows you to perform user
control .
user control
A feature that, as part of access control , allows you to specify and log the
user-associated traffic that can enter your network, exit it, or cross from within
without leaving it.
user role
The level of access granted to a user of the Sourcefire 3D System. For example,
you can grant different access privileges to the web interface for event analysts,
the administrator managing the Sourcefire 3D System, users accessing the
Defense Center database using third-party tools, and so on. You can also create
custom roles with specialized access privileges.
UTC time
Coordinated Universal Time. Also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), UTC is
the standard time common to every place in the world. The Sourcefire 3D System
uses UTC, although you can set the local time using the Time Zone feature.
VDB
See vulnerability database .
virtual Defense Center
A Defense Center that you can deploy on your own equipment in a virtual hosting
environment.
virtual device
A managed device that you can deploy on your own equipment in a virtual hosting
environment. You cannot configure a virtual device as a virtual switch or virtual
router .