Security Services
About Security Services
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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
Application Control
Application Control monitors and controls the use of
applications on your network. See
.
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
Intrusion Prevention
(IPS)
IPS monitors network traffic for malicious or unwanted
behaviors and can react, in real-time, to block or
prevent those activities. See
Network Reputation
Network Reputation blocks incoming traffic from IP
addresses that are known to initiate attacks throughout
the Internet. See
Web Reputation
Filtering
Web Reputation Filtering prevents client devices from
accessing dangerous websites containing viruses,
spyware, malware, or phishing links. See
Web Reputation Filtering, page 277
.
Web URL Filtering
Web URL Filtering allows you to block HTTP access to
malicious websites based on URL categories. See