Benefit | Description |
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Protects operating systems | Forefront helps protect Microsoft client and server operating systems. The highly responsive anti-malware capabilities of Microsoft Forefront Client Security provide real-time, scheduled, or on-demand detection and removal of viruses, spyware, rootkits, and other emerging threats. Forefront Client Security also provides timely response rates to new threats. |
Protects critical server applications | Forefront helps protect Microsoft-based application servers through a defense-in-depth strategy. Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Forefront Security for SharePoint help businesses protect their Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environments against viruses, worms, spam, and inappropriate content. These products integrate multiple antivirus scan engines from industry-leading security firms into a single solution, providing comprehensive protection for messaging and collaboration environments. They can also be centrally managed using Forefront Server Security Management Console. Adding an extra layer of protection, ISA Server 2006 provides robust access control, and application-specific and protocol-specific data inspection. |
Enables more secure, controlled access | Forefront offers a broad array of firewall, VPN, and encryption technologies, and identity management capabilities that help you ensure only authorized users can gain access to the appropriate IT resources and data. ISA Server 2006 provides strong network access control, while IAG 2007 helps secure access to a full range of network applications from both managed and unmanaged devices. |
Safeguards sensitive data | Forefront products help safeguard sensitive data and protect intellectual property. ISA Server 2006 provides a combination of application-specific filters throughout the network, as well as technologies that help ensure the confidentiality and authenticity of your valuable data. Forefront also provides configurable rules that help protect against incoming and outgoing file types known for carrying viruses or which otherwise might cause compliance violations. |
