Technology threats are becoming faster, more advanced, and are increasingly profit-motivated. Businesses must be able to readily assess the overall security state of their environment, easily enable and configure protection against known and unknown threats, and quickly identify, contain, and recover from any attack that occurs.

At the same time, you must be able to easily and securely establish, monitor, control, and report on access to corporate information and resources. This responsibility includes employees, partners, and customers, across a wide range of applications from any location or device. With these goals and challenges in mind, Microsoft is committed to providing a comprehensive set of security and access solutions. These tools will help IT address the ever-changing landscape of threats so business can continue operating as productively and efficiently as possible.

• Microsoft Forefront
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Microsoft Forefront

The Microsoft Forefront line of business security products provides greater protection and control through integration with your existing IT infrastructure and through simplified deployment, management, and analysis. Forefront is a comprehensive solution that helps provide protection for the client operating system, application servers, and the network edge.

The Microsoft Forefront comprehensive line of business security products provides greater protection and control through integration with your existing IT infrastructure, and through simplified deployment, management, and analysis.

• Microsoft Forefront Client Security
  Microsoft Forefront Client Security provides unified malware protection for business desktops, laptops, and server operating systems that is easy to manage and control.
• Microsoft Forefront Edge Security
  The Forefront Edge Security products provide enhanced network edge protection and application-centric, policy-based access to corporate IT infrastructure.
  • Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006
  • Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007
• Microsoft Forefront Server Security
  Microsoft Forefront Server Security products integrate multiple antivirus scan engines from industry-leading security firms into a single solution, providing comprehensive protection for messaging and collaboration systems.
  • Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server
  • Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint Server
  • Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console
  • Microsoft Antigen

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A policy enforcement platform built into the Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems, Network Access Protection enables you to better protect network assets by enforcing compliance with system health requirements.

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