Security Policy, Version 0.6
November 16, 2012
McAfee Firewall Enterprise 4150E
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McAfee Firewall Enterprise 4150E
2.1 Overview
McAfee, Inc. is a global leader in Enterprise Security solutions. The company's comprehensive portfolio
of network security products and solutions provides unmatched protection for the enterprise in the most
mission-critical and sensitive environments. The McAfee Firewall Enterprise 4150E appliance is created to
meet the specific needs of organizations of all types and enable those organizations to reduce costs and
mitigate the evolving risks that threaten today's networks and applications.
Consolidating all major perimeter security functions into one system, McAfee's Firewall Enterprise
appliances are the strongest self-defending perimeter firewalls in the world. Built with a comprehensive
combination of high-speed application proxies, McAfee's TrustedSourceTM reputation-based global
intelligence, and signature-based security services, Firewall Enterprise defends networks and Internet-
facing applications from all types of malicious threats, both known and unknown.
Figure 1 Typical Deployment Scenario
Firewall Enterprise appliances are market-leading, next-generation firewalls that provide application
visibility and control even beyond Unified Threat Management (UTM) for multi-layer security and the
highest network performance. Global visibility of dynamic threats is the centerpiece of Firewall Enterprise
and one of the key reasons for its superior ability to detect unknown threats along with the known. Firewall
Enterprise appliances deliver the best-of-breed in security systems to block attacks, including:
Viruses
Worms
Trojans
Intrusion attempts
Spam and phishing tactics
Cross-site scripting
Structured Query Language (SQL) injections
Denial of service (DoS)
Attacks hiding in encrypted protocols
A Firewall Enterprise appliance is managed using a proprietary graphical user interface (GUI), referred as
Admin Console, and a command line management interface. Hundreds of Firewall Enterprise appliances