Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
Overview
Comprehensive, secure Web gateway to help protect employees from Web-based threats
Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 (TMG) enables businesses by allowing employees to safely and productively use the Internet for business without worrying about malware and other threats. It provides multiple layers of continuously updated protections that are integrated into a unified, easy to manage gateway, reducing the cost and complexity of Web security.The Forefront TMG solution includes two separately licensed components:
Forefront TMG server that provides URL filtering, antimalware inspection, intrusion prevention, application- and network-layer firewall and HTTP/HTTPS inspection in a single solution
Forefront TMG Web Protection Service that provides the continuous updates for malware filtering and access to cloud-based URL filtering technologies aggregated from multiple Web security vendors to protect against the latest Web-based threats.
Key Benefits
Comprehensive Protection
Multiple URL filtering data sources for improved blocking of malicious Web sites
Highly accurate antimalware engine
Intrusion prevention against exploitation of vulnerabilities
Built-in, proven network protection technologies of ISA 2006
Integrated Security
Multiple Web security technologies integrated into a single solution
Authentication, update, policy distribution and reporting infrastructure investments
Simplified Management
Single interface for managing Web security policy
Comprehensive logging and reporting
Feature Highlight: HTTPS Inspection
HTTPS Inspection, an innovative feature, enables Forefront TMG to inspect inside users’ SSL-encrypted Web traffic.
By inspecting within these encrypted sessions, Forefront TMG can both detect possible malware as well as limit employee Web usage to approved sites. Sensitive sites, such as banking sites, can be excluded from inspection.
What's New
- Multi-layer Web Security
Integrates URL filtering, antimalware inspection, intrusion prevention, application- and network-layer firewalls, and HTTP/HTTPS inspection in a single solution.
- Forefront Threat Management Gateway Web Protection Service
Provides antimalware updates for the integrated Microsoft AV engine and access to Microsoft Reputation Services for URL filtering.
- URL Filtering Correlation
URL security decisions are more accurate as they are based on reputation information from multiple vendors and internal Microsoft security data.
- Network Inspection System (NIS)
Provides signature-based intrusion prevention for web-based threats seeking to exploit known vulnerabilities. Updates for NIS are included in the base server license.
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