Monday, February 15, 2010

Updates for Forefront security suite from Microsoft

Microsoft has launched two additional pieces of its Forefront suite as part of its policy identity technology and to unite security and develop software that stretches not only cross clients, but also servers as well as the network edges. The company has prepared its Forefront (TMG) Threat Management Gateway 2010 available. Company authorities have released to manufacture Forefront (UAG) Unified Access Gateway 2010. This Unified Access Gateway will be usually available next year.

 

These two pieces of security software play crucial role in a comprehensive plan for integrating identity and security products of Microsoft under the Forefront brand. It offers software as service versions. In addition to this for corporate infrastructure software, it renders a complete layered defense of control and access. This complete platform will encompass third-party products, Active Directory and Forefront software. Furthermore, it includes a management console known as Forefront Protection Manager.

 

Two key driving endeavors are to make identity a main part of what security is growing into and what it should be. The comprehensive plan put forward in April, is succeeding slower than what was planned, mostly owing to the console component.

 

Role of Threat Management Gateway is to act like a Web access gateway. It prevents all users from malicious sites.  Moreover it allows companies to block particular categories of sites like gambling. Threat Management Gateway is the first Microsoft product intended for integrating with Reputation services of Microsoft, a cloud-based service that combine threat data.

 

Reputation Services is nothing but a strong database of information gathered from billions of web pages and 45 million Web domains. It also encompasses data from several sources like Windows live security platform and Hotmail. A group of partners comprises M8e6, FutureSoft, and Brightcloud. The other part of the suite is UAG. It includes functionalities that can extend Direct Access to non-Windows 7 clients even. With UAG, users are capable to extend to Vista and XP. UAG is the technology acquired by Microsoft when it purchased Whale Communications that will provide extravagant support for remote access of PCs as well as mobile devices.

 

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