Chapter 2 About Network Security Central Manager - McAfee M3050 - Network Security Platform Installation Manual

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H A P T E R
About Network Security Central Manager
McAfee ® Network Security Platform [formerly McAfee
"manager of managers" capability, named McAfee
McAfee Network Security Central Manager (Central Manager) allows users to create a
management hierarchy that centralizes policy creation, management, and distribution
across multiple McAfee
created in the Central Manager and synchronized across all McAfee Network Security
Managers (Managers) added to that Central Manager. This avoids manual customization
of policy at every Manager.
The Central Manager provides you with a single sign-on mechanism to manage the
authentication of global users across all Managers. McAfee
configuration and threat analysis tasks are performed at the Manager level.
® Network Security Central Manager.
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Network Security Managers. For example, a policy can be
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® IntruShield ® ] provides a centralized,
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Network Security Sensor