About Security Services - Cisco ISA550 Administration Manual

Security Services

About Security Services

About Security Services
Cisco ISA500 Series Integrated Security Appliances Administration Guide
The security appliance supports a variety of UTM security services to provide the
Internet threat protection for your network. By default, all security services except
Network Reputation are disabled.
The following table lists all available security services on the security appliance.
Security Service
Anti-Virus
Application Control
Spam Filter
Intrusion Prevention
(IPS)
Network Reputation
Web Reputation
Filtering
Web URL Filtering
Description
Anti-Virus prevents network threats over a multitude of
protocols, including HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, CIFS,
NETBIOS, and IMAP. See
page 254.
Application Control monitors and controls the use of
applications on your network. See
Application Control, page
Spam Filter detects the email sender's reputation
score. If the reputation score is below the threshold,
then the email is blocked or tagged as spam or
suspected spam. See
page 271.
IPS monitors network traffic for malicious or unwanted
behaviors and can react, in real-time, to block or
prevent those activities. See
Prevention, page 273.
Network Reputation blocks incoming traffic from IP
addresses that are known to initiate attacks throughout
the Internet. See Network Reputation, page
Web Reputation Filtering prevents client devices from
accessing dangerous websites containing viruses,
spyware, malware, or phishing links. See
Web Reputation Filtering, page
Web URL Filtering allows you to block HTTP access to
malicious websites based on URL categories. See
Configuring Web URL Filtering, page
Configuring Anti-Virus,
Configuring
261.
Configuring Spam Filter,
Configuring Intrusion
Configuring
277.
279.
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283.
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