McAfee Web Security Scanning Blade MCS-BLDE-W1XI User Manual
Product codes
MCS-BLDE-W1XI
Data Sheet
Web threat Protection
McAfee Content Security Blade Server leverages award-winning McAfee anti-spyware
technology to quickly detect, proactively block, and safely eliminate potentially unwanted
programs (PUPs) before they enter your network. Independent tests demonstrate that McAfee
blocks PUPs more effectively than any other product on the market.
technology to quickly detect, proactively block, and safely eliminate potentially unwanted
programs (PUPs) before they enter your network. Independent tests demonstrate that McAfee
blocks PUPs more effectively than any other product on the market.
Detect and clean viruses and other malware threats—blocking both known and unknown viruses
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Reduce your window of vulnerability for new malware from hours or days down to
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minutes—and protect your organization against zero-day attacks
Web Access Control
With McAfee’s award-winning URL filtering add-on, McAfee Content Security Blade Server
blocks web pages that are unrelated to your business, preserving bandwidth, reducing business
risk and legal liability, and improving employee productivity. Built-in McAfee SiteAdvisor
blocks web pages that are unrelated to your business, preserving bandwidth, reducing business
risk and legal liability, and improving employee productivity. Built-in McAfee SiteAdvisor
®
guards
against theft of sensitive personal information and other confidential company information.
It monitors, warns, and proactively stops users from visiting web sites that harbor spyware,
phishing scams, and spamming agents.
It monitors, warns, and proactively stops users from visiting web sites that harbor spyware,
phishing scams, and spamming agents.
Comprehensive, Easy-to-Use Management
Management is simple and flexible. Regardless of how many blades you have installed, they are
all managed as a single device. The web-based management console runs without Java and
allows you to:
all managed as a single device. The web-based management console runs without Java and
allows you to:
Easily make changes to security policies and system configuration
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Monitor system effectiveness and run scheduled or ad hoc reports
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View consolidated summaries of events and system health
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Effectively plan capacity based on comprehensive utilization metrics
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Update the system with virus definitions (DATs), engines, patches, and more
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In addition, you are able to increase security and management control by delegating separate
administration functions to different people within your organization. Create custom administrative
roles or use one of the four pre-defined roles provided out of the box:
administration functions to different people within your organization. Create custom administrative
roles or use one of the four pre-defined roles provided out of the box:
Super-admin
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Web-only admin
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Email-only admin
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Report admin
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KEY ADvAntAgES
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Cost savings
Reduce product acquisition,
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license, and support fees by
hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually
hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually
Lower data center costs for
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power, space, and cooling
Reduce help desk burdens
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and clean-up costs by
preventing spyware
infections in the first place
preventing spyware
infections in the first place
Reduce long-term capital
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costs
Extreme extensibility
turn on the functionality you
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need, when you need it: web,
email, regulatory compliance,
and more
email, regulatory compliance,
and more
Start with one application,
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and then add more as you
need them
need them