McAfee FWE-C2050 FWEC2050E Data Sheet
Product codes
FWEC2050E
Data Sheet
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McAfee Firewall Management
Comprehensive visibility, control, and reporting, plus streamlined
and intuitive rule management to simplify next-generation
firewall management
and intuitive rule management to simplify next-generation
firewall management
The more complex your organization, the more value you gain from visibility, control,
and efficiency in firewall management. McAfee includes powerful, easy-to-use
management software with every McAfee
management software with every McAfee
®
Firewall Enterprise to help you know who
is doing what when and be confident that firewall activities are not getting in the
way of business. Optional McAfee Firewall Enterprise Control Center and McAfee
ePolicy Orchestrator
way of business. Optional McAfee Firewall Enterprise Control Center and McAfee
ePolicy Orchestrator
®
(McAfee ePO
™
) software share information to minimize the
complexity and compliance challenges of enterprise and multitenant installations.
Available appliances ensure that protection and troubleshooting scale without
impairing network traffic.
The Problem
“60% to 70% of all firewalls are
misconfigured,” rendering them
“…worse than useless.”
—Chris Christiansen, IDC
The Solution
McAfee Firewall Enterprise
Highlights
•
Centralized policy and device
management based on users
and applications.
management based on users
and applications.
•
Intuitive, reusable policies
and tools that spotlight rule
interactions, overlaps, gaps,
and chances for optimization.
and tools that spotlight rule
interactions, overlaps, gaps,
and chances for optimization.
•
Integrated dashboards,
correlated and custom alerts,
and real-time log viewing.
correlated and custom alerts,
and real-time log viewing.
•
Role-based administration
and change controls.
and change controls.
•
Logical separation of policies
and configuration domains.
and configuration domains.
•
Forensics and reporting included
at no extra charge.
at no extra charge.
•
Enterprise scalability
and reliability.
and reliability.
•
Log trending and analytics.
•
Data sharing with endpoint
systems through McAfee ePolicy
Orchestrator software.
systems through McAfee ePolicy
Orchestrator software.
•
More than 550 out-of-the-box
reports.
reports.
Next-generation firewalls allow IT to permit safe,
liberal use of social media and web applications
while retaining visibility and fine-grained policy
control for compliance. However, as organizations
introduce more security—such as identity- and
application-aware rules, content inspection,
antivirus (AV), and intrusion prevention system
(IPS)—these overlays can add complexity to
liberal use of social media and web applications
while retaining visibility and fine-grained policy
control for compliance. However, as organizations
introduce more security—such as identity- and
application-aware rules, content inspection,
antivirus (AV), and intrusion prevention system
(IPS)—these overlays can add complexity to
firewall management unless firewall administrators
also adopt more efficient management processes
and tools.
and tools.
With conventional firewalls, management has
been the largest factor in the cost of ownership.
Routine tasks consume endless hours. When
Routine tasks consume endless hours. When
there’s a network outage, teams frantically piece
together what happened, often striving to simply
together what happened, often striving to simply
prove the firewall was not at fault.
As organizations take advantage of the security
controls in next-generation firewalls, integrated
tools and automation should reduce rule-set
complexity and streamline incident response.
Our McAfee firewall management solutions
can help ensure your next-generation policy
enforcement controls have the appropriate
impact on your network, enabling valuable
business services without hindering users or
overwhelming operations.
tools and automation should reduce rule-set
complexity and streamline incident response.
Our McAfee firewall management solutions
can help ensure your next-generation policy
enforcement controls have the appropriate
impact on your network, enabling valuable
business services without hindering users or
overwhelming operations.
More Confidence, Lower Cost
The McAfee firewall management solution
combines management, reporting, and analytic
tools for better visibility, effective security, and
streamlined operations, including intuitive
rule management. Solution components work
together to lower firewall management effort
and costs. McAfee covers the crucial facets of
tools for better visibility, effective security, and
streamlined operations, including intuitive
rule management. Solution components work
together to lower firewall management effort
and costs. McAfee covers the crucial facets of
firewall management:
•
Firewall administration—Enable fine-grained
rules, audit operations, and centrally manage
policies and configurations—all with highly
rules, audit operations, and centrally manage
policies and configurations—all with highly
intuitive management capabilities.
•
Trending, visualization, and analytics—Monitor
your firewall day to day, correlate data, and
analyze real-time information flows within
one environment.
analyze real-time information flows within
one environment.
•
Historic analysis and reporting—Handle the
long-term retention of firewall audit data and
streamline compliance with 550+ reports.
streamline compliance with 550+ reports.
•
Host integration—Leverage McAfee ePO
software to share host and firewall data.
software to share host and firewall data.