Microsoft Forefront - Threat Management Gateway 2010 Datasheet
1. Secure Web Gateway for Corporate Networks
Microsoft® Forefront™ Better Protection Against cloud-based URL filtering technologies
that can be used to monitor or block
Threat Management
Gateway 2010 is a secure
Web-Based Threats employee Web usage.
Web gateway that Forefront TMG 2010 protects employees n The management console, which
enables employees to from Web-based threats by integrating offers both local and remote policy
multiple layers of security into an easy-to- management for servers.
use the Internet safely
manage solution. Deployed on corporate
and productively without n A management server (included with
networks as a unified gateway, Forefront
worrying about malware Forefront TMG Enterprise Edition), which
TMG 2010 inspects Web traffic at the
and other threats. To network, application, and content layers to enables the creation of enterprise-wide
help block the latest help ensure a single, consistent Web policy. policies that can be assigned to an array
Web-based threats, it In addition to comprehensive protection, of servers.
provides multiple layers it also helps improve firewall performance Forefront TMG 2010 can scale performance
of continuously updated by offloading processor-intensive functions when administrators cluster multiple
protections including like inspection for malware. gateways or deploy Forefront TMG 2010
URL filtering, malware The secure Web gateway solution includes at individual sites. It can easily be deployed
inspection, and intrusion four components: in two modes: as a standalone server to
prevention. deliver maximum performance, or as a
n The Forefront TMG 2010 server, virtualized machine that can be combined
which provides multiple inspection with other applications to reduce
http://www.microsoft. technologies, including application- hardware costs.
com/forefront/tmg and network-layer firewall, intrusion
prevention, and malware filtering to
keep users safe from Web-based attacks. Key Benefits and Features
It connects to the Forefront TMG Web Forefront TMG 2010 delivers
Protection Service* for URL filtering and comprehensive protection against Web-
Forefront Threat Management anti-malware updates. based threats, integrated into a unified
Gateway (TMG) 2010 is designed n Forefront TMG Web Protection Service, gateway that reduces the cost and
to increase the security of which delivers anti-malware updates and simplifies the complexity of Web security.
corporate Web usage by: provides a real-time connection to
n Preventing malware outbreaks
caused by inadvertent
employee visits to malicious
sites or by downloads of
infected files.
n Enforcing a consistent Web
Forefront TMG
security policy for application Forefront TMG Web Protection Service
protection, malware
Reputation Providers
inspection, and URL filtering
through integration with
Forefront TMG Web URL filtering in TMG Web Protection Service aggregates data from multiple providers.
Protection Service.
* Forefront TMG Web Protection Service is licensed separately on a subscription basis.