Web 2.0

Ensure safe, productive Web 2.0 access and control how web applications are used

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Overview

As Web 2.0 application usage and sophistication increase, so does the need for flexible access and Web 2.0-ready security — since even seemingly safe sites can be targeted for malware distribution. McAfee understands the security needs of the Web 2.0 world and offers the industry’s most effective, proven web security solutions.

Powered by McAfee Labs and Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee web solutions protect users and assets from malware entering the network as well as misuse of the Internet. Beyond simply allowing or denying access, our solutions let you control how web applications are used, enabling a safe, productive Web 2.0 experience. For example, you can allow users to access Facebook, but block their access to Facebook games. McAfee Web 2.0 solutions also prevent unauthorized data from leaving the organization through bot-infected machines attempting to phone home or users attempting to transmit sensitive data — intentionally or unintentionally.

With McAfee Web 2.0 solutions, you can deploy web security any way you choose, from the cloud, through our robust on-premise appliances, and in virtualized environments, to best fit your network needs.

Key Benefits

  • Get the industry’s best protection
    Filter out malicious content from web traffic in real time. By scanning a web page’s active content, emulating and understanding its behavior, and predicting its intent, McAfee Web 2.0 security proactively guards against zero-day and targeted attacks. Outbound malware detection identifies and isolates existing infections phoning home, and prevents sensitive data from leaving the organization through Web 2.0 sites.
  • Use hybrid security to enhance protection
    Combine local defenses with cloud-based intelligence — including reputation-based technologies powered by McAfee Labs — for optimal, up-to-the moment protection and performance.
  • Enable productive use of Web 2.0
    Use Web 2.0 confidently within your organization by leveraging strong inbound and outbound filtering of multiple web protocols, including deep inspection of encrypted traffic. Provide detailed control over how web applications are used and who is authorized to use them.
  • Stop data loss
    Keep confidential information from leaving your organization by scanning user-generated content on all key web protocols.
  • Protect encrypted traffic
    Close the new backdoor through your security barrier with fully integrated malware detection, SSL inspection, and certificate validation.
  • Leverage powerful reporting tools and customizable dashboards
    Identify your organization’s usage trends, isolate problems, document inappropriate web activity, and comply with regulations using powerful reporting capabilities and integration with the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) software. Utilize this information to tailor filter settings to best enforce your web usage policies.

Products

Data Protection

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention
McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) safeguards intellectual property and ensures compliance by protecting sensitive data wherever it lives – on the network, in storage systems or at the endpoint, while saving time and money with centralized deployment, management, and reporting.

Email & Web Security

McAfee Content Security Suite
McAfee Content Security Suite

McAfee Content Security Suite bundles McAfee Web Protection, McAfee Email Protection, McAfee Network DLP Prevent, and McAfee Device Control into a one-suite purchase.

McAfee SiteAdvisor Enterprise
McAfee SiteAdvisor Enterprise

McAfee SiteAdvisor (available in SiteAdvisor Enterprise and SiteAdvisor Enterprise Plus) allows you to surf and search the web safely, avoiding online threats such as spyware, adware, and phishing scams. Add the new McAfee Web Filtering for Endpoint module, and strengthen SiteAdvisor Enterprise Plus to protect users on and off the corporate network.

McAfee Web Protection
McAfee Web Protection

McAfee Web Protection combines advanced web security, controls, and deployment flexibility. Whether you are looking for the control of an onsite solution with McAfee Web Gateway, the ease of Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) management with McAfee SaaS Web Protection, or a hybrid combination of the two, McAfee Web Protection empowers you to deploy web security the way that best fits your current and future needs.

Network Security

McAfee Firewall Enterprise
McAfee Firewall Enterprise

McAfee Firewall Enterprise is a next-generation firewall that restores control and protection to your network.

Security-as-a-Service

McAfee Saas Web Protection
McAfee Saas Web Protection

McAfee SaaS Web Protection is a convenient service that minimizes the effort and capital expenses associated with on-premise solutions. It protects against malware, malicious web infiltration, lost productivity, and corporate risk while enabling effective and economical control over threats, and freeing your business to take maximum advantage of Web 2.0.

Security Management

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO)

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) is a key component of the McAfee Security Management Platform, and the only enterprise-class software, to provide unified management of endpoint, network, and data security. With end-to-end visibility and powerful automations that slash incident response times, McAfee ePO software dramatically strengthens protection and drives down the cost and complexity of managing risk and security.

Resources

Data Sheets

McAfee Web Gateway

For a technical summary on the McAfee product listed above, please view the product data sheet.

McAfee SaaS Web Protection

For a technical summary on the McAfee product listed above, please view the product data sheet.

McAfee SiteAdvisor Enterprise

For a technical summary on the McAfee product listed above, please view the product data sheet.

Reports

Solution Briefs

White Papers

Community

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Blogs

  • Botnets Demystified and Simplified
    David Marcus - June 01, 2011
    Let’s face it: Most people–even folks in the security industry–have a hard time explaining botnets (robot networks of infected computers) in a way that your Uncle Joe or Aunt Betty can understand. Is it really a big deal? Yes, it is. With the rapid growth in malware and bot infections we’re seeing, it’s important for Read more...
  • LizaMoon the Latest SQL-Injection Attack
    Jim Walter - April 04, 2011
    Working in the security industry brings about a myriad of challenges. This is especially true for vendors. We must do our best to educate and inform. At the same time, we want to avoid laying on the FUD–or scaring customers into making poorly educated security decisions. Which brings us to the recent LizaMoon attacks. There Read more...
  • Evolving DDoS Botnets: 1. BlackEnergy
    Chintan Shah - February 28, 2011
    BlackEnergy was a very popular DDoS bot a couple of years back. This bot has been under development and has evolved quite a bit over toward its more current successor, the Darkness bot. This Bot has evolved with new features continuously added to extend its malicious capabilities. Researchers have been keeping an eye on it Read more...
  • Malware Rises, Zeus Goes Mobile, Stuxnet Confuses in Recent Quarter
    David Marcus - November 18, 2010
    Looking at computer threats from quarter to quarter remains a busy experience for us at McAfee Labs. Through the first three quarters of the year we have analyzed and cataloged more threats than in all other years combined, and the growth in both volume and sophistication of malware and attacks shows no signs of slowing. Read more...
  • Mobile NFC Features Raise Security Concerns
    Jimmy Shah - November 16, 2010
    Yesterday, at the Web 2.0 Summit, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt presented the Nexus S. This wasn’t just about a new phone, he also talked about how Gingerbread (Android OS Version 2.3) would have support for NFC (Near Field Communications) built in. In light of the mobile-phone hotel-key (NFC-based) trial going on at the Clarion hotel in Read more...