
Data Sheet McAfee Firewall Management
Trending, Visualization, and Analytics
Afteryouhaveconguredyourrewalls,useyour
McAfeeFirewallEnterpriseProlerforsituational
awarenessaboutchangingusageandthreatsand
at-a-glancemonitoringdaytoday.Ithelpsyou
discover,visualize,andmonitorapplicationusage
byusergroupandrisklevel.
WithProler’sgraphicaldisplays,youspend
minutesratherthanhoursplanningchanges,
optimizingrules,andtroubleshootingrewall-
relatednetworkorapplicationoutages.Proler
helpsreplacesubstantialmanualeffortandlog
viewingwithafewsimpleclicks.
Thissoftware,includedwithyourFirewallpurchase
oravailableinadedicatedappliance,takesfeeds
fromtherewall,analyzesthedataforvisibility
intohowtherewallrulesareaffectingthe
network,andhelpsyoudetectchangesinaccess
patternsinrealtime.
Application discovery and real-time
usagevisualization
WhileMcAfeeFirewallEnterprisediscoversthe
applicationstraversingthenetwork,Proler
visualizesthoseapplications,bothinboundand
outbound.Italsoshowsyouhowbandwidthis
beingused,byrisklevelandusergroup.
Dynamicdisplayshighlightchangesonthe
network,comparingtimeframesandprioritizing
eventstohelpyoudetectalterationsinaccess
patternsthatcouldsignalaproblem.Youcan
trackwhathappensforanytimeperiodatthe
rewall,characterizingusersandassetsbasedon
real-timenetworkactivityandvisualizingrewall
deny/allowactionsincontext.Thisclarityletsyou
determinewhichapplicationsarerequiredand
whicharenot,andcreatepoliciesintherewall
thatcontrolaccesstoapplications.Withdatato
backupdecision-making,youcanreducecost
intermsofbandwidthuse,improveproductivity,
andtunerulesoreducateuserstoensureusage
matchesorganizationalpolicies.
Threat and geographic visualization
Sincemanyattacksaretargetedandsubtle,
Prolergivesyoutoolstodetermineifthesystems
protectedbyyourrewallsareunderattack,
identifythreats,conrmcountermeasuresarein
place,andprioritizerisks.Thesystemhighlights
Since crises seem to hit most often when you’re away from the office, you can troubleshoot firewall events from any
web browser
Proler Advantages
•
Proler features a next generation
web UI viewable from any web
enabled device, or from within
Control Center to integrate
monitoring with other workows
and assist incident response
•
McAfee ePO platform integration
allows the opening of tickets and
other actions based on changing
behaviors sent from Proler
•
Visualization of all rewall actions in
terms of who/what/where improves
diagnosis and provides guidance into
needed rule changes
•
Correlates 30 days worth of rewall
actions to network users and roles in
real-time to quickly validate impact
of changes
•
On-demand access to McAfee ePO
platform asset directory conrms
that the right countermeasures are
active on a host, such as AV and
endpoint encryption
•
Identify root cause categorizations
for denied trafc
•
Pulls rewall policy and rule objects
to show the details of the rule and
also provides reports in terms of
rewall policy objects
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Timeframe comparison and
prioritized visualization for detecting
important changes in access patterns
•
Create reporting objects to improve
or focus analysis in particular areas
of the network
•
Use graphical reports to convey
situational awareness, threats by
geographic location, applications
traversing the rewall, and other
information to those who need
toknow
•
Can be deployed quickly and
leverages existing network devices
and infrastructures
•
Intercepts login authentications
without host agents or additional
inline devices
•
Enables trending and analysis
without manually intensive, after-
the-fact log collection and review
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