McAfee Foundstone Appliances
McAfee System Protection

	Manage and mitigate security risks with zero-maintenance appliances

McAfee® Foundstone® appliances are complete, plug-and-play hardware platforms that power the McAfee® Foundstone® Enterprise vulnerability management solution. These zero-maintenance, high-performance appliances protect your critical systems and data from attacks.

Authentication, authorization and accounting services via Remote Access Dial-in User Service (RADIUS); Additional services provide centralized time synchronization via Network Time Protocol (NTP) and file delivery services via Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) for providing devices such as phones, RFID readers, IP cameras, and other devices with up-to-date software and configuration data.

Benefits:

• They scale to meet your needs
  These appliances are flexible and customizable, so you can tailor your vulnerability management strategy to meet your unique business, technical, and compliance requirements
• You get flexible deployment options
  Options include the FS1000 appliance for accurate and scalable vulnerability management and the FS850 appliance—our remotely managed scan engine—ideal for service providers and remote deployments
• Our hardware passes the test
  Our appliances have been designed and tested with security in mind; we make sure they meet the most stringent security standards
• Improve risk management
  These appliances power Foundstone Enterprise, our world-class vulnerability management solution, which helps you prioritize threats and vulnerabilities to mitigate risks more efficiently

Features:

• Appliances are a smart investment
  Foundstone appliances are a low-cost solution for reliable, high-performance vulnerability management that requires minimal IT involvement
• No maintenance
  You get continual protection without manual intervention; our update service automatically delivers product updates for hands-off appliance management
• Easy-to-install remote scan engine
  The FS850 remotely managed scan engine appliance installs in less than one minute; you don’t have to be an IT wizard to perform the simple three-step installation process; the remote scan engine is ideal for large distributed networks
• With one appliance, you get it all
  The FS1000 combines a scan engine, database, and manager in a powerful and scalable vulnerability management appliance
• Get high-performance scanning
  Our FoundScan technology is at the heart of the FS1000 and FS850 appliances; these appliances typically scan a class C network in less than 20 minutes, a class B network in 6 hours, and a class A network in less than 48 hours
• You can set your scan schedule
  Define your scan schedule—daily, weekly, monthly, continuously, or one time only; once you’ve done that, the scan engine takes over and automatically scans your network
• Our appliances scan in parallel
  These appliances are based on a unique parallel scan architecture that performs multiple assessments from one engine simultaneously without a decrease in performance; multiple operators can use the same engine without waiting in line

Description:

Vulnerabilities in your infrastructure can put your business at risk. And, your IT staff isn’t equipped to prioritize and manage the critical tasks associated with vulnerability management. McAfee Foundstone appliances, which are at the core of our enterprise solution, take the pressure off IT by automating vital processes.

You don’t need any technical expertise to get started. Simply follow the wizard-driven setup, and your appliance is ready to go. Plus, your Foundstone systems are automatically and continually protected from the latest threats without manual intervention, thanks to the McAfee Foundstone Update Service. This service automatically downloads and installs operating system updates and patches. We install only the patches you need, and we test all patches before they are installed. The service also automatically delivers all product updates that address the latest vulnerabilities and threats.

Foundstone appliances are the most powerful on the market—a single FS850 can scan approximately 25,000 IP addresses. With the unique combination of our hardware and software, you get the most scalable scan engine available today. Our scan engine technology lets you protect more IP addresses with fewer appliances. Foundstone appliances are flexible too. They can be easily adapted to your business processes. For example, you can define your scan schedule—daily, weekly, monthly, continuously, or ad hoc. For each scan, you can also specify the window of time when a scan should be done. (For example, between midnight and 5:00 A.M. daily). If a scan is not completed within its defined scan window, the scan is automatically paused, and then resumed during the next available scan window.

Foundstone appliances are based on our unique parallel scan architecture, so you get more efficient protection against attacks. Multiple scans can be performed from the same engine simultaneously without affecting overall performance. Most vulnerability assessment products operate in a serial fashion, where a single scan begins only after a prior scan has finished. With our appliances, multiple operators can use the same scan engine without waiting in line for the system to become available. Plus, you can respond to an urgent threat such as a worm without interrupting a routine scan.

System Requirement :

Foundstone appliances are self-contained devices, so there are no minimum software or hardware system requirements